Taiwan's Electronics Sector: Restructuring of Form and Space

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.L. Chou ◽  
R.J.R. Kirkby
Keyword(s):  
Leading Edge ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Industrial Restructuring ◽  
Production Location ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Electronics Sector

The dynamics of leading-edge industries are of primary importance in understanding national trajectories of industrialisation and corresponding spatial development. With reference to the state's role and the increasing importance of transnational flows, the paper analyses the emergence of Taiwan's electronics sector in the context of technical and organisational issues. It also traces the impacts on location and space. The paper demonstrates the implications for Taiwan's electronics sector of recurrent restructuring of the industry globally. The indispensable role of the state is examined, as an agent of both industrial restructuring and of production location. The paper shows that the trajectory of development of electronics in postwar Taiwan is a function of global forces as refracted through the prism of a strategic state.

Transmission belt for transnational capital or facilitator for development? Problematising the role of the state in the Maputo Development Corridor

2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrik Söderbaum ◽  
Ian Taylor
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
The State ◽  
Investment Promotion ◽  
Jobless Growth ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Inclusive Governance

This article problematises the role of the state in what is claimed to be the ‘flagship’ of the South African Spatial Development Initiative (SDI) programme, the Maputo Development Corridor (MDC). The purpose is to assess to what extent the state is best understood as a ‘transmission belt’ for transnational capital or as a ‘facilitator’ for development. The study reveals several flaws in the MDC which reinforce the role of the state as a transmission belt for transnational capital, rather than as a facilitator for development. For instance, the neo-liberal market fundamentalism and big-bang approach inherent in the MDC spells ‘jobless growth’. Similarly, the notion that ‘good governance is less government’, implies that the state is to a large extent reduced to an ‘investment promotion agency’. Having said this, the MDC does contain several novel and positive features, and its problematic aspects can be overcome through some strategic changes in the MDC approach. These may be summarised as a heavier focus on ‘development’, a more pro-active state, and more comprehensive and inclusive governance structures.

The State and Industrial Restructuring: Government Policies in Industrial Wales

1987 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
J L Morris
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Industrial Restructuring ◽  
Industrial Policies ◽  
Regional Policies ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Steel Industries

This paper is an outline of recent industrial restructuring which has occurred in Wales and the role of the state through industrial policies in these changes, It is shown that, although the state has made strenuous efforts to attract investment—particularly from overseas—to Wales, it has operated its policies on nationalised industries on narrow profit-or-loss lines irrespective of regional dimensions. The contradiction between the two strands of policy is illustrated with a critical analysis of the treatment of the coal and steel industries and an appraisal of regional policies. New policies for the regions are then described.

The Role of the State in the Uneven Spatial Development of Italy: The Case of the Mezzogiorno

1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umberto DiGiorgi ◽  
Roberto Moscati ◽  
Umberto DiGiorgi ◽  
Roberto Moscati
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Role Of The State

Economic and Legal Support for Commercialization of Intellectual Property in Russia

2003 ◽  
pp. 66-76
Author(s):  
I. Dezhina ◽  
I. Leonov
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
The State ◽  
Commercial Application ◽  
The West ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Legal Context

The article is devoted to the analysis of the changes in economic and legal context for commercial application of intellectual property created under federal budgetary financing. Special attention is given to the role of the state and to comparison of key elements of mechanisms for commercial application of intellectual property that are currently under implementation in Russia and in the West. A number of practical suggestions are presented aimed at improving government stimuli to commercialization of intellectual property created at budgetary expense.

General Particulars Regarding the Conflict of Interest

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
Aurelia Teodora Drăghici
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
National Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Changing Role

SummaryTheme conflicts of interest is one of the major reasons for concern local government, regional and central administrative and criminal legal implications aiming to uphold the integrity and decisions objectively. Also, most obviously, conflicts of interest occur at the national level where political stakes are usually highest, one of the determining factors of this segment being the changing role of the state itself, which creates opportunities for individual gain through its transformations.

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