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Globalization of the Storage Industry


Employment Patterns in the HDD Industry: Where are the Jobs?

Allen Hicken
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Copyright © 1998

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  • Appeared in Datatech. 1998. Launch Edition. ICG Publishing Ltd. p. 19-22.
  • October 1998

Abstract
      A 3 year study of global employment patterns has been undertaken for three major sectors of the hard disc drive industry. The investigation shows the shift away from high cost centers to mainly Asian based low cost locations and the movement within Asia to find lower overheads or preferred centers of production.

 
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