Local-Labor-Market Impact of US Semiconductor-Industry Operations

摘要叙述哈林顿教授将对从事半导体元件制造的美国公司进行邮寄调查。有关产品、市场、生产设施和劳动力特征的调查数据将与其他来源关于当地劳动力市场和一般半导体行业的数据整合在一起。研究的目标是将企业内部活动和商业战略与这些企业的区位行为和区域影响联系起来。这项研究将在关注狭义行业内的空间分工的工作与研究由外资企业主导的当地经济之间架起一座桥梁。它将产生关于工业区位和变化对企业的具体影响的信息。除了加深我们对当地劳动力市场运作的总体理解外，哈林顿教授的研究还将提高经济发展规划者预测特定产业区位决策影响的能力。

Abstract Narrative Professor Harrington will conduct a mail survey of U.S. companies engaged in the manufacture of semiconductor components. Survey data on products, markets, production facilities, and workforce characteristics will be integrated with data from other sources on local labor markets and on the semiconductor industry generally. The goal of the research is to relate internal firm activities and business strategies to the locational behavior and regional impacts of those firms. This research will bridge a gap between work that focuses on the spatial division of labor within narrowly-defined industries and studies of local economies dominated by externally-owned establishments. It will produce information on the enterprise-specific effects of industrial location and change. In addition to deepening our general understanding of the operations of local labor markets, Professor Harrington's research will improve the ability of economic development planners to forecast the impacts of specific industrial location decisions.