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Plant Subsidiary Upgrading: Some Evidence from the Electronics Industry

In: The Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development

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  • Ewen Peters

    (Scottish Enterprise)

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To date the success of Scotland’ s Silicon Glen has largely been based on world-class manufacturing activity. For example, according to Scottish Enterprise (SE), the leading local development body, over 75 000 people are currently employed both directly and indirectly in over 450 manufacturing establishments in Scotland’ s electronics industry. Furthermore, Scotland has developed particular manufacturing strengths in high-volume product areas such as information systems, telecommunications equipment and semiconductors.1 Most of this capacity is overseas-owned. In 1993, research concluded that the long-term viability of Silicon Glen was threatened because of, inter alia, over-dependence on manufacturing, an underdeveloped local supply base and, importantly, insufficient local innovation (Monitor, 1993). The Scottish Electronics Forum, which represents the views of leading manufacturers locally, has since expressed its concerns regarding Scotland’ s apparent inability to develop higher value-adding activity around existing manufacturing, especially functions such as oroduct-related design and development.

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  • Ewen Peters, 2000. "Plant Subsidiary Upgrading: Some Evidence from the Electronics Industry," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Neil Hood & Stephen Young (ed.), The Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development, chapter 14, pages 332-365, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59916-1_14
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230599161_14
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