Design Engineering or Factory Capability? Building Laptop Contract Manufacturing in Taiwan

• Main Author: Lin, Ling-Fei
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Taiwan's contract manufacturers; Laptop production
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83493; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42603
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article explores how Taiwanese laptop contract manufacturers established the foundation of their businesses between the late 1980s and mid-1990s. It casts doubt on the traditional view of a linear progression from manufacturing to design capability in Asia. By examining the three earliest lapto...