Semiconductor industry is in the heart of
electronic supply chain.
Semiconductors are
widely used in recent daily lives. They
are found in
personal computers, laptop, mobile phones, cars, toys etc.
This
is also a capital extensive industry as it requires extremely expensive
machine, using precious materials and involving wide spread of manufacturing
processes.
Caption: : Wafer and integrated circuit produced in semiconductor industry
Industry under review
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As
the focus of the study is to
reviewing the body of evidence of sustainability
in the semiconductor industry, literature review
is not only a critical aspect of the research.
But, literature review is the
focus of the study itself.The review undertaken to those
selected published literature from several sources with following basic
criteria of inclusion;
* Theory : sustainability, sustainable
development
* Key issues for semiconductor industry
* Trend in semiconductor
industry
Selected
literatures under review are coming from several published journals, articles,
industry reports, industry trend as well as sparkled related topic.
Literature Review
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Selected literatures then be categorized into 3;
* Theory* Practice
* Trend
Sustainability concept at Infineon covers aspects from suppliers to customer, employees to social stakeholders and investor with six fields of activity: Business Ethics, Corporate Citizenship, CSR Supply Chain Management, Environmental Sustainability, Occupational Health and Safety, Human Resources Management and Human
Rights.
Even though it has
shown positive results as one of most sustainable company in the world award, the challenges in the future development need to
be anticipated to prepare long term sustainability. The recent
financial and economic crisis may affect this industry, based on McKinsey research, CAGR of
semiconductor industry fell from 7 to 3 percent from 2008 to 2014 caused by
drop in demand due to no major growth and increased competition.
