Pei-Chang Wen

作者簡介

Chen, Shin-Horng

　　Position: Research Fellow and Director of the Second Research Division (the International Division) of the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
Education: Ph.D., University of Newcastle, U.K.

　　Research Field: Industrial Economics, High- Tech Industry, Information Technology Economics

Wen, Pei-Chang

　　Position: Research Fellow of the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research Education: Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan
University, Taipei, Taiwan

　　Research Field: Transportation Modeling and Vehicle Emissions, Innovation and Policy in the ICT industry, Intelligent Vehicles and the Sservice Sector; Regional Policy and Planning; Economic Evaluation;

Liu, Meng-Chun

　　Position: Research Fellow and Director of the Center for Economic Forecasting of the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

　　Education: Ph.D., Monash University, Australia

　　Research Field: International Economics and Industrial Organization, and Chinese Economy Studies

PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF GRAPHS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. DESCRIPTIVE PRESENTATION OF THE ICT SECTOR
1.1 AN OVERVIEW OF TAIWAN’S ICT INDUSTRY
1.2 THE MAJOR SUB-SECTORS OF TAIWAN’S ICT INDUSTRY
1.3 SUMMARY

CHAPTER 2. ICT SECTOR: COMPANY LEVEL ASSESSMENT
2.1 ICT SCOREBOARD – TOP 20 FIRMS
2.2 CASE STUDIES
2.3 MICRO-LEVEL ASSESSMENT

CHAPTER 3. ICT R&D STRATEGIES
3.1 THE ROLE OF FDI IN THE ICT R&D TRENDS
3.2 ASIAN R&D OFFSHORING
3.3 CORE SKILLS IN ICT R&D

CHAPTER 4. NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
4.1 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL R&D AND INNOVATION POLICIES
4.2 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES OF INNOVATION SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 5. OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE AND THE CONCLUSIONS
5.1 MAIN CONCLUSIONS OF THE KEY TRENDS
5.2 THE YEARS AHEAD: OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCE ANNEX

　　The R&D activity in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) industrial sectors is an important factor in boosting the competitiveness of the European economy, and it stands high on the European political agenda (European Council held in Lisbon, March 2000). As an extension of existing research efforts, IPTS (DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission) has launched a research tender focused on R&D in ICT sectors in India, China and Taiwan, in order to gain a better understanding of major ICT R&D capabilities in that part of the world.

　　The research exercise includes the preparation of three national Country Reports, supported by a Dataset and a Technical Annex for each country.

　　Contract title: “Study on the trends in public and private investments in ICT R&D in China, India and Taiwan, and on the globalization of R&D and the competitiveness of their innovation systems in ICT”.

　　Contract number: 150970-2008 F1SC-HU

　　The contract was awarded by: Institute of Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Directorate General Joint Research Centre, European Commission.
Main contractor: International Center for Economic Growth, European Center (ICEG EC). Project leaders: Dr. PAl GAspAr and Renata Anna Jaksa.

　　The Taiwanese Partner: Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER), Taiwan.
The report is published by IPTS and reproduced by CIER with the permission of IPTS.