The supply chains in the Electronics industry have gone through some major changes over the last decades. Today’s Electronics landscape is highly competitive, with short product lifecycles, and unpredictable demands. Many specialized players have appeared in the industry. There is a growing need for collaboration between the different parties in this industry, which can be supported by software...

This paper analyses the asymmetric volatility in Japanese electronics and electrical equipment (hereafter, electronics) patents in the USA from 1975 to 1997. The number of patents has been increasing steadily over time and the electronics industry has a 30% share of total Japanese patents in the USA. Thus, such patents reflect a strategic development by Japanese companies for the US market. The...

This article draws on an analysis of development of ‘technological capability’ in the Indonesian electronics industry. It presents a theory of industrial organisation. The theory is based on the recognition that economies develop gradually through the cumulative expansion of both production capacity and organisational/institutional structures. Through an empirical survey of the Indonesian elect...