Hk. Tang, HOLLOWING-OUT OR INTERNATIONAL DIVISION-OF-LABOR - PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND SINGAPORE, International journal of technology management, 12(2), 1996, pp. 231-241
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Management,Engineering,"Operatione Research & Management Science
A study was conducted to ascertain whether technology transfer from mo
re developed to less developed countries by multinational companies ne
cessarily constitutes the hollowing-out of technological capability in
the home countries. The consumer electronics industry as seen from th
e perspective of Singapore is reviewed, and ten projects of new produc
t development from seven multinational companies with subsidiaries loc
ated in Singapore are analyzed for their job content and division of l
abour. The study shows that Singapore is now a hub for technology tran
sfer activities in Asia. It also shows that there is a division of lab
our amongst an increasing number of countries rather than a hollowing-
out of technological capability in Singapore or the home countries of
the multinational companies.