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This article explores how Taiwanese laptop contract manufacturers established the foundation of their businesses between the late 1980s and mid-1990s. It casts doubt on the traditional view of a linear progression from manufacturing to design capability in Asia. By examining the three earliest laptop projects in Taiwan, however, this author shows that manufacturing was not necessarily simpler than design and how important these producers' design engineering capabilities were to attracting customers and establishing a solid foundation for their future development. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents a study which investigated the human resource strategies of overseas subsidiaries of Taiwan's information enterprises primarily the personal computers (PC) industry. Details on the industrial development and PC manufacturing in Taiwan; Three categories of theories of international operation and internationalization; Methodology used in the study; Conclusions.

A calendar of events for the computer industry from October 2009 to April 2010 is presented, which includes the MoDELS 2009, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)/Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) 12th International Conference in Denver, Colorado; the Asian Test Symposium 2009 in Taiwan; and the International Symposium on Multimedia 2009 in San Diego, California.

The article presents information on the 39th Annual International Computer, Software & Applications Conference to be held in July 1-5, 2015 in Taiwan.