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December 2012 (Revised April 2025)
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AmTran Technology Ltd.

By: Willy Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Karen E. Robinson

As an original design manufacturer (ODM) of television sets and leading supplier to Vizio, a market leader in the U.S. for LCD flat panel TVs, AmTran Technology Ltd. uses what founder Alpha Wu describes as a "WE" model in which western companies perform sales,... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

29 Dec 2014
News

Children’s tablet designed in Mass. hits market in March

23 Oct 2018
News

How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate

01 Feb 2002
News

Design Fair

and informational content can then be shown to customers on nearby flat-panel displays. Also participating were Lance Ward, Amy Reinhard, and Brian Davis, who, with the Design Continuum and MicroOptical Corp., created Active Insight. The... View Details

Keywords: MIT Media Lab; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

28 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Manufacturing Matters

United States is still an innovation powerhouse? Shih: I think so. But the problem comes about as more manufacturing moves offshore and commercialization capabilities diminish. Flat-panel displays are a good example. Because there is no... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

innovation powerhouse? Shih: I think so. But the problem comes about as more manufacturing moves offshore and commercialization capabilities diminish. Flat-panel displays are a good example. Because there is no View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2010
News

Three Profs Win McKinsey Award

Made in China REASON U.S. supplier base eroded as the manufacture of consumer electronics and computers migrated to Asia. Electrophoretic display MADE IN TAIWAN REASON Its manufacture requires expertise developed from producing flat-panel... View Details

Keywords: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Residential Life | MBA

of which have private baths. These dorms also feature high-speed Internet access, dry cleaning and laundry facilities, housekeeping services, and a common lounge with a large, flat-panel television and a piano. HBS residence halls are... View Details

06 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

percent of global semiconductor foundry capacity. That commons helped Taiwan to tap into the same capabilities to make it a critical player in flat-panel displays and energy-efficient lighting, all because the country was tenacious in its... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

company created within the last five years that produces the number one flat-panel TV brand in the U.S., beating Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic. It created a brand and financed itself to grow fast despite a limited number of staff—because... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

capabilities—that formed an industrial commons needed to produce a whole host of advanced, high-valued-added electronic products such as flat-panel displays, solid-state lighting, and solar PV. In this book, we will examine the dynamics... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

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