EDN - December 1, 1998

A relentless straight-shooter, Lucent Technologies' CEO Rich McGinn is shaking up an already chaotic industry

• Business Trends
• Null
• Silicon Valley spreads out
• China's challenge
• Optical delusions?
• Gloom and doom in Silicon Glen
• Congressional scorecard
• Calling all cars
• Testing a new business strategy
• Smart-card vendors in for a squeeze
• Place your bets
• Fortunate reversal

• Deartments
• Commentary
• Refining product development

• Departments
• Book Reviews
• The accessible Michael Porter
• Flattening the hierarchy
• Clarification
• Clarification
• Commentary
• High tech's Washington agenda
• Editor
• The human factor
• End Note
• Predicting chaos
• On The Law
• Submarine patents under attack

• Features
• International
• A modern-day Brigadoon
• Managing
• Planetary (re)alignment
• On the turnaround trail
• Special Report
• Hold on tight: Trends to watch in 1999