Growth in U.S. manufacturing’s real value-added has exceeded that of aggregate GDP, except during recessions, leading many to conclude that the sector is healthy and that the 30 percent decline in manufacturing employment since 2000 is largely the consequence of automation. The robust growth...

This cases series is intended for use in a technology management curriculum, and the companion Web site, http://www.darden.virginia.edu/it/explore/, provides a multimedia overview of the technology with the aid of 3-D animation to enhance the learning experience. The series brings to life the...

The transistor was an American invention, and American firms led the world in semiconductor production and innovation for the first three decades of that industry's existence. In the 1980s, however, Japanese producers began to challenge American dominance. Shrill cries arose from the literature...

The semiconductor manufacturing sector in Singapore as a knowledge-based and innovation-driven sector has grown as one of the most important world suppliers for wafers in a way that today up to 11% of the world’s wafer output is produced in this country. Outstanding export success of firms...

A case study of copper interconnect technology suggests that absorptive capacity exist in three forms: disciplinary, domain-specific and encoded. Each depends upon distinct mechanisms and organizational tradeoffs. Disciplinary absorptive capacity requires a firm to actively engage with the...

This research contributes to the literature on innovation and alliance formation by modeling the role of learning during cooperative innovation. Learning, modeled as knowledge accumulation as a consequence of an alliance, influences the parameters that will govern the alliance. Specifically,...

Seeking to build on related successes in other information technology sectors, the government of India has signaled its intent to transform the country’s performance in microelectronics. Facing a young and expanding population, India needs to create manufacturing jobs in promising industries,...

Several commentators have observed that China has enacted laws that give formal protection to intellectual property rights but that, to date, it has struggled to enforce these laws effectively. This is to some degree reflected in the recent decision of the United States Government to institute...

This report describes the results of a study on the changing role of IP in the semiconductor industry. The corresponding analysis builds on the results of a limited series of interviews and the response to a questionnaire distributed amongst a wider group of actors in the value chain. Our...