Robert Noyce and Fairchild Semiconductor, 1957–1968
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9628720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leslie Berlin (Stratford University, corresponding author), Leslie R Berlin |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-101 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3116557 |
| OpenAlex | W2127736812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 16 |
Robert Noyce's career at Fairchild Semiconductor sheds light on several developments that were central to the growth of Silicon Valley and the semiconductor industry: entrepreneurship, technical leadership, and the management of growth in a high-technology company. Noyce served as Fairchild Semiconductors first head of R&D and as its general manager for the six years of the company's most dramatic growth. His technical orientation, personal interest in new technologies, and hands-off management style helped establish a culture at the firm that welcomed innovations in research, process technology, manufacturing, and marketing. As Fairchild Semiconductor grew into a multidivisional mass producer, Noyce's entrepreneurial leadership proved inadequate. Communication breakdowns between divisions, coupled with a series of poor decisions by the parent company, further contributed to the decline of Fairchild Semiconductor
Business · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Management · Manufacturing engineering · Semiconductor Industry · Silicon valley · Engineering · History of Computing Technologies · Innovation and Knowledge Management · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
Military enterprise and technological change
The Rise Of The Gunbelt
The Social construction of technological systems
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Entrepreneurial Dominance in Businesses Large and Small, Past and Present
Family Firm to Modern Multinational
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From Max Weber
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2022 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |