Taiwan’s S&T Innovation and Economic Growth: An Analysis based on International Competitiveness Comparison

• Main Authors: Liao, Chien-Hui, 廖千慧
• Other Authors: Yuan, Benjamin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35693389141066613231

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 科技管理研究所 === 97 === Taiwan is well-known for her technology capacity and competitiveness. Although the International Institute for Management Development and the World Economic Forum praised Taiwan for capacity of science and technology, it still can’t explain how these technological advantages affect economic growth. Furthermore, APO Innovation Framework and Strategies Report claimed that Ireland could be a benchmark for Taiwan; however, this statement lacks practical evidence and theories. This thesis study uses cluster analysis and path analysis to identify Netherland as the role model for Taiwan. For a step further, this study make use of Cheng’s (2005) M-I-T framework to compare Taiwan and Netherland and shows that Taiwan should not focus only on the technology development, but also has to operate with the institution and the market. Finally, this study indentifies the key weakness of Taiwan and suggests the guideline of strategies to stir up the Taiwan’s economy.