A strategic technology planning framework: A case of Taiwan's semiconductor foundry industry

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-15

  Chen, Hongyi ^a   Ho, Jonathan C ^b   Kocaoglu, Dundar F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical decision model; Semiconductor foundry industry; Sensitivity analysis; Strategic planning; Technology plan

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOUNDRIES; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PLANNING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

BUSINESS SUCCESS; ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FOLLOW UP; HIERARCHICAL DECISION MODEL; HIERARCHICAL MODELS; INDUSTRY POLICIES; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; POSSIBLE FUTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRY INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; TECHNOLOGY PLAN; TECHNOLOGY PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY SCENARIOS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 59649103362     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2008.927815     Document Type: Article

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