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OverviewEver since Schumpeter’s groundbreaking work there has been a plethora of new research seeking to extend the direction and dynamics of innovation. Using a rich account of detailed interviews, this book offers new evidence on how latecomers have successfully caught up and leapfrogged incumbent firms. Catching Up and Leapfrogging: the new latecomers in the integrated circuits industry explores how technological transitions affect latecomer catch-up strategies, and vice versa, in a high technology industry. It looks to the East Asian latecomers who, towards the end of the twentieth century, pioneered a new pathway through organizational change by specializing in the key production stages of integrated circuits and pushing technologies further. This volume assesses how latecomer resource acquisition strategies have varied alongside structural industry changes and evaluates the mechanisms through which firms started life as technology followers and rose to become technology leaders. Xiao-Shan Yap and Rajah Rasiah present a unique story about how firm strategies evolve from the catching up phase to the leapfrogging phase, captured from the accounts of managers on the ground. It is the first time firm-level strategies have been systematically analysed to describe twenty-first century strategic management in the integrated circuits industry in particular, and the high tech industry in general. The evidence and analysis in this book offers insights for chief executive officers, policy-makers and researchers to revisit existing approaches to the theory of catching up and leapfrogging. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Xiao-Shan Yap (EAWAG Aquatic Research, Switzerland) , Rajah Rasiah (University of Malaya, Malaysia)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.317kg ISBN: 9781138212787ISBN 10: 1138212784 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 02 December 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of figures List of tables Preface List of abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Technical regimes, catch-up and organizational dynamics 3 Technological regimes, organizational boundaries and patterns of innovation 4 Resource acquisition strategies and catching up 5 Co-evolutionary lock-in as a strategic mechanism 6 Synthesis and implications IndexReviewsAuthor InformationXiao-Shan Yap is currently a post-doctoral researcher at Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland. Rajah Rasiah is Professor of International Development at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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