Study of Flourish vs. Weakness Critical Factors of Packaging / Testing Plants - Finance Case Study of Corporate C

• Main Authors: Ching-chi Huang, 黃淨琦
• Other Authors: David S. Shyu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22219872366246779527

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 財務管理學系研究所 === 94 === Abstract At present Taiwan is leading in the global Wafer OEM and ODM industries, and the outstanding accomplishment is growing constantly. Besides, due to the close relation between the specialized semiconductor packaging/test industries and the Wafer OEM industries, the growth rate was also similar to the Wafer OEM industries. The highly concentrated global packaging industries are gradually moving towards two-side development, big or small. Large plants, operated by group management and under shared resources, have the advantages in price negotiation and cost controls. Corporation A and B are two of the top domestic packaging/test manufacturers. At the same time, they also are No. 1 and 3 of the global specialty packaging factories. The multitudinous small factories cannot compete with these two companies on scale and growth rate. Corporation A and B still maintain the competitive advantages. Corporation C was also one of the top three packaging/test plants in the 2000s. However, in the recent years, the company did not perform as well as the overall economy. The firm has experienced massive business losses, drastic price drop in its stock. Its output was far behind the top two plants. In 2004, it became the No. 4 manufacturer, behind Corporation F. After analyzing financial ratios and investments to subsidiaries of Corporation C, this article has discovered the main reasons as to why Corporation C has changed from its flourish past to present weakness. Besides the adverse impact of the poor investment environment, they made a mistake by expanding their fixed assets without careful evaluation so the depreciation expense was too high. Moreover, their oversea investments expanded the losses because of recession, large debt amount and interest, thereby leading to the increases in bankruptcy costs. This article also discovered the decision-making quality of Corporation C and offered the improvement with the viewpoint of the Corporate Governance.