The study evaluates the issues related to the manpower planning for developing the information, communication and technology (ICT) industry under the economic restructuring in Singapore and Taiwan. Using data collected from 211 multinational companies (MNCs) operating in these two countries, we...

The task of substituting the entire global fossil-fueled energy system by renewables is increasingly discussed in the energy literature, but in the social sciences academy it is widely viewed as impossibly large within any meaningful timeframe. In this article we argue that such pessimism is...

H<sc>u</sc> M.-C. Antecedents for the adoption of new technology in emerging wireless cities: comparisons between Singapore and Taipei, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This study examines the direct and indirect antecedents for the adoption of new technology in the emerging wireless cities of Singapore and Taipei...

Taking advantage of the modular product architecture in the global bicycle industry, Taiwan has created a unique industry organisation that has allowed the island to become a bicycle production powerhouse. We stipulate four characteristics of Taiwan's bicycle industry for this success: parallel...

Taking advantage of the modular product architecture in the global bicycle industry, Taiwan has created a unique industry organisation that has allowed the island to become a bicycle production powerhouse. We stipulate four characteristics of Taiwan's bicycle industry for this success: parallel...

China is transforming itself into the workshop of the world, building an export-oriented national production system linked by global value chains to the world's leading economies. But to what extent is it laying the foundations for moving from imitation to innovation? In this first study of...