Variations in the Catch Up Experience in the Semiconductor Industry in China, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan

Rasiah, Rajah; Kong, Xin; Lin, Yeo; Song, Jaeyong

Variations in the Catch Up Experience in the Semiconductor Industry in China, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan

Rajah Rasiah, Xin-Xin Kong, Yeo Lin and Jaeyong Song (2012), “Variations in the Catch Up Experience in the Semiconductor Industry in China, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan”, Malerba, F. and Nelson, R. (eds), Economic Development as a Learning Process: Differences Across Sectoral Systems, Cheltenham: Edw

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Rajah Rasiah

University of Malaya

Xin Kong

CASTED

Yeo Lin

Zhejiang University

Jaeyong Song

Independent

Date Written: 2012

Abstract

This chapter compares the technological catch up paths of the semiconductor industry in China, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan. Using the sectoral innovation approach the chapter shows significant variations and extent of catch up enjoyed by these countries in the semiconductor industry such that it supports the evolutionary argument that the timing, industries and locations matter when analyzing technological catch up of industries.

Keywords: technology, semiconductor, China, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Rasiah, Rajah and Kong, Xin and Lin, Yeo and Song, Jaeyong, Variations in the Catch Up Experience in the Semiconductor Industry in China, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan (2012). Rajah Rasiah, Xin-Xin Kong, Yeo Lin and Jaeyong Song (2012), “Variations in the Catch Up Experience in the Semiconductor Industry in China, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan”, Malerba, F. and Nelson, R. (eds), Economic Development as a Learning Process: Differences Across Sectoral Systems, Cheltenham: Edw, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2290043