The flat panel display industry (encompassing products such as LCDs for laptop computers) is of interest as a global industry with rapid technological turnover where in place of the East catching up with the West, it is a case of the West trying to catch up with the technologically advanced...

This document outlines the current industrial upgrading strategies of Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau, the institution widely recognized as the driving force behind Taiwan's industrial miracle. As well as covering the current development framework, envisaged goals, infrastructural...

In the 1990s Taiwan has developed a series of innovative 'technology alliances' which bring small and large firms together into consortia targeted at high-tech product development in strategic sectors. Technology transfer and coordination is provided by public sector agencies and research...

The world is on the cusp of major transformations of energy systems, with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems providing one of the most promising alternatives to fossil fuels. Amongst the countries moving to take advantage of the new production possibilities thus being opened up is Taiwan, employing...

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Whilst inter-organisational networks are increasingly significant in making production systems more flexible and responsive, these organisational arrangements could be even more important in other phases of the production cycle, and particularly in new product development. The literature on R&D...