Title: Successful factors of the fabless IC industry in Taiwan

Authors: Louis Y. Y. Lu, Shiu-Wan Hung, Chyan Yang

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan. ' Department of International Business, Ming Chuan University, Taipei, Taiwan. ' Institute of Business and Management, National Chiao Tung University, 4F, No. 114 Chung-Hsiao West Road Section 1, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Abstract: Taiwan|s fabless industry as a whole is prominent and is the second largest in the world. This success provides some insights into those small economics with limited resources, e.g. Asian Newly Industrialised Economies (NIEs). This research summarises the key success factors of Taiwan|s fabless industry. Moreover, the success modes that Taiwanese fabless companies adopted to win out against global competition are also presented. Finally, the challenges Taiwan is facing and the possible future directions are also discussed.

Keywords: cluster; fabless IC industry; key sucessful factors; Taiwan; semiconductor manufacture.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2004.004515

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2004 Vol.6 No.1/2, pp.98 - 111

Published online: 10 May 2004 *

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