High-tech Industries In Taiwan Research Articles

The status of binocular visual functions among Taiwan high-tech industry engineers and its correlation with computer vision symptom

To analyze the status of binocular visual functions, the relationship between binocular visual function and computer vision-related symptoms in the high-tech industry group. The study sample was comprised of 33 participants aged between 20 and 40 years of age. After completing basic information and the Computer Vision Symptom Scale (CVSS-17) questionnaire, the participants underwent a comprehensive examination of binocular visual function. All data were statistically analyzed with SPSS V26.0 software. The value of the binocular vision function of the Taiwan high-tech industry group was significantly different compared with the Scheiman and Morgan standard value. Study subjects were generally found to exhibit larger exophoric at distance, which in turn might lead to a lower ability to maintain binocular fusion to a single image, or recover from fusional disruption at distance. Subjects also experienced accommodation and convergence problems at near at the same time. Age, gender, and refractive errors had no significant impact on CVSS-17 scores, only the duration of computer usage showed a significant effect, particularly for internal symptom factor (ISF) dimensions. In addition, the interaction between the ISF and external symptom factor resulted in more severe visual symptoms. Long-term use of electronic devices may lead to an imbalance in binocular vision function, thereby increasing or exacerbating visual symptoms. If the use of electronic devices is an unchangeable trend, interventions in prescription, visual training or the visual design of electronic products become worthwhile topics for development.

Investigating the double-edged sword effect of environmental, social and governance practices on corporate risk-taking in the high-tech industry

Research background: Corporate risk-taking (CRT) is crucial to a business's survival and performance and is a driving force for sustainable development. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices are critical to firm profits when considering sustainable economic growth; however, they can also be the cause of financial burdens. It is, therefore, crucial to assess the relationship between a company's ESG performance and its risk-taking. Purpose of the article: Considering the controversial results of empirical studies on the relationship between ESG and CRT, this study aims to theoretically and empirically investigate the curvilinear nexus between ESG practices and CRT within Taiwan's high-tech industry. Methods: Ordinary least square regression and quantile regression analysis was applied to investigate the curvilinear ESG-CRT relationship. The empirical studies were conducted in 38 high-tech companies on the Taiwan Stock Exchange that disclosed ESG information between 2005 and 2020, with a total of 437 firm-year observations. Findings & value added: Quantile regression estimation results reveal the ESG-CRT nexus is U-shaped (convex). Both the environmental and social pillar's relationship with CRT is nonlinear and U-shaped, whereas the governance pillar has no significant relationship with CRT. Overall, a comprehensive view is provided that shows ESG practices can have a double-edged sword effect on CRT. It is suggested that high-tech companies in Taiwan should avoid ESG practices becoming a tool for managements' self-interest. More information of ESG practices should be disclosed to stakeholders to ensure they are given full credit for the positive impact they have on capital allocation. Regulators guide firms to surpass the threshold of the U-shaped effect and take into consideration the whole benefits of stakeholders when they allocate existing resources toward environmental and social endeavors.

Effects of environmental product brand on corporate entrepreneurship technology and environmental competitive advantage

The occurrence of extreme climate and continuous environmental disasters has various countries in the world realize the urgency of environmental protection and remind the countries of making the best efforts for environmental protection. In the visible future, there is rising and complete environmental awareness, and relevant green systems would become an alternative trade barrier tactic. Aiming at supervisors and employees in high-tech industry in Taiwan as the research objects, total 500 copies of questionnaire are distributed, and 425 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 85%. The research results show that 1.Entrepreneurship Technology is an asset for enterprises in high-tech industry and is different from the Entrepreneurship Technology capabilities of other companies that it is the source of the competitive advantage, 2.enterprises in high-tech industry have to consider the possession of Entrepreneurship Technology and increase in relevant Entrepreneurship Technology to conform to the environmental product brand strategies and the requirements for environmental product systems, and 3.the trend of creating environmental competitive advantages of high-tech industry through environmental management would be the critical factor in changing future market. According to the results to propose conclusion, it is expected to help enterprises acquire environmental competitive advantages in the environmental protection wave.

Effects of environmental innovation design and organizational culture on product competitive advantage

Various countries successively notice major disasters and climate anomaly resulted from the counterattack of nature that they have to emphasize the timing of environmental protection, energy saving & carbon reduction, and sustainable development issues. It continuously ferments sustainability-related green issues. In face of international environmental regulations and consumers’ environmental awareness, enterprises therefore encounter larger challenge and impact. In this study, a total of 360 questionnaires were distributed to supervisors and employees of Taiwan's high-tech industry, and 283 valid questionnaires were returned, with the retrieval rate of 79%. According to the results to propose conclusions, it is expected to help enterprises immediately adopt effective and flexible strategies & actions in the sustainable development process to ensure the competitiveness.

Exploring institutional pressures, firm green slack, green product innovation and green new product success: Evidence from Taiwan's high-tech industries

Though the Porter win-win hypothesis has dominated the extant research in the green field, the results of previous studies have been mixed. Many studies have also used the construct of slack to explore how it affects a firm's innovation/performance. Even so, only a vague relationship has been drawn between a firm's slack and its corporate “greening.” Drawing on green innovation literature, institutional theory, and firm slack from a resource-based view, we argue that two antecedents (i.e., institutional pressure and the firm's green slack) positively influence companies’ propensity to engage in green product innovation (GPI) and improve their results (e.g., green new product success, aka GNPS). In particular, this research empirically investigates the indirect relationship between institutional pressure and GPI through the firm's green slack. This study also tests the mediating role of GPI in the relationship between the two antecedents and GNPS. We test our proposed model using a sample of 170 Taiwanese high-tech firms, including both electrical and electronics manufacturers. The results of structural equation modeling analysis provide support for all direct and indirect hypotheses. This study also provides theoretical conclusions and implications for research and practice.

Developing job performance: mediation of occupational commitment and achievement striving with competence enhancement as a moderator

PurposeThis study draws upon the theory of eudaimonic motivation to develop a model that explains job performance in high-tech industry. This study aims to clarify through what mediating mechanism employees' social interaction and self-efficacy can substantially influence their job performance. At the same time, competence enhancement is examined as a moderator that influences the effects of social interaction and self-efficacy.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses developed in this study were empirically tested by collecting three-source data from a leading international business company in Taiwan's high-tech industry. The survey data of this study were first analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and hierarchical regression analysis for testing the hypotheses of the study. Post hoc tests were then performed using structural equation modeling and bootstrapping analysis for the purpose of double verifications.FindingsThis study finds that social interaction and self-efficacy relate to job performance via the full mediation of occupational commitment and achievement striving. Besides, the relationship between social interaction and occupational commitment is positively moderated by competence enhancement, while the relationship between self-efficacy and occupational commitment is negatively moderated by competence enhancement.Originality/valueThis work shows important findings that complement previous research on personnel performance and competence. First, this work confirms that social interaction and self-efficacy play critical roles for indirectly influencing job performance through the full mediation of occupational commitment and achievement striving among engineers in high-tech industry. Second, the moderating effects of competence enhancement on the relationships between social interaction and occupational commitment and between self-efficacy and occupational commitment are confirmed by this study.

Big data analytics energy-saving strategies for air compressors in the semiconductor industry – an empirical study

Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing and its related technologies are now becoming the leading trend in the development of the manufacturing industry. One of the key drivers of Industry 4.0 is big data analytics, which can transform large amounts of data into useful information, enabling astute and rapid decision-making strategies when combined with expert domain knowledge. The semiconductor industry is the most important high-tech industry in Taiwan, but it is also one of the most energy-consuming industries in the country. Therefore, it is critical to improve the efficiency of the manufacturing process and reduce the overall energy consumption of facility systems. This research demonstrates how to apply big data analytics in the semiconductor industry to explore the relationships of various machine parameters, develop predictive models for machine energy efficiency and apply optimisation tools to minimise energy consumption, while meeting the production demands. An empirical study is conducted in conjunction with a semiconductor corporation in Taiwan, targeting the air compressor system in its factory. The research framework is shown to be capable of assisting semiconductor fabrication plant decision-makers in optimising machine configurations, resulting in more than 10% savings on energy consumption and significantly decreased manufacturing costs.

HOW DOES GREEN INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL INFLUENCE EMPLOYEE PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR? THE MEDIATING ROLE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The issue of environmental protection in the twenty-first century has played a relatively critical role in business management. Companies developing green intellectual capital can increase their competitive advantage and may influence employees’ attitudes and behavior regarding environmental protection. This research explored the mediating effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the relationship between green intellectual capital and employees’ proenvironmental behavior. Data was obtained from surveys collected from 461 employees in the high-tech industries in Taiwan. The results revealed that green human capital and green relational capital were positively related to the perception of CSR. Moreover, the perception of CSR mediated the associations between green human capital, green relational capital and employees’ pro-environmental behavior. Implications of the findings, including limitations and future research directions are discussed.

Strengthening knowledge sharing and job dedication

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a moderated mediation model to explain how corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethical leadership influence knowledge sharing and job dedication through the mediating mechanism of positive affective tone and cognitive meaningfulness.Design/methodology/approachThe research hypotheses were empirically tested using a survey of employees from the high-tech industry in Taiwan. The research constructs in this study were measured using five-point Likert scales modified from existing literature. The survey data were empirically analyzed with two-step structural equation modeling (SEM) and regression analysis.FindingsThe empirical results of this study reveal that CSR and ethical leadership positively relate to positive affective tone and cognitive meaningfulness. Knowledge sharing is positively affected by positive affective tone whereas job dedication is positively affected by positive affective tone and cognitive meaningfulness. While the relationship between positive affective tone and job dedication is positively moderated by job demand, the relationship between cognitive meaningfulness and job dedication is negatively moderated by job demand.Originality/valueThis study elucidates the ethical influences from organizations (i.e. CSR) and leaders (i.e. ethical leadership) respectively to explain affective and cognitive processes involved in work situations. At the same time, by clarifying the moderating role of job demand, this study provides valuable implications for managers to effectively leverage job demand for increasing employees’ job dedication.

An Empirical Study of R&D Investment Patterns, Effects, and Critical Factors in High-Tech Industries in Taiwan : The Case of the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park

This research is an empirical analysis of high-tech firms at the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park (HSIP) in Taiwan. In this study, three main areas were systematically evaluated: the patterns of R&D intensity along the company's attributes of capital source, industrial category, and age; the relationships between firms' R&D investment and performance; and the critical factors of successful R&D management.

A Study on Assessment Criteria of Policy Competition to Attract Foreign Direct Investment in Taiwan High-Tech Industries

Capital accumulation is a major factor of economic growth, and economic growth depends on investment. Foreign Direct Investment not only quickly ladles out the flow of domestic capital, but also has a significant effect on domestic economic growth, introducing new products and new technologies which results in so-called technology spillover effect. The main purpose of this study, for the various competition policy tools, aims to identify the target, to make the assessment criteria, and to set significance. And these steps establish a hierarchical structure to attract foreign direct investment in Taiwan high-tech industries, hoping to find the most competitive policy tool. First of all, expert interviews and Fuzzy Delphi Method to extract 3 sectors, 5 dimensions and 20 criteria. Second, Analytic Hierarchy Process is used to design expert questionnaire, to measure the dimensions and significance of each criteria. The result of analysis reveals that the following five dimensions are listed according to their importance: fiscal incentives, financial incentives, subsidized services, privileges, regulatory incentives. And the first five criteria of the importance principle are investment grants, export-based incentives, capital-investment-based incentives, profit-based incentives, and credit guarantees

Location Selection of High-tech Manufacturing Firms by a Fuzzy Analytic Network Process: A Case Study of Taiwan High-tech Industry

The high-tech industry has great potentials in global economy and plays an important driving force in global manufacturing operations. However, high-tech firms sometimes have to deal with high-risk potentials such as limitation of human resources, powerful competitors, and high ratio of natural disasters. An alternative solution to overcome these issues is to seek a new place for locating manufacturing plants. In addition, the selection of the new location is a form of business expansion outside origin location which can strengthen firm’s position at the global level. This study presents a novel framework of location selection using fuzzy analytic network process to determine prospective manufacturing location and applies to Taiwan hi-tech firms in selecting China regions as the research subject. We conduct survey to 16 firms which are categorized into two groups (small-medium and large firms). Following our proposed location selection framework, we conclude that the two groups have different priorities of location determinants and location ranks. In choosing a location, small-medium firms prioritize cost rather than regulation and community, while large firms prioritize regulation rather than cost and community. In terms of location selection, both groups are prioritizing Central-Western China as their first choice.

Predicting job offer acceptance of professionals in Taiwan: The case of the technology industry

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is defined as a firm's behavior that goes beyond its economic interest to benefit stakeholders and is a critical factor for business organizations to implement in order to successfully increase the job offer acceptance of job applicants. This research examines such job offer acceptance by developing a model based on the social signaling theory and expectancy theory. The hypotheses of this research were empirically tested using the data from professional job applicants at three well-known career fairs for the high-tech industry in Taiwan. The test results show that business practice CSR engagement and recruitment procedural justice positively affect both career success expectation and a firm's attractiveness, which consequently influence job offer acceptance. At the same time, due to its insignificant effect on career success expectation, philanthropic CSR engagement only has a significant impact on a firm's attractiveness. The findings of this research complement prior studies by presenting how business practice CSR engagement, philanthropic CSR engagement, and recruitment procedural justice should be simultaneously taken into account to boost job offer acceptance. Lastly, managerial implications and limitations are provided.

We Have Never Been Latecomers: A Critical Review of High-Tech Industry and Social Studies of Technology in Taiwan

This article illustrates the development of the latecomer concept, starting initially from studies of Taiwan's high-tech industry and then proposing a latecomer thesis based on the theoretical arguments in that literature. That thesis has also influenced Taiwanese STS studies of technology, including transferred and local technologies and Chinese medicine, and this article shows how this approach has framed the scope of the literature's interpretation of empirical findings in different ways. Although the latecomer thesis has to some extent become dominant in academic approaches to technology in Taiwan, there exist alternative approaches derived from reflexive studies of Chinese medicine and of local reassembled-car technology, as well as of local trail-construction technology, all of which have broken out of the theoretical constraints of the latecomer thesis. On the one hand, some studies of Chinese medicine construct an insightful model integrating a practical ontology, a correlative thinking method, and displacement agency theory, sharing basic theoretical assumptions with Bruno Latour's actor-network theory. On the other hand, the studies of reassembled cars, plant grafting, bridge construction, and local trail construction highlight the undesirability of classifying diverse technologies into a simple binary and prescribing a convergent destiny for both technological and societal development. These arguments challenge the basic assumptions of the latecomer thesis and also demonstrate the strength of the model established by studies of recent Chinese medicine. Finally, this tripartite model is employed to reinvestigate Taiwan's semiconductor industry as an example of high-tech industries, and to show the networked reality of an industry in which a continuous mix of varied technologies occurs, new trajectories emerge, and technological objects as industrial actors continue to make linkages with other societal elements. The reinterpretation of this industry exemplifies the fact that no given element in a society is isolated from other parts, and that social reality essentially keeps reassembling.

Relationships Among Institutional Pressures, Top Managers' Postures, and Green Supply Chain Management: A Case Study of High-Tech Industries in Taiwan

Relationships Among Institutional Pressures, Top Managers' Postures, and Green Supply Chain Management: A Case Study of High-Tech Industries in Taiwan

Identifying water recycling strategy using multivariate statistical analysis for high-tech industries in Taiwan

Multivariate statistical techniques of cluster analysis (CA) and discriminant analysis (DA) were applied in this study for the evaluation of water resource management strategies in high-tech industries, on the basis of the existing water use related data of 70 participating plants in Taiwan since 2011. The existing water use data were collected and transformed into detailed water balance charts, and the water use performance at individual plants was evaluated by three indices, namely the “processing water recovery rate”, the “plant water recovery rate”, and the “plant discharge rate”. Results from discriminant analysis showed that increase in the ratios of effluent recycled to pure water system (EPWR) and recycled to secondary water system (ESWR) had positive effects on achieving higher water use performance. On the other hand, process water consumption and ESWR were influential factors in discriminating samples with lower water use performance. The results also confirmed the finding from synergistic effect that improvement on both EPWR and ESWR contributed to the highest water use performance. Opportunities for water recycling in high-tech industries appears to be technically feasible, future efforts could usefully be undertaken to implement further investment on water-use efficiency and novel treatment techniques, and investigation on various reuse purposes.

Effects of supply chain position on the motivation and practices of firms going green

Purpose – The aim of this study is to understand the effect of a firm's position in a supply chain in its industry on the attitude of the firm toward green strategies through empirical data analysis. This study aims to answer the following research questions: Do the environmental uncertainties a firm faces differ with the firm's position in the supply chain when going green?, Would the motivation of a firm for going green vary with uncertainties it faces in the supply chain? and Would green-related practices a firm accepts or executes vary with the firm's position in the supply chain? Design/methodology/approach – The case study method was utilized in this study. The main objects are firms in the high-tech industry of Taiwan, and 12 firms were selected for in-depth investigation. The unit of analysis was a firm. Face-to-face in-depth interviews, approximately 90-105 minutes for each, were conducted with each of the 12 cases. The respondents were middle- to high-level managers. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. Additionally, second-hand information was acquired regarding each case through channels such as firm web sites, documents, and media reports. These integrated data were later utilized in the single-case and cross-case analysis stages. Findings – In this study, firms of Taiwan's high-tech industry are divided into the upstream (raw material supplier), midstream (original design manufacturers/original equipment manufacturer), and downstream (brand company) categories. It is first found the uncertainties a firm encounters when implementing green practices are related to its position in the supply chain. The closer a firm is to the upstream of the supply chain, the higher the competitive uncertainty. In contrast, the closer a firm is to the downstream, the higher the demand uncertainty. Furthermore, the internal and external driving forces of firms in promoting green practices are related to the types of uncertainties the firms encounter in the supply chain. A firm's internal driving force is positively associated with the demand uncertainty it faces, however, negatively with the competition and supply uncertainties. On the other hand, a firm's external driving force is positively associated with the competition and supply uncertainties it faces, however, negatively with the demand uncertainties. Additionally, the association between firm willingness to promote green practices and its position in the supply chain is explored. It is found that, for firms located in the downstream of supply chain, it emphasizes more on the practices of green design, purchase, and internal environmental management. If a firm is located in the midstream of supply chain, it will focus more on the practice of green manufacturing and logistics. Originality/value – This study has expanded the discussion of green supply chain management. It establishes the relationship between the uncertainties and the major driving forces of firms for implementing green practices. This approach is rare in previous literature. Furthermore, past literature has suggested that a specific relationship exists between driving factors and firm practices. The author believes that such a relationship must be based on the position of firms in the supply chain; thus, the author has identified the relationship between supply chain position and green practices.

How relational capital mediates the effect of corporate reputation on competitive advantage: Evidence from Taiwan high-tech industry

Although the effects of corporate reputation on competitive advantage are well documented, the mechanisms that explain those effects remain unclear. We develop and test a theoretical model to investigate how relational capital mediates the impact of corporate reputation on competitive advantage. The hypotheses were tested using a sample of Taiwanese high-tech firms during the period of 2002–2011. Results from hierarchical regression analyses support the contention that corporate reputation positively affects relational capital, which then positively affects competitive advantage. But surprisingly, we do not find support for the direct effect of corporate reputation on competitive advantage, and we instead find that relational capital is a complete mediator.

From Taiwan Light Source to Taiwan Photon Source

The National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) is bracing for the next phase of its second accelerator project, Taiwan Photon Source (TPS), once the civil construction is completed in 2013, marking a successful example of having dual adjacent rings, with one under construction while the other is in operation. The transformation of the synchrotron-based light source by adding the TPS to the existing Taiwan Light Source (TLS) has the mission of providing Taiwan's scientific community and high-tech industry with needed facilities and resources for them to stay ahead in technological competition, using brilliant synchrotron light sources from infrared, VUV, and soft X-ray to hard X-ray.

Examining the mechanisms linking guanxi, norms and knowledge sharing: the mediating roles of trust in Taiwan's high-tech firms

We adopt social capital theory to develop a conceptual model and examine the interactive relationships among guanxi, norms, trust and knowledge sharing. Most importantly, we discuss interpersonal relationships in the context of Chinese culture and apply it as a guanxi. This study aims both to build three dimensions of social capital and investigate their precise association with knowledge sharing. To test the model, we use data collected from 253 effective questionnaires in Taiwan's high-tech industries. Our results show that (1) guanxi, norms and trust positively influence knowledge sharing; (2) guanxi and norms positively influence trust; (3) trust mediates guanxi and knowledge sharing; (4) trust partially mediates norms and knowledge sharing. These findings could be useful in academic fields and practical applications. We also construct a theoretical model of guanxi, trust and norms for future research.