Abstract
ABSTRACT Due to the severe greenhouse effect and the decreasing reserve of fossil fuels, governments in the world have put more emphasis on the strategic use of renewable energy. Taiwan also considers the solar photovoltaic industry to be one of its important industry targets concerning effective and efficient renewable energy exploitation. However, the development of solar photovoltaic industry, in comparison to other high-technology innovation developments in this island country, is still way behind. This research adopts Porter's diamond model as a theoretical basis and uses the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) to explore how to establish the competitiveness of Taiwan's solar photovoltaic industry based on the interactions among factors of industrial development. Our empirical results show that demand conditions, government support, and related supporting industries are three factors that mainly affect the country competitiveness of its solar photovoltaic industry. Factor condit...
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