Greg Linden

Managing Knowledge Workers in Global Value Chains

October 1, 2010 • Working Papers • By Clair Brown and Greg Linden

Abstract Global value chains span national and organizational boundaries in a growing number of industries. Knowledge creation and exchange within these diffuse networks is more complex than in the centralized…

Is There a Shortage of Engineering Talent in the U.S.?

June 2, 2008 • Working Papers • By Clair Brown and Greg Linden

High-tech companies have been issuing the “crisis warning” about engineering shortages for at least the past two decades. AMD’s and Microsoft’s warnings quoted above are only two in a long…

Semiconductor Capabilities in the U.S. and Industrializing Asia

March 1, 2008 • Working Papers • By Clair Brown and Greg Linden

The semiconductor industry has a rich experience with the offshoring of manufacturing activity. Semiconductor (or chip) companies were among the first to invest in offshore facilities to manufacture goods for…

Semiconductor Engineers in a Global Economy

January 1, 2007 • Working Papers • By Clair Brown and Greg Linden

This paper was prepared for the National Academy of Engineering, Workshop on the Offshoring of Engineering: Facts, Myths, Unknowns, and Implications, October 24-25, 2006, Washington, DC. It is based upon…

Offshoring in the Semiconductor Industry: Historical Perspectives

May 1, 2005 • Working Papers • By Clair Brown and Greg Linden

Abstract Semiconductor design is a frequently-cited example of the new wave of offshoring and foreign-outsourcing of service sector jobs.1 It is certainly a concern to U.S. design engineers themselves.2 In…

The Semiconductor Industry’s Role in the Net World Order

June 1, 2003 • Working Papers • By Clair Brown, Greg Linden and Melissa M. Appleyard

Since its beginnings in the 1960s, the semiconductor industry has been characterized by a series of transformations driven by technology advances and changing markets (Tilton, 1971; Braun and Macdonald, 1982;…