{"product_id":"leoma-and-the-us-laser-industry-isbn-9781118010242","title":"LEOMA and the US Laser Industry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book describes the approaches, both successful and not, to the political and infrastructure issues addressed by the trade association. The intent is to provide guidance to those confronting similar issues, and help them avoid unsuccessful approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes end-of-chapter summaries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExample of documents and approaches that LEOMA used successfully are included and could serve as a guide to other trade associations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 5 includes figures presenting the unique and effective graphical approach that LEOMA use to improve US national-security export controls\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 LEOMA and the U.S. Laser Industry 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Professional Societies and the Photonics Community 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 International Laser Standards 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Educational Issues 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Export Controls 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Federal Government 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Intra-Industry Affairs 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: LEOMA Officers 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: ISO Laser Standards 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3: LEOMA Executive Seminars 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4: The LEOMA ADR Agreement 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eC. Breck Hitz\u003c\/b\u003e received his bachelor's degree from Penn State University, USA and his master's degree from Massachusetts State University, USA. He is the owner and principal of \u003cb\u003ePhotonetics Associates, USA\u003c\/b\u003e, a consulting firm he created in 1975 after leaving a position as an R\u0026amp;D engineer at GTE's Electro-Optics Organization. For two decades, he was executive director of LEOMA, the trade association for North American laser and photonics manufacturers. He has been an editor of all three trade publications established in the US photonics industry: Photonics Spectra, Lasers \u0026amp; Applications, and Laser Focus World  \u003cp\u003eHitz addresses the urgent issues that the Laser and Electro-Optics Manufacturer's Association (LEOMA) tackled in the late 1980s, which will help guide future trade associations to handle related political and infrastructural issues from the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLEOMA - the Laser and Electro-Optics Manufacturers' Association – is in many ways similar to trade associations that exist, or will exist, in other emerging, high-technology industries. Having dealt successfully with these initial obstacles, LEOMA went on to tackle other issues, perhaps less urgent, that confronted the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLEOMA and the US Laser Industry: The Good and Bad Moves for Trade Associations in Emerging High-Tech Industries\u003c\/i\u003e describes the approaches, both successful and not, to the political and infrastructure issues addressed by the trade association. The intent is to provide guidance to those confronting similar issues, and help them avoid unsuccessful approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe key features highlight the problems that were dealt with, and solutions, both successful and unsuccessful, that were created by LEOMA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBegins with an introductory chapter on LEOMA, followed by subsequent chapters describing   specific issues that were handled by the trade association\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes end-of-chapter summaries, useful to similar trade associations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExample of documents and approaches that LEOMA used successfully are included and could serve as a guide to other trade associations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthor is a renowned expert in the laser industry.  He served as Executive Director for LEOMA for 25 years (1980-2005).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eHitz outlines the problems and issues that confronted the U.S. laser industry as it evolved from a loose collection of founder-managed companies into a mature industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-IEEE Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989524037861,"sku":"NP9781118010242","price":103.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118010242.jpg?v=1761784453","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/leoma-and-the-us-laser-industry-isbn-9781118010242","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}