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From Silicon Valley to Singapore: Leveraging
Location for International Competitive Advantage
| Speaker : |
David G. Mckendrick Research
Director of the Information Storage Industry
Center, University of California, San Diego
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| Date: |
15 March 2001 (Thursday) |
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3.30pm - 5.00pm |
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Lecture Theatre 18, Faculty
of Business Administration, NUS |
Abstract
Research on international competition and industrial
clustering generally focus on the home-based advantages
of the firm. Both business strategists and industrial
sociologists emphasize that competitive advantage
is created and sustained through a highly localized
process of accumulation of skills and technologies
within industrial districts and clusters. Although
identifying critically important processes at work
behind industry competitiveness, this research is
unnecessarily restrictive in its geographic scope
and ignores the dynamic quality of location. Evidence
from the worldwide disk drive industry - informally
dubbed high tech's "extreme sport" - suggests, rather,
that by establishing operational clusters outside
its home base -- in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand
-- American industry was able to sustain its international
leadership. The formation of offshore industrial
clusters can complement the advantages an industry
derives from its national base. The evidence from
the disk drive industry points to potential extensions
and applications across other industries.
About the Speaker
David G. McKendrick is Research Director of the
Information Storage Industry Center at the University
of California, San Diego, and co-author of From
Silicon Valley to Singapore: Location and Competitive
Advantage in the Hard Disk Drive Industry (Stanford
University Press, 2000). His research focuses on
industry dynamics, the evolution of international
competition, and the effects of geographic dispersion
on innovation and learning in multinational corporations.
Prior to joining UCSD, he taught in the business
schools at the University of California, Berkeley,
and the University of Texas at Dallas. He received
his Ph.D. in business from the University of California,
Berkeley.
We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues
to attend the talk. As there are limited number
of seats available, please register for the talk
via email to
Joanne
(cmtsimbh@nus.edu.sg)
with your name, designation and company/institution
(and email add if via fax),
by 13 March 2001. Please forward this invitation
to your friends and colleagues who may be interested.
Admission is free |
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