Word: dataquest
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...computer firms, though, should not forget how they lost their dominant position in the Japanese market. As recently as 1979, U.S. companies controlled some 90% of personal computer sales in Japan. Their market share is now about 20%. Says David Crockett of Dataquest, a California-based firm that monitors the industry: "The U.S. companies don't seem to be doing their homework the way the Japanese are. The Americans feel they know the answers. It's an extremely serious situation." A little more than a decade ago, many U.S. executives in the automobile and consumer electronics industries dismissed...