Banyan Tree

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

A Resource-Based View Analysis of the Assembly and Packaging Segment of the Semiconductor Industry

By Kuah Teng Hock BSME (Summa cum Laude), MSc. (ME) MSc (TAM) and MBA

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

in the Newcastle Graduate School of Business

Supervisor: Dr. Gian Casmir

June 6 2011

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Declaration of Authorship

I hereby certify that the work embodied in this Dissertation Project is the result of original research and has not been submitted for a higher degree to any other University or Institution.

Signed: ___________________________ Kuah Teng Hock Date: ______December 8 2011__________

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Table of Content

Acknowledgement ........................................................................................................ 8 ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................. 9 Chapter 1 ..................................................................................................................... 12 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 12 1.1 Introduction................................................................................................. 12 1.2 The Resource-Based View of the Firm ...................................................... 12 1.3 Justification for the dissertation project ...................................................... 15 1.4 Research Questions and Hypothesis ........................................................... 16 1.5 Research Method ........................................................................................ 17 1.6 Major Findings ........................................................................................... 18 1.7 Limitations and Future Research...