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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463709003321

Titolo

Global Taiwan : building competitive strengths in a new international economy / / Suzanne Berger and Richard K. Lester, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

0-7656-1617-3

1-315-70405-6

1-317-46970-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

East Gate Book

Altri autori (Persone)

BergerSuzanne

LesterRichard K <1954-> (Richard Keith)

Disciplina

337.5124/9

Soggetti

Industrial policy - Taiwan

Industries - Technological innovations - Economic aspects - Taiwan

Globalization - Economic aspects - Taiwan

Competition, International

Electronic books.

Taiwan Economic conditions 1975-

Taiwan Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate Book."

First published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Globalization and the future of the Taiwan miracle / Suzanne Berger and Richard K. Lester -- 2. Industry co-evolution : a comparison of Taiwan and North American electronics contract manufacturers / Timothy J. Sturgeon and Ji-Ren Lee -- 3. Leading, following, or cooked goose? : explaining innovation successes and failures in Taiwan's electronics industry / Douglas B. Fuller, Akintunde I. Akinwande, and Charles G. Sodini -- 4. A tale of two sectors : diverging paths in Taiwan's automotive industry / Edward Cunningham, Teresa Lynch, and Eric Thun -- 5. Moving along the electronics value chain : Taiwan in the global economy / Douglas B. Fuller -- 6. From NAFTA to China? : production shifts and their implications for Taiwanese firms / Marcos Ancelovici and Sara Jane McCaffrey -- 7. Innovation and the limits of



state power : IC design and software in Taiwan / Dan Breznitz -- 8. Cross-straits integration and industrial catch-up : how vulnerable is the Taiwan miracle to an ascendant mainland? / Edward S. Steinfeld.

Sommario/riassunto

Global Taiwan examines the impact of globalization on the industry and economy of Taiwan since the spectacular growth of the 1990s. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with firms in Taiwan, China, the United States, Japan, Europe, and other areas, the book analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of Taiwanese firms at a time when they face new competition from powerful global leaders and new producers in China. The contributors cover topics of enormous importance for Taiwan as well as the rest of the world, including transformations in the international economy, technological advances that enabled