全球商品鏈下的生存與躍升─台北布商經驗之研究

• Main Authors: Chi-Ying Wu, 吳紀瑩
• Other Authors: Chia-Ming Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/v77y6w

碩士 === 東吳大學 === 社會學系 === 96 === Since 1980s, due to the rising wage, advancing currency, lacking of workforce and the impact brought from swift change of global trade, as well as a large number of apparel factories and weave factories moved out to other countries, the textile industry in Taiwan became what people called the setting sun industry. People said by nature, they would disappear and wither, but in such cases, some cloth traders began to make the transition, forming another kind of administrative pattern named Final Buyer’s Supplier. Therefore, this research attempts to make an analysis to cloth trader's position and role in the production world by adopting the viewpoint of Global Commodity Chain and the method of in-depth interviewing. Discoveries: 1. Because of the rising position and independence in the Global Commodity Chain, some cloth traders have already become the Final Buyer's basic suppliers, which have been closer to the power core, free from the condition of apparel factories. Hence, their production and marketing stability are higher. 2. The cloth trader has become the intermediate trader which links the global and local networks. Under the “no factory” situation, the cloth trader designs the material and then manufactured by the weave factories and dye factories; finally it will be transported to foreign countries. On one hand, this has enhanced contacts among global buyers; on the other hand, this also has linked local suppliers and thus functioning as the node which contacts the global and local networks. 3. The Cloth trader has adopted the pattern that provides small amount with various styles; it is because there are many medium and small-scale factories in Taiwan and this new pattern is elastic enough to match today’s life style. Besides, it can also seek survival paths under the competition of factories from Mainland China and Southeast Asian with the style of single order with huge amount of products. This research shows the “node” of Global Commodity Chain can close itself to “the buyer” in one's own effort and improve the original domination position. Therefore, geographically, it is not merely the link among networks, but also is the link among power structure networks, not the horizontal connection.