Innovative business models in semiconductor foundry industry: From silicon intellectual property perspectives

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 411-433

  Chu, Po Young ^a   Lee, Cheng Few ^a,b   Yuen, Yuet Sheung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DFM adder strategy; home depot strategy; Innovative business models; semiconductor foundry; silicon intellectual property; transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957480525     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622011004385     Document Type: Article

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