Industrial Development of Taiwan

Gee San is Professor Emeritus at National Central University. He was Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development. Patarapong Intarakumnerd is Professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo. He is Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Technology Innovation.

1 Introduction; 2 How indigenous industrialisation began in post-war Taiwan; 3 Digital transformation and structural change in Taiwan’s national innovation system; 4 Japan’s national innovation system, small firms and patent system before and after the 1990s; 5 Post-catching-up science and technology trajectories: publishing and patenting activities of Taiwan; 6 Thirty years of economic relations across the Taiwan Strait: retrospect and prospects; 7 The PRC’s ‘Red Supply Chain’ and the Sino-American trade conflicts: measurements and effects on Taiwan; 8 Trade potential between ASEAN countries and Taiwan: the role played by information technologies; 9 Technological learning and innovations of manufacturing firms in selected ASEAN countries: an implication for future collaboration with Taiwan; 10 A prospect for Taiwan’s post-referendum energy policy; 11 Towards better environmental governance in Taiwan; 12 Taiwan population changes in the new century: causes and challenges; 13 Taiwan’s pension fund crisis: is the defined benefit plan the answer to an ageing society?; 14 The impact of populism on the growth of income: an empirical study of the four Asian NIEs; 15 Factors affecting the performance of outsourced preemployment training in Taiwan; 16 The semi-long-term low-wages dilemma in Taiwan: an examination of the role of SMEs and other institutional factors