Taiwan
Shin-Horng Chen and Pei-Chang Wen
Abstract:
This chapter discusses the development and evolution of Taiwan’s ICT industry in the context of a global production network (GPN) and global innovation network (GIN). Particular attention is paid to characteristic features of R&D and offshoring by Taiwan’s ICT industry. The chapter also presents four case studies of firms, showing their significance in ICT R&D and innovation and their representative features of certain aspects of Taiwanese ICT industry. On balance, the globalization of technology has come to a stage in which Taiwan together with some of the developing countries in East Asia has become a source of R&D and innovation – not just a technology recipient and late-adopter as before. ...
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