Investment in learning capital: enhancing the rate of learning by doing in semiconductor manufacturing

Author

Hatch, Nile W.

Author_Institution

Illinois Univ., Champaign, IL, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

27-31 Jul 1997

Firstpage

700

Abstract

Summary form only given. Learning by doing occurs in the semiconductor industry through manufacturing yield improvements that result in cost reductions. While all semiconductor firms learn through engineering analysis of production volume to improve yields, firms differ substantially in the level and rate of improvement of yields. In this paper, a set of physical and human capital factors is identified that influences the rate of learning by doing

Keywords

circuit optimisation; electronics industry; human resource management; integrated circuit yield; investment; management of change; manufacturing industries; semiconductor device manufacture; cost reductions; engineering analysis; human capital factors; learning by doing; learning capital investment; learning rate; manufacturing yield improvements; physical capital factors; production volume; semiconductor manufacturing; Environmental economics; Humans; Information systems; Investments; Maintenance engineering; Manufacturing processes; Process design; Semiconductor device manufacture; Technology management; Technology planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3574-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1997.653572

Filename

653572