Jason Dedrick is co-director of the Personal Computing Industry Center and project scientist at the University of California, Irvine.  His research interests include the globalization of information technology, national technology policy, the impacts of IT on organizational structure and economic performance, and green information technologies.   He is now studying the globalization of knowledge work and its impacts on U.S. innovation and employment, and globalization of innovation in the PC industry.  He is co-author of Asia’s Computer Challenge:  Threat or Opportunity for the United States and the World? (Oxford University Press, 1998), and co-editor of Global E-Commerce: Impacts of National Environment and Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2006).  He has published articles in leading academic journals such as Management Science, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, California Management Review, and Communications of the ACM.

Selected Articles

• Jason Dedrick, Sean Xu, Kevin Zhu. 2008. How does information technology shape supply-chain structure? Evidence on the number of suppliers, Journal of Management Information Systems, 25(2), 41-72.
• Eric Shih, Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer. 2007. Determinants of country-level investment in information technology, Management Science, 53(3) March: 521-528.
• Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer. 2006. Is production pulling knowledge work to China? A study of the notebook PC industry, IEEE Computer, 39(7), July: 36-42.
• Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer. 2005. The impacts of information technology on firm and industry structure: the personal computer industry, California Management Review, 47(3), 122-142. 2005
• Jason Dedrick, Vijay Gurbaxani and Kenneth L. Kraemer. 2003. Information technology and economic performance: a critical review of the empirical evidence, Computing Surveys, 35(1) 1-28.
• Joel West and Jason Dedrick. 2000. Innovation and control in standards architectures: The rise and fall of Japan’s PC-98,” Information Systems Research, 11(2), 197-216.

Books

• Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, Nigel Melville, Kevin Zhu (editors). 2006. Global E-Commerce: Impacts of National Environment and Policy, Cambridge University Press.
• Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer. 1998. Asia’s Computer Challenge: Threat or Opportunity for the United States and the World? New York: Oxford University Press.

Awards and Other Activities

• International Conference on Information Systems, Best Conference Theme Paper, 2003
• Hawaiian International Conference on System Science, Best Track Paper, 2001
• Commissioned by National Academy of Sciences Committee on Competitiveness and Work Force Needs of U.S. Industry to participate in meetings and write chapter on the “PC Industry” for the book Running Faster to Stay Ahead? Globalization of Innovation in High-Technology Industries, published by the National Academy Press (2008).
• Commissioned by the National Academy of Engineering to prepare background paper on “The impact of globalization and offshoring on engineering employment in the personal computing industry” and participate in meetings of the Committee on Offshoring of Engineering. Paper published in The Offshoring of Engineering by National Academy Press (2008).
• Testified on “China’s emergence as a computer industry power” before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing on China as an Emerging Regional and Technology Power: Implications for U.S. Economic and Security Interests. San Diego, February 12, 2004

Press Coverage

• The Economist. “Leapfrogging or Piggybacking?” Cites iPod study. November 8, 2007.
• The Economist. “Consumer Champion.” Cites PC industry study. November 8, 2007.
• Bloomberg Radio. Interview on “Bloomberg on the Economy” regarding iPod study. September 13, 2007.
• Hal Varian. “An iPod Has Global Value. Ask the (Many) Countries That Make It,” New York Times. June 27, 2007.