The Study of Business Transformation That Taiwan Machine Companies Entering Semiconductor Equipment Industry

• Main Authors: Chih - Chiang Yang, 楊志強
• Other Authors: Ren - Jye Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1999
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34940214281796068733

碩士 === 東海大學 === 工業工程學系 === 87 === As the information age is approaching us, the electronic products dominate the tendency of the global industrial development gradually, and the semiconductor plays the most important role. In the division of labor model of global semiconductor, it makes Hsin-chu Science-based Industrial Park become the biggest OEM place of wafer in the world. In addition, we also found that the semiconductor equipment industry supply and dominate the development of the semiconductor manufacturing industry from technological levels by Japan’s and American’s industrial development experiences. Although Taiwan’s semiconductor processing technology is near the world level, we still depended on the equipment overseas. According to the scientific literatures of the study, we have found lots of developmental trajectories and inspirations related to international semiconductor equipment industry. From the business transformation viewpoint, this study will provide two analytic directions. One point of view is from the strategy entering new business, the other point of view is from technological types of products. Then we try to define four types that Taiwan machine companies entering semiconductor equipment industry. These four types are “Technological Strategy”, “Active Development”, “Technological Supply”, and “Coping & Assembling”. We use this analytical framework to examine six case studies of the representative machine companies in Taiwan. The process of business transformation would be constrained by environment factors. According to the information presented in the processes of transformation, I conclude those into three dimensions and try to find some related assumptive discoveries. This study proved that there are individual basic conditions and applicable environments for each type of Taiwan machine companies entering semiconductor equipment industry. According to some related discoveries involve in Taiwan semiconductor equipment development, we could find certain characteristics. The facts discovered in this investigation could offer valuable information for academic reports, and also could provide references for enterprises to reform.