Taiwanese Businessmen Research Articles

Migration and Middle Class Culture of Taiwanese Businessmen(臺商) in Shanghai

Migration and Middle Class Culture of Taiwanese Businessmen(臺商) in Shanghai

The use of genetic programming for the construction of a financial management model in an enterprise

The fast development in China's economy has caused the rapid expansion of the domestic market. Since many economists do not have optimistic views regarding the bubble economy of China, it is necessary for Taiwanese businessmen to understand in-depth the business operational performance and financial situation of enterprises in China, so as to reduce the risk of a potential investment. In this article, data from the China Economic Research Database (CCER), the financial database of financial corporations are collected for analysis to investigate the business operation and management performance and financial characteristic of enterprises in China. In this article, grey relational analysis is applied first in order to investigate the business operational performance of 600 enterprises in China. Afterwards, a more recent clustering technique is used to divide, based on financial characteristic, enterprises in China into two groups. Finally, three models, namely genetic programming, Back-Propagation Neural Network and Logistic Regression are adopted to construct an Enterprise Operational Performance model and an Enterprise Finance Characteristic model, respectively. Based on the results found, it can be concluded that genetic programming yielded the best classification and forecast performance, compared to the other three techniques.

A comparative analysis ISO 14000 performance in Taiwan and China

ISO 14000 arose out of the push towards effective implementation of environmental policies among developed nations in recent years. To help traditional industries remain competitive, it encourages businesses to examine their operations to find ways to prevent pollution and help the environment. It also defines a basic set of common international standards that eliminate invisible technical obstacles to international trade and commerce caused by regional and cultural differences in each country’s environmental management standards. For this study, we began by collecting information and literature on the development of the traditional industries in Taiwan and China (Note. In this study, Chinese traditional industries refer to those operated in China by Taiwanese businessmen.). A questionnaire was then designed for businesses in the traditional industry that passed ISO 14000 certification to determine how they fared and the collected data was analyzed using the Performance Evaluation Matrix. According to the modified version of the performance evaluation matrix proposed by D. M. Lambert and A. Sharma, developed by Hung and Huang et al., two or more indices may be substituted into the performance matrix in order to determine the level of satisfaction and importance associated with the implementation of ISO 14000. A performance matrix may also be defined as the introduction of a standardized system to determine a business’ environmental performance. By examining where a task places in terms of satisfaction and importance within the performance matrix, a manager may assess its effectiveness and draw up performance improvement measures for the implemented system. Finally, tasks that fall into the “Inappropriate Performance Zone” are expanded to two levels using Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to determine the critical tasks. Through these analyses, this study hopes to identify the optimal measures for improving business environmental performance and establish the foundations of a sustainable business. These will serve as a useful guide for businesses seeking to enhance their corporate image through ISO 14000.

Special government/business relationship: the case of Taiwanese Businessmen Association in mainland China

PurposeThis paper focuses on the relationship between spontaneous business groups, such as the Taiwanese Businessmen Association (TBA), and the Chinese government.Design/methodology/approachIn analysing the relationship between the TBAs and the Chinese government, this paper focuses on three cities, Tianjin, Kunshan and Dongguan. Furthermore it observes Taiwanese investment in mainland China from 1987 to 2004, in three sub‐periods: 1987‐1993, 1994‐1999, 2000‐2004. Statism (e.g. rational choice) appears to be a valid theoretical framework.FindingsIt was found that the Chinese government's changing interaction with Taiwanese businesses always suited their best interests at the time, which proves that the Chinese government applied rational module in interacting with Taiwanese businesses.Research limitations/implicationsRational choice is not a comprehensive approach in political science, but it is the most suitable approach to analyse the interaction between the Chinese government and Taiwanese businesses.Practical implicationsThe first TBA was established in Beijing in 1990; nowadays there are over 100 TBAs in mainland China. It has been argued that TBAs can be seen as the emergence of a sort of civil society in mainland China; to others, they merely reflect the strong will of the Chinese government to attract foreign investment.Originality/valueThis paper demonstrates that Taiwanese businesses is a security asset for the Chinese government in the cross‐Strait relationship.

When Private Capital Becomes a Security Asset: Challenging Conventional Government/Business Interaction

With the increase of cross-Strait economic activity, the interaction between Taiwanese business people and the Chinese government has gradually changed. As Taiwanese investment grew in volume, so did the number and frequency of contacts between the parties; a more institutionalised form regulating these contacts was established as a result. Nowadays Taiwanese businessmen have become an identifiable factor in Chinese governmental policy implementation; the process also has far-reaching implications. This paper argues that Taiwanese capital has become a Chinese governmental security asset and examines the importance of this factor when discussing conventional government/business interaction. This paper concludes that a superior national interest guides the warm welcome given by the Chinese government to Taiwanese businessmen.

EFFECT OF CORPORATE COMPENSATION DESIGN ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Through 800 valid questionnaires collected from the directors, managers and staff of 600 Taiwanese businesses in Taicang City, a representative mainland Chinese city densely invested in by Taiwanese businessmen, the study was to detect the relations between the three variables of corporate compensation design (the independent variable), mental motivation (the adjustment variable) and organizational performance (the dependent variable). Moreover, the effect of mental motivation on the relation between corporate compensation design and organizational performance was further studied and findings are discussed.

'The first Taiwanese wives' and 'the Chinese mistresses': the international division of labour in familial and intimate relations across the Taiwan Strait

Abstract For the last two decades, Taiwanese businessmen have gone to China to invest and do business there. While in Taiwan, many have become involved in extramarital affairs with local women, creating an international division of labour in both families and intimate relations. Taiwanese wives are categorized as ‘the first wives’, a term that is largely associated with the conventional duties of a housewife as the primary caregiver for the family. Chinese women are categorized as ‘mistresses’, a label that portrays them as intruders into these Taiwanese families and stigmatizes them with the strong sexual and entertainment implications of their relationships with these men. By using an ethnographic and documentary approach to explore the complex relations among Taiwanese businessmen and their wives and mistresses across the Taiwan Strait, this article reveals an often overlooked connection between the global economy and the challenges it imposes on the international division of labour in the family and on transnational feminism.

Beijing and Taipei: Dialectics in Post-Tiananmen Interactions

The brutality of the 4 June 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown ordered by Beijing quickly checked the former growing “mainland fever” among the inhabitants of Taiwan. It seemed that, with their aspiration to reunify with the People's Republic of China shattered forever, Taiwan's expanding non-governmental interactions with the mainland would cease indefinitely. Yet, on 5 July, 76 Taiwanese businessmen crossed the Taiwan Strait to attend an export commodities fair in Dalian. There, one Taiwanese visitor even made an investment of US$5 million.