In 1991 the United States International Trade Commission initiated an Industry and Trade Summary series of informational reports on products imported to, and exported from, the United States. As part of this series, analysts from the Office of Industries published a summary of the state of the...

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...

U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition, and Public Policy -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background: Technology Transfer and Latecomer Catch-up -- 3 Strategic Alliances and Technology Transfer -- TRENDS IN U.S.-JAPAN...

This study uses the lens of competitive dynamics to examine the coopetition process, which combines both cooperation and competition, employed by Qualcomm within the SoC (System on a Chip) design market related to smart devices. Qualcomm succeeded in developing the first SoC, which integrated...

Industriepolitik ist ein umstrittener, aber notwendiger Teil der Wirtschaftspolitik. Sie entwickelte sich von sektoralen Eingriffen über eine Förderung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit durch breite, horizontale Politiken schließlich zu einer Kombination von primär horizontalen und ergänzend...