Analyzing the Technology Start-up Ecosystem in Taipei, Taiwan

• Main Authors: José Miguel Salazar Hernández, 沙米格
• Other Authors: Dr. Chuang-Min Chao
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gw433m

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 管理國際學生碩士專班 (IMBA) === 104 === The rapid industrialization and economic growth of Taiwan during the second half of the twentieth century known as the “Taiwan Economic Miracle” for long has been internationally recognized and regarded as a good example of economic progress for others. During that time Taiwan attained rapid socio-economic development due to specialization in high-technology manufacturing and establishing an international trade mentality. In the last century Taiwan has been moving forward from an agrarian economy, to a manufacture economy and now to an economy with increased focus on services, their economic growth has been slowing down in recent years due to a number of reasons including, but not limited to, lack of sufficient aggregate demand from international markets, expensive labor force in comparison to China or other South East Asian nations, overreliance on traditional business models, lack of disruptive innovation. Many companies in Taiwan still rely on their previous business models principles (OEM, ODM) and some have reacted very slow to all the rapid changes in the global arena, and missed some of the unlimited opportunities of the information era. Traditional business models have done a great job in taking Taiwan to where it is right now, but traditional business models won’t take Taiwan any further. However not everything has been lost as Taiwan still possess multiple assets that if used properly could give them an unparalleled competitive advantage. In this thesis, the author identifies, examines and evaluates the role of different elements of the start-up ecosystem in Taipei, as well as of the ecosystem itself.