In this exploratory note, development of the global electronics industry is viewed by accounting for cross-border co-evolution under policy interactions. A sketch is made from novel angles of the world distribution of major firms in the production and utilization of information technology, the...

Microelectronics is a special type of General Purpose Technology (GPT), bringing disruptive innovations, not in one shot, but by successive waves for 40 years. Rational innovators maximize present value, over product cycles, before the anticipated obsolescence under Moore's Law.Among the...