Im internationalen Standortwettbewerb ist die Halbleiterindustrie einer der dynamischsten Global Player, wenn es darum geht, nach unter Kostengesichtspunkten lukrativen Investitionsstandorten zu suchen. Weltweit werden potenziellen Investoren aus dieser Branche breit gefächerte...

Despite the many advantages offered by technology clusters, firms located in them face the risk of losing valuable knowledge to nearby competitors. In this study, we argue that multi-location firms strategically organize their Ramp;D activities to appropriate the value of innovations generated...

Industrial economists tend to think of competition as occurring between atomic units called "firms." Theorists of organization tend to think about the choice among various kinds of organizational structures - what Langlois and Robertson (1995) call "business institutions." But few have thought...

Semiconductors are a key component of electronic devices used in high-tech operations such as computation, control, transmission, conversion, and storage. The chip sector spans manufacturing to downstream industries such as manufacturing equipment and materials.This paper analyzes the...