TAIWAN

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TAIWAN (Republic of China)
BBC Taiwan profile
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• AN ISLAND STATE
• TAIWAN YANGTZE RIVER VALLEY HUB
• ANOTHER MIRACLE
• ANOTHER PROBLEM LEFT OVER BY HISTORY

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WORLD FACT BOOK TAIWAN https//www.cia.gov/librar
y/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html AD
B DATA http//www.adb.org/publications/key-indica
tors-asia-and-pacific-2013?refdata/publications
http//www.adb.org/ki2013/StatTrends.html
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Taiwan-Mainland trade
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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)
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TAIWAN AS A CASE STUDY IN STRATEGIC
AMBIGUITY DOES US RECOGNIZE OR ACKNOWLEDGE
ONE CHINA? JIANG ZEMINS 8 POINTS and HU
JINTAOS 4 POINTS ONE COUNTRY, (1, 2, OR 3)
SYSTEMS? 3 NOS AND THE TRA? ANTI-SUCCESSION
LAW - TO BLOCK INDEPENDENCE, NOT COERCE
UNIFICATION
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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 CENTURYS CZECHOSLOVAKI
A?
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THE TAIWAN DILEMMA ????,???? 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
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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 Taiwans
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
Chinas reunification and go in for the
independence of Taiwan.
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ACER STAN SHIH Visionary HTC A
BRAND! Uni-President from flour mill to food
giant
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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
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HOW DID UNI-PRESIDENT MEET THE CHALLENGES POSED
BY GLOBALIZATION BUILDING ECONOMIES OF
SCALE HANDLING CROSS-BORDER COORDINATION INNOV
ATATING 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 Legaciesold ways of doing business
New blood LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES
Arbitrage PEST
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UNI-PRESIDENT Start-upleveraging govt.
policies Alliances? Diversification?
(noodles, drinks, stores, etc.) China strategy?
(leveraging govt. policies again) What is UPEC
doing with its China JVs?
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• UPEC beyond China.
• Hong Kong?
• Thailand
• Indonesia
• HR issues?

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HOW DID UNI-PRESIDENT MEET THE CHALLENGES POSED
BY GLOBALIZATION BUILDING ECONOMIES OF
SCALE HANDLING CROSS-BORDER COORDINATION INNOV
ATATING 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 Legaciesold ways of doing business
New blood LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES
Arbitrage PEST
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UNI-PRESIDENT Start-upleveraging govt.
policies Alliances? Diversification?
(noodles, drinks, stores, etc.) China strategy?
(leveraging govt. policies again) What is UPEC
doing with its China JVs?
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• UPEC beyond China.
• Hong Kong?
• Thailand
• Indonesia
• HR issues?

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

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