Control the Narrows!
Control the Narrows!
"Each kind of commodity, as it passes through the many processes from the earth to the consumer, may be looked upon as a stream whose channel is broader at some points and narrow at others. Different streams of commodities narrow at different places. Some are narrowest and in fewest hands at the transport stage, others in one of the processes of manufacture, others in the hands of the export merchants..."
J. A. Hobson, "The Evolution of Modern Capitalism," 1926
m Value-Added Assembly (MCM, Board, Box) represents a critical narrow point in the flow of microelectronics from product concept to consumer.
m Industry has not yet taken full advantage of this major opportunity