• DocumentCode
    1034191
  • Title

    Is Production Pulling Knowledge Work to China? A study of the Notebook PC Industry

  • Author

    Dedrick, Jason ; Kraemer, Kenneth L.

  • Author_Institution
    California Univ., Irvine, CA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    36
  • Lastpage
    42
  • Abstract
    China is now the world´s largest computer hardware producer and, as a study of notebook PC companies reveals, is beginning to pull knowledge work along with production to its key manufacturing centers. This trend has major implications for employment and competition in large-scale industries both in the US and abroad
  • Keywords
    DP industry; notebook computers; China; computer hardware producer; large-scale industry; notebook PC industry; Assembly; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer industry; Educational institutions; Government; Manufacturing processes; National electric code; Personal communication networks; Production; Protection; China; computer industry; globalization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2006.237
  • Filename
    1657905