Purpose This study aims to understand how Brazilian design houses (DHs) use open innovation in joint development projects for integrated circuits. Design/methodology/approach As a research strategy, qualitative research using multiple case studies was made. As sources of evidence,...

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...

Beides, Spiel und Arbeit, Technik und das Ästhetische erscheinen auch heute noch nur schwer miteinander vereinbar, selbst wenn neuere Vorstellungen von einer ludischen Gesellschaft hier deutlich Grenzüberschreitungen und Tätigkeitsverwischungen bereits bemerken und diese verstärkt...

This book assesses the state of nanotechnology and microelectronics, and examines many issues, such as climate change, trade, innovation, diffusion, etc, with a theme focused on facilitating the structures for the adoption and penetration of the technologies into developing nations.

"This book assesses the state of nanotechnology and microelectronics, and examines many issues, such as climate change, trade, innovation, diffusion, etc, with a theme focused on facilitating the structures for the adoption and penetration of the technologies into developing nations"--Provided...

Over the past two decades Wales has been quite successful in developing industrial clusters inautomotive components and electronics, but is still relatively weak in areas thought important tolong term manufacturing competitiveness, notably Research and Development (R&D). Thispaper examines...

Information technology (IT) is enabling large companies and particularly banking firms tocreate new forms of organizations. Both globalization of markets and stronger regulationthroughout the world puts pressure on banking firms to either spend more money coordinatingbusiness activities in the...

The Silicon Dragon is a systematic study of the growth of high-tech giants in the Greater China Region, depicting the success story of the microelectronics industry in Taiwan. The book examines the government policies that acted as catalysts to the growth of high-tech industries in Taiwan, along...