Consumer electronics: employment, production and trade

H. C. Coote

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on microelectronics trends in the consumer goods sector of the electronics industry and the impact on world employment, trade and the international division of labour - explains the functions of subcontracting and export processing zones, and protectionism; makes a comparison of industrial production, esp. In export oriented industry; considers why some newly industrializing countries are more successful than others. Bibliography and glossary.

Keywords: microelectronics; trend; consumer goods; electronics industry; employment; trade; international division of labour; outsourcing; export processing zone.; protectionism; industrial production; export oriented industry; success; microélectronique; tendance; biens de consommation; industrie électronique; emploi; commerce international; division internationale du travail; externalisation des activités; zone franche d'exportation; protectionnisme; production industrielle; industrie tournée vers l'exportation; réussite; microelectrónica; tendencia; bien de consumo; industria electrónica; empleo; comercio internacional; división internacional del trabajo; tercerización; zona franca de exportación; proteccionismo; producción industrial; industria orientada hacia la exportación; éxito (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 P. pages
Date: 1983
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 2-36, International Division of Labour Programme

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