Entrepreneurship and Taiwan's Economic Dynamics

This book sheds new light on the economic development of Taiwan, examining how entrepreneurs identify and pursue profit opportunities, and showing how their efforts have enhanced Taiwan's economic dynamics.

Taiwan's economic success is well known and considered to be one of the East Asian Miracles by the World Bank. This book examines the contributions of dynamic entrepreneurs to the economic development of Taiwan. It adopts Austrian theories of entrepreneurship and market process as a major analytical framework. Specifically, it focuses on knowledge and coordination problems. It examines how entrepreneurs identify and pursue profit opportunities, and how their efforts have enhanced Taiwan's economic dynamics. This book sheds new light on the economic development of Taiwan.

Theoretical breakthrough in entrepreneurship, innovation and corperare strategies Excellent presentation of Taiwan's successful entrepreneurship in theory and practices Combination of the Austrian school of economics and Chinese traditional wisdoms/Confucian teaching to illuminate market dynamics in Taiwan Story-telling approach helps readers understand how Chinese entrepreneurs work Multidisciplinary approach involving economics, management, sociology, psychology, political sciences and organizational theories Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Klappentext

Taiwan's economic success is well known and considered to be one of the "East Asian Miracles" by the World Bank. This book examines the contributions of dynamic entrepreneurs to the economic development of Taiwan. It adopts Austrian theories of entrepreneurship and market process as a major analytical framework. Specifically, it focuses on knowledge and coordination problems. It examines how entrepreneurs identify and pursue profit opportunities, and how their efforts have enhanced Taiwan's economic dynamics. This book sheds new light on the economic development of Taiwan.

Inhalt
1 Taiwan's Economic Development: The Role of Entrepreneurship and its Incubating Factors (with Ho-Don Yan and Shan-Yu Chen).- 2 A Model of a Small Family Business in Taiwan.- 3 Uncertainty, Learning and Error Elimination: Taiwanese Entrepreneurs in Mainland China.- 4 Taiwan's Entrepreneurs and International Coordination: Evolution of Global Production Network in Electronics and IT Industries.-5 Entrepreneurial Innovation and Dynamic Transaction Costs: The Case of Sinyi Real Estate Inc.(with Simon Chien-Yuan Chen).- 6 Giants: Taiwan's World Brand Bicycle(with Mei-Chih Hu).- 7 'Right Time, Right Place and Right People' and Chinese Entrepreneurship: The Case of Din Tai Fung Dumpling House in Taiwan(with Pinky Wan-Ping Tse).- 8 Street Entrepreneurs in Taipei(with Po-Jen Lin and Diana S.M Kwan).- Index.