{"product_id":"sematech-larry-d-browning-9780890969373","title":"Sematech: Saving the U.S. Semiconductor Industry","description":"Although the microchip is an American invention, early, unbridled competition among U.S. companies and the worldwide race for new products allowed the Japanese to move in on the microchip market. By the mid-1980s, Japan dominated the industry, in this country as well as abroad, and the U.S. semiconductor industry faced irrecoverable loss of production capability. Desperation led to the creation of Sematech. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSematech, \u003c\/i\u003e Larry D. Browning and Judy C. Shetler trace the history of Sematech, a consortium formed by fourteen major American semiconductor manufacturers and the U.S. government. Sematech's founders were aware that consortia emphasizing cooperative research had been unsuccessful; Sematech planned a different approach. Its founding charter stated its goal: \"To provide the U.S. semiconductor industry the capability for world leadership in manufacturing\"; in other words, improve core manufacturing competence without making end products. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 1994, U.S. chip makers were once again ahead in global market share, and Sematech began to phase out government funding. Sematech's success was based on first identifying the companies with the best operating solutions to each problem and then disseminating these practices to the industry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSematech not only provided a solution to many problems of the U.S. semiconductor industry, it also provided a template for other public\/private enterprises. Examining what Sematech did and how it did it is important to the health of the U.S. economy in an increasingly multinational competitive environment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrowning and Shetler's well-written, thoughtful history will inform and engage business historians, managers, public policy scholars, and others interested in the development and success of the U.S. computer chip industry and the application of its techniques to other fields of business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry D. Browning,Judy C. Shetler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 089096937X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890969373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.45w x 1.08d","brand":"Larry D. Browning","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087040950527,"sku":"9780890969373","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_485f2a01-0337-44db-b864-af15c7297626.jpg?v=1769097964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sematech-larry-d-browning-9780890969373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}