| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 經營管理碩士學程 === 95 === Following the petrochemical industry and the textile industry, the electronics and information industry has become the major economic development in Taiwan for more than 20 years of high growth period and has advanced competitiveness of the Taiwan traditional industry by applying technologies to the industry. However, the electronics and information industry has entered a period of maturity. It is necessary to seek other potential industries in order to continue Taiwan's economic growth which is the sustained impetus to the Taiwan industrial development.
The global market size of the medical equipments industry amounted to 52,800 hundred million New Taiwan dollars (NTD) in 2005, and if estimated by the 6% annual growth rate, the market size in 2008 will grow to 62,080 hundred million NTD, thus this industry certainly attracts Taiwan enterprises. In truth, since 1990, Taiwan enterprises have began to develop high-tech medical equipment products such as infrared thermometers and blood pressure detectors. As 1998 Taiwan enterprises started to invest research and development (R&D) in blood sugar detectors, contact lens, and catheters, currently such R&D have showed significant achievements.
Among medical equipments, the market size of syringes is approximately 1,800 hundred million NTD, and the nature of its industrial characteristic really attracts Taiwan enterprises. About year 2000, Chen, Wen-Long obtained the first generation of self-destructed safety syringes patents. In the meantime, Taiwan capital market had abundant funds to establish several new ventures with the aid of Chen’s patents. Also, each company invested the majority of funds to purchase patents, proceed patents improvements, apply patents in major countries, establish mass production capacity, and develop channels. Shortly afterward, the difficult situation of financial problems and raising funds arose, and it has tested manager's wisdom to break through this difficult situation since then.
The repetitive use and the acupuncture infection of medical equipments result in the greater social cost. In order to solve such high annual social cost, President Clinton signed “Needlestick Safety and Prevent Act” in November 6, 2000, began in 2004 to start comprehensive enforcement, and stipulated all medical institutes to provide safety syringes to protect medical practitioners. This Act has accelerated the development of safety syringes.
This study takes literature review and case interviews as the major research methods. First, the market analysis of this industry and products provides preliminary understanding. Second, literature review establishes the overall framework of this study and relevant definitions of theories and research variables. Then, this study compares the present situation of syringes companies and explains opportunities of establishing production supply chain. After demonstrating the above, this study illustrates meanings and logic behind them. Finally, the preliminary conclusions of this study include four parts:
The replacing industrial characteristic in mass production of industrial products, high barriers to entry the medical equipments industry, the opportunities of new products and new ventures in this generation of replacing old products with new products, and the development opportunity and value of Taiwan enterprises.
After all, the major conclusion of this study is that “safety syringes” is a great business opportunity for Taiwan enterprises.
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