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TAIWAN (Republic of China)

TAIWAN (Republic of China). BBC Taiwan profile. AN ISLAND STATE TAIWAN: YANGTZE RIVER VALLEY HUB ANOTHER “MIRACLE” ANOTHER PROBLEM LEFT OVER BY HISTORY. WORLD FACT BOOK TAIWAN https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html ADB DATA

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TAIWAN (Republic of China)

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  1. TAIWAN (Republic of China) BBC Taiwan profile

  2. AN ISLAND STATE TAIWAN: YANGTZE RIVER VALLEY HUB ANOTHER “MIRACLE” ANOTHER PROBLEM LEFT OVER BY HISTORY

  3. WORLD FACT BOOK TAIWAN https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html ADB DATA http://www.adb.org/publications/key-indicators-asia-and-pacific-2013?ref=data/publications http://www.adb.org/ki2013/StatTrends.html

  4. TAIWAN ASIAN TRADE 1989 $46.6 BILLION TAIWAN ASIAN TRADE 2010 $328.5 BILLION TAIWAN BUREAU OF TRADE STATS

  5. Taiwan-Mainland trade

  6. BEST US OPPORTUNITIES A sophisticated, price-sensitive market IPR, bureaucracy the main US business issues Electronics Industry Production/Test Equipment (EIP) Computer Services & Software (CSV/CSF) • Overseas Travel and Tourism (TRA) • Industrial Chemicals (ICH) •Education (EDU) •Medical Devices & Supplies (MED) • Electrical Power Equipment (ELP) •Pet Products (PET) • Telecommunications Equipment (TEL) • Information Security Services (SEC) • Sporting Goods (SPT) •Pollution Control Equipment (POL) •Pleasure Boats/Accessories (PLB) •Books (BOK) •Apparel (APP)

  7. TAIWAN AS A CASE STUDY IN STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY DOES US “RECOGNIZE” OR “ACKNOWLEDGE” “ONE CHINA?” JIANG ZEMIN’S 8 POINTS and HU JINTAO’S 4 POINTS “ONE COUNTRY, (1, 2, OR 3) SYSTEMS”? 3 NO’S AND THE TRA? “ANTI-SUCCESSION LAW” - TO BLOCK INDEPENDENCE, NOT COERCE UNIFICATION

  8. BUT ON TAIWAN…. ECONOMIC MIRACLE: up from poverty POLITICAL MIRACLE: From martial law to democracy The DPP The “new” KMT IDENTITY: CHINESE OR TAIWANESE? US ROLE: TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT IS TAIWAN THE 21ST CENTURY’S “CZECHOSLOVAKIA”?

  9. THE TAIWAN DILEMMA 分久必合，合久必分 Anything long divided will surely unite, and anything long united will surely divide US-PRC-TAIWAN: A DEADLY EMBRACE PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION: WHAT IS “THE STATUS QUO”? PROBLEMS OF NATIONALISM: CHINA, TAIWAN PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY: WHAT IS “CHINESE” PROBLEMS OF IDEOLOGY: “UNIFICATION” PROBLEMS OF “STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY” PROBLEMS OF THE ECONOMY -See “Globalization & The Future of the Taiwan Miracle” by Berger & Lester, in “Precis” Spring 2005, pp 11-13 http://web.mit.edu/cis/Publications/MIT_Precis_spring_2005.pdf

  10. TAIWAN AS A CASE STUDY OF “THE 4 BASIC QUESTIONS” RULE: TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY If PRC accepts Taiwan self-determination, then what about Tibet, Xinjiang, etc? GREATNESS: PRC REGIME LEGITIMACY TRANSFORMATION: TAIWAN A MODEL? DEALING WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD:IS TAIWAN A DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL ISSUE? US seen as perpetuating Taiwan’s “separatism” JZM: “We shall try our best to achieve the peaceful reunification of China since Chinese should not fight Chinese. We do not promise not to use force. If used, force will not be directed against our compatriots in Taiwan, but against the foreign forces who intervene in China’s reunification and go in for ‘the independence of Taiwan’.”

  11. ACER: STAN SHIH – Visionary HTC: A BRAND! Uni-President: from flour mill to food giant

  12. UNI-PRESIDENT AN ASIAN FIRM ADAPTING TO STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL SHIFTS FROM TO GOVT PUSH MARKET PULL IMITATION INNOVATION NATION BUILDING MARKET BUILDING KNOW WHO KNOW HOW

  13. HOW DID UNI-PRESIDENT MEET THE CHALLENGES POSED BY GLOBALIZATION: BUILDING ECONOMIES OF SCALE HANDLING CROSS-BORDER COORDINATION INNOVATATING TO SERVE DIFFERENT MARKETS CREATING AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE Moving from “international” to “global” The criticality of knowledge--competitive advantage based on “systems”, not “assets” DEALING WITH HR ISSUES Legacies…old ways of doing business “New blood” LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES “Arbitrage” PEST

  14. UNI-PRESIDENT Start-up…leveraging govt. policies Alliances? Diversification? (noodles, drinks, stores, etc.) China strategy? (leveraging govt. policies again) What is UPEC doing with its China JVs?

  15. UPEC beyond China…. • Hong Kong? • Thailand • Indonesia • HR issues?

  16. HOW DID UNI-PRESIDENT MEET THE CHALLENGES POSED BY GLOBALIZATION: BUILDING ECONOMIES OF SCALE HANDLING CROSS-BORDER COORDINATION INNOVATATING TO SERVE DIFFERENT MARKETS CREATING AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE Moving from “international” to “global” The criticality of knowledge--competitive advantage based on “systems”, not “assets” DEALING WITH HR ISSUES Legacies…old ways of doing business “New blood” LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES “Arbitrage” PEST

  17. UNI-PRESIDENT Start-up…leveraging govt. policies Alliances? Diversification? (noodles, drinks, stores, etc.) China strategy? (leveraging govt. policies again) What is UPEC doing with its China JVs?

  18. UPEC beyond China…. • Hong Kong? • Thailand • Indonesia • HR issues?

  19. UPEC lessons? • Going from a traditional model to a strategic model • Need to adjust for PEST • Need for “rational” organization

  20. UPEC http://www.uni-president.com/

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