Institutional Support, Technological Capabilities and Domestic Linkages in the Semiconductor Industry in Singapore

Rajah Rasiah and Yap Xiao Shan
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Yap Xiao Shan: Department of Development Studies, University of Malaya

No DP-2015-17, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: This article examines the relationships between host-site institutional support and firm-level technological upgrading, and between technological upgrading and domestic production linkages in the semiconductor industry in Singapore. An evolutionary perspective was used to measure technological capabilities using knowledge embodied in machinery, organization, processes and products. The results show that host-site institutional support is important for technological upgrading and technological capabilities are positively correlated with domestic linkages. Also, domestic linkages rather than regional linkages were correlated with technological upgrading, which is a consequence of Singapore’s sophisticated infrastructure compared to its neighbours in Southeast Asia.

Keywords: domestic production linkages; institutional support; semiconductors; Singapore; technological capabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L14 L22 L62 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages.
Date: 2015-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse and nep-sea
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