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

Patarapong Intarakumnerd, Pun-Arj Chairatana and Preeda Chayanajit
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Pun-Arj Chairatana: Noviscape Consulting Group, Bangkok, Thailand
Preeda Chayanajit: Noviscape Consulting Group, Bangkok, Thailand

No DP-2015-18, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: Although Thailand’s electronics industry has been considered as one of strategic sectors, the evidence in this article shows that it is dominated by midstream and downstream activities. Despite accounting for a quarter of electronics exports, semiconductors manufacturing is confined to low value added activities. The lack of industrial policy has restricted technological upgrading in the industry. Upgrading efforts made by both public and private initiatives have so far failed. The case studies show that firms in Thailand must acquire and develop technological capabilities to stimulate the industry’s transformation from low to high value added activities.

Keywords: intra-industry trade; semiconductors; technological capabilities; Thailand; upstream industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L14 L22 L62 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages.
Date: 2015-02
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