Doctoral Dissertation Research: Ling-Fei Lin: "How Contract Manufacturers Matter: Design-Manufacturing Knowledge as Field Knowledge in Taiwanese Laptop Producers, 1988-2008"

博士论文研究：Ling-Fei Lin：“合同制造商如何发挥作用：设计制造知识作为台湾笔记本电脑生产商的现场知识，1988-2008 年”

• 批准号: 1026247
• 负责人: Ronald Kline
• 金额: $ 1.31万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1026247&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Ling; Fei

The highly globalized laptop consumer market shows a concentration of contract manufacturing in one place: Taiwan. From 1988 to 2008, the proportion of worldwide laptop computers produced by Taiwanese manufacturers rose dramatically from zero to over ninety percent. By the late 2000s, Taiwanese contract manufacturers [CMs] did most of the engineering and manufacturing efforts that produced laptop computers. However, little academic research focuses on the knowledge or role of CMs in laptop production. Lin's dissertation project investigates the manufacturing processes in the making of laptops and the thus far "invisible" role of CMs in the history of computing. Lin's research examines the kinds of special knowledge and practices among contract manufacturers that contributed to the phenomenal expansion of the production of laptops in Taiwan. Using semi-structured interviews, oral histories, and archival analyses, this research documents Taiwanese CMs' forms of expertise and explores the history and practice of knowledge circulation between Taiwanese CMs and their partners in the United States and other countries. This research further examines how contract manufacturers of Taiwanese laptops produce not only the machines but also innovations in engineering and manufacturing, which are firmly integrated together and may not be owned by their clients, such as Apple Computer and Dell Computer.This project provides a better understanding of the business of contract manufacturing. Contract manufacturing makes up a significant proportion of the economic activities of many countries, and, as such, deserves empirical study. An in-depth examination of this sector of the economy shows how countries that support contract manufacturing do so strategically. They are not simply passive recipients of global corporate interests. This project contributes to histories of computing and histories of manufacturing. It also contributes to studies of science policy, providing insight into the economic activities of greater China, and to the exploration of firm-to-firm relations under the contracting connections by examining the roles that such factors as trust and reputation play in determining the cooperation between CMs and transnational corporations.

高度全球化的笔记本电脑消费市场表明合同制造集中在一个地方：台湾。从1988年到2008年，台湾制造商生产的全球笔记本电脑的比例从零急剧上升到百分之九十以上。到 2000 年代末，台湾合同制造商 [CM] 承担了生产笔记本电脑的大部分工程和制造工作。然而，很少有学术研究关注 CM 在笔记本电脑生产中的知识或作用。 Lin 的论文项目研究了笔记本电脑制造过程以及 CM 在计算历史中迄今为止“隐形”的角色。林的研究考察了合同制造商的特殊知识和实践，这些知识和实践促成了台湾笔记本电脑生产的显着扩张。本研究利用半结构化访谈、口述历史和档案分析，记录了台湾首席部长的专业知识形式，并探讨了台湾首席部长与其在美国和其他国家的合作伙伴之间知识流通的历史和实践。这项研究进一步探讨了台湾笔记本电脑的合同制造商如何不仅生产机器，而且还生产工程和制造方面的创新，这些创新紧密地结合在一起，并且可能不属于其客户（例如苹果电脑和戴尔电脑）。该项目提供了更好的研究了解合同制造业务。合同制造在许多国家的经济活动中占有很大比例，因此值得实证研究。对这一经济部门的深入研究显示了支持合同制造的国家如何战略性地这样做。他们不仅仅是全球企业利益的被动接受者。该项目对计算的历史和制造的历史做出了贡献。它还有助于科学政策研究，深入了解大中华区的经济活动，并通过研究信任和声誉等因素在决定合作中的作用，探索合同关系下的企业与企业之间的关系。 CM 与跨国公司之间。