NDLI: Knowledge transfer and the limits to profitability: an empirical study of problem-solving practices in the semiconductor industry

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Weber, C. von Hippel, E.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Sloan Sch. of Manage., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA (Weber, C.)
Abstract	A broadly based empirical study of problem-solving practices in the semiconductor industry has been conducted. The study consists of 69 cases of solved yield, process and equipment problems from all functional areas of integrated circuit fabrication, which have been provided by 37 industry experts in one-on-one interviews. The cases span the last quarter of the 20/sup th/ Century and cover semiconductor processes at all levels of maturity. The cases contain a random sample of 398 nontrivial instances of user-supplier interaction (or noninteraction) involving 35 technology user firms and 23 technology supplier firms. The instances come from all stages of the problem-solving process. The problem owner, who is the technology user in 97.1% and the chipmaker in 98.6% of all cases, chooses the actor and the locus of problem-solving activity in each instance.
File Size	115268
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1890843067
DOI	10.1109/PICMET.2001.951802
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-07-29
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Portland Int. Conf. on Management of Eng. And Tech
Subject Keyword	Knowledge transfer Profitability Problem-solving Electronics industry Integrated circuit yield Fabrication Textile industry Integrated circuit technology Semiconductor device manufacture Collaboration
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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