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Economics Of R&D Specialization In The Semiconductor Industry, Kyun Kim
Economics Of R&D Specialization In The Semiconductor Industry, Kyun Kim
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Starting in the 1970s, specialized suppliers have entered the semiconductor industry to supply capital equipment, or tools, used in semiconductor manufacturing to downstream semiconductor companies. After the entry of these external suppliers, semiconductor chip producers began to rely in varying degrees on them for the R&D to improve the quality of capital equipment, while they themselves began to focus on design and production of chips. In my dissertation, I conduct an empirical and theoretical investigation to support my hypothesis that the difference in R&D incentives between the upstream suppliers and downstream chip manufacturers was the important reason for the emergence …
Optical Metrology For Cigs Solar Cell Manufacturing And Its Cost Implications, Sravan Kumar Sunkoju
Optical Metrology For Cigs Solar Cell Manufacturing And Its Cost Implications, Sravan Kumar Sunkoju
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Solar energy is a promising source of renewable energy which can meet the demand for clean energy in near future with advances in research in the field of photovoltaics and cost reduction by commercialization. Availability of a non-contact, in-line, real time robust process control strategies can greatly aid in reducing the gap between cell and module efficiencies, thereby leading to cost-effective large-scale manufacturing of high efficiency CIGS solar cells. In order to achieve proper process monitoring and control for the deposition of the functional layers of CuIn1-xGaxSe2 (CIGS) based thin film solar cell, optical techniques such as spectroscopic reflectometry and …
Generality In Nanotechnologies And Its Relationship To Economic Performance, Fernando Gomez Baquero
Generality In Nanotechnologies And Its Relationship To Economic Performance, Fernando Gomez Baquero
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
In the history if economic analysis there is perhaps no more important question than the one of how economic development is achieved. For more than a century, economists have explored the role of technology in economic growth but there is still much to be learned about the effect that technologies, in particular emerging ones, have on economic growth and productivity. The objective of this research is to understand the relationship between nanotechnologies and economic growth and productivity, using the theory of General Purpose Technology (GPT)-driven economic growth. To do so, the Generality Index (calculated from patent data) was used to …