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Inward Investment and Local Linkages: How Deeply Embedded is "Silicon Glen”?

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Ivan Turok

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TUROK I. (1993) Inward investment and local linkages: how deeply embedded is "Silicon Glen”?, Reg. Studies 27, 401--417. Substantial opportunities were created for local linkages by the sharp growth in output of the Scottish electronics industry in the 1980s. Twelve per cent of material inputs by value are currently sourced locally. Evidence about the nature of these links suggests that many correspond more closely to a simple dependent model than to a self-sustaining development scenario. Most involve capacity- or labour sub-contracting, or supply of relatively bulky, simple components. High value links are limited to branches of foreign suppliers. The reasons for the pattern of sourcing include issues of technology, quality, responsiveness and price. Examples of corporations which stress these attributes are provided. TUROK I. (1993) Investissement direct et liens locaux: dans quelle mesure la "Silicon Glen” est-elle ench&acaron;ssée?, Reg. Studies 27, 401--417. Aux années 80 de grandes opportunités ont été créés en faveur du développement des liens locaux à cause de la croissance vertigineuse de la production de l'industrie électronique écossaise. En valeur 12% des inputs de matériaux sont actuellement d'origine locale. Des preuves relatives au caractére de ces liens laissent supposer que plusieurs se rapportent plus étroitement à un simple modéle de dépendance qu'à une situation de développement indépendant. La plupart comportent la sous-traitance de capacité ou de main-d'oeuvre, ou l'approvisionnement de piéces relativement grandes et simples. Les liens à forte valeur ne concernent que les établissements des fournis-seurs étrangers. La distribution des zones d'origine s'ex-plique par des questions de technologie, de qualité, d'élasticité et de prix, entre autres. On fournit des exemples des sociétés qui insistent sur de tels attributs. TUROK I. (1993) Nach innen gerichtete Investierungen und örtliche Verknüpfungen: wie fest verankert ist das "Silicon Glen"?, Reg. Studies 27, 401--417. In den achtziger Jahren wurden durch die kräftige Leistungszunahme der schotti-schen Elektronikindustrie beträchtliche Gelegenheiten zu Verknüpfungen am Orte geschaffen. Gegenwärtig stammen 12% des materiellen Aufwands dem Werte nach von Aufträgen am Orte. Befunde über die Natur dieser Verknüpfungen weisen darauf hin, daß viele eher einem einfachen Dependenzmodell entsprechen als einem sich selbst tragenden Entwicklungsszenario. Die meisten verlangen zusätzliche Kapazitäten oder Arbeitskräfte, oder Zulieferungen verhältnismäßig umfangreicher, einfacher Bestandteile. Hochwertige Verknpfungen sind auf Zweigunternehmen ausländischer Lieferanten beschränkt. Bei den Gründen fur das Muster der Herkunftsorte handelt es sich um Fragen der Technologie, der Qualität, der Auf-geschlossenheit und der Preise. Beispiele von Körperschaften, die diese Attribute betonen, sind beigefugt.

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Volume (Year): 27 (1993)
Issue (Month): 5 (January)
Pages: 401-417
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Keywords: Supply linkages; Scottish electronics industry; Sub-contracting; Dependent scenario; Economic development;

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