Competition and Cooperation: A Comparative Analysis of SEMATECH and the VLSI Research Project

Jon B. Thornberry

Enterprise & Society, 2002, vol. 3, issue 4, 657-686

Abstract: In this article I present a comparative analysis of two government-funded research and development consortia, Japan's Very Large Scale Integration Research Project (VLSI) and the American consortium Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SEMATECH), designed with the VLSI project as a model. An examination of the semiconductor industries in Japan and the United States reveals some important factors influencing the interaction of the consortia's member companies. Three main elements affected interfirm cooperation within the two organizations: first, past government policies influenced industry structure, firm capabilities, and firm behavior; second, the way firms competed had a material impact on how well they were able to cooperate; and third, the social structure and traditions of the semiconductor industries in the two countries mediated the transition from cooperation to competition.

Date: 2002
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