| Description |
1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Industrial policy -- Taiwan
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Industries -- Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Taiwan
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Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Taiwan
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Competition, International.
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Competition, International
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Economic history
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Globalization -- Economic aspects
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Industrial policy
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Industries -- Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
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International economic relations
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| SUBJECT |
Taiwan -- Economic conditions -- 1975-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131979
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Taiwan -- Foreign economic relations
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| Subject |
Taiwan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Berger, Suzanne, editor
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Lester, Richard K. (Richard Keith), 1954- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781315704050 |
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1315704056 |
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1317469690 |
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9781317469698 |
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0765616173 |
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9780765616173 |
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1317469704 |
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9781317469704 |
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