The paper discusses the use of ‘fishbone diagrams’ to help S&T program managers improve the quality of program proposals. By using this tool, they can make good connections between problems, goals, objectives, and measurable indicators. In order effectively to apply fishbone diagrams in S&T...

This study, through bibliometric data, adopts the concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) to apply in publication of scientific fields for observing the feature of scientific capacity of a nation. Following that, we utilize a hierarchical clustering method to conduct national clustering...

The agent theory is of central importance to compensation contract, which argues that incentive intensity should be negatively associated with risk. Yet, previous studies have reported mixed findings on this relationship. This study empirically examines this relationship by utilizing data...

This paper proposes that the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) adopts a linear extrapolation method to set the settlement price for the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX) options with less liquidity and thin trading. The empirical results indicate that the...

We use a data set from market participants in the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index options markets to demonstrate a strong positive relationship between prior trading outcomes and subsequent risk taking. In particular, investors in this market take above-average risks in...

This paper proposes a formal methodology to gauge the credit risk of housing loans. It estimates the default probability and recovery rate endogenously, which is more detailed than previous studies. Using data from a bank in Taiwan, this study also determines whether securing loans, granting...