An Analysis of Strategic Positioning and Operational Characteristics of Taiwan''s Industrial Parks

• Main Authors: Chin-Liang Hsu, 許金涼
• Other Authors: Joseph Z. Shyu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04537165973296413099

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 科技管理所 === 89 === Among developing countries, the Asian four tigers have score unprecedented record growth in the 1980s. While these countries employed different strategic approach for their strategic industries, Taiwan was the first nation that established their infrastructure for the high-tech manufacturing sector of its economy. During this period of growth, government policy played a pivotal role in expediting the development of needed infrastructure, industrial clustering, and technology know-how. The most noticeable policy was the establishment of the Science-Based Industrial Parks (SBIP) in Hsinchu in 1980, which allowed not only a fenced park with well-planned infrastructure and a total service center managed by the government, but also tax exemption policies and industrial clusters formed inside the park. Since the establishment of the park, Taiwan has developed herself as a local manufacturing powerhouse for a number of high-tech industries, and the successful experience of SBIP has become a paradigmatic example of industrial development for developing countries. For continual growth in the high-tech industries, Taiwanese government has established a variety of industrial of industrial parks to serve the needs of different sectors of the high-tech industries. However, over the 20 years of development, the distinction in strategic focus among these parks has become blurred. There is, therefore, a need to analyze the strategic positioning and operating characteristics of the industrial parks to assess different policy needs for future development, which is the focus of this research. Research results suggest that SBIP should position itself as a local center for product-innovation, while other general-propose industrial parks should save as consolidated manufacturing sites. Morever, the other type of industrial park, strategic designed for small-and-medium size enterprises (SMES) should also be encouraged to expedite the development of SMES, which have been tole engine for rapid economic growth in the past 20 years.