Table 6-A
Contribution of value capture for Apple iPod and HP laptop computer, by country/economy of origin: 2005
(Percent)
 
Product, country/economy,
and manufacturer
Activity Share
factory price
 
Apple video iPod    
U.S. Design/marketing, manufacturing of components 38.7
Apple (gross profit) Design/marketing 35.7
U.S. contract manufacturer Manufacturing of components 3.0
Japan Manufacturing of components 12.0
South Korea Manufacturing of components 0.4
Taiwan Manufacturing of components 2.0
China Final assembly 1.8
     
Hewlett-Packard laptop computer    
U.S. Design/marketing, operating system/chip, manufacturing of components 47.0
HP (gross profit) Design/marketing 28.0
Microsoft and Intel Operating system and chip 18.0
U.S. contract manufacturer Manufacturing of components 1.0
Japan Manufacturing of components 7.0
South Korea Manufacturing of components 1.0
Taiwan Manufacturing of components 2.0
NA Final assembly NA
 

NA = not available

NOTES: Value added is amount contributed by country, firm, or other entity to value of good or service and excludes purchases of domestic and imported materials and inputs. Value capture is value added excluding the cost of direct labor.

SOURCE: Dedrick, J, Kraemer, KL, Linden G,"Who Profits from Innovation in Global Value Chains? A Study of the iPod and notebook PCs," Personal Computing Center, University of California–Irvine (2008), http://pcic.merage.uci.edu/papers.asp., accessed 27 May 2009.

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