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- From: Lyle_Seaman@transarc.com
- Subject: Re: "Dumping"
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- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:42:07 GMT
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- jwh@citi.umich.edu (Jim Howe) writes:
- > I don't know, Intel seems to be doing alright. Other semiconductor
- > firms also seem to be doing quite well. We excell at high technology,
- > memory chips are a commidity item.
-
- This raises an interesting point. Back when the US dominated the
- world steel market, it was a bunch of high tech ventures founded by
- some fortunate and unfortunate entrepeneurs. But then it got old, and
- management stopped pushing the envelope, and it became a low-tech,
- commodity business. And the Asians came in and took it right off our
- plates.
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- There are a lot of empty steel mills around Pgh now, though not as
- many as there used to be. The steel business has an incredibly high
- startup cost. By the arguments of some people in this thread, you
- would think that no one could ever start up a new steel mill in the
- US, but it's being done. There are (relatively small) high-tech new
- steel mills in the US that are now quite competitive.
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