Browsing by Author "Lin, Kuan-Chung"

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A Comparison Analysis between Manufacturing & Service Approaches in the Medical Device Industry
(2016-01-01)
Lin, Kuan-Chung
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Hsueh, Rui-Teng
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Shyu, Joseph Z.
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科技管理研究所
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Institute of Management of Technology
Medical device industry is an industry with obviously interdisciplinary characteristics and suitable for manufacturing and service approaches study. A manufacturing approach of industrial portfolio model, and a service approach of HS (innovation intensive service) platform model are used as analytical tools for industrial innovation. From the perspective of manufacturing side, an industry portfolio has been conducted and it consists of two dimensions industrial value chain and technology life cycle. On the other side, the LIS platform has been considered with innovation strategies, externalities and value activities. This research focuses on the industry level of policy making for medical device industry development in oncoming years of Taiwan. The result reveals that the industrial innovation requirements of "Market Information", "Management Skills" and "Financial Resources" should be emphasized for Taiwan's medical device manufacturing. This research also indicates that "connectivity", "receiver competence" and "Nature of Knowledge and Spillover Mechanisms" in the dimension of technological system will he essential; meanwhile, "Factor Conditions", "Demand Conditions" and "Firm Strategy, Structure, and Rivalry" in the dimension of industrial environment arc indispensable. Not only does the conclusion provide a mechanistic comparison of manufacturing and service approaches, it also allows strategic suggestion of resource allocation for medical device industrial development.
Equity Crowdfunding: A New Social Innovation-A Regulatory Cross-Nation Study
(2016-01-01)
Hsueh, Rui-Teng
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Lin, Kuan-Chung
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Shyu, Joseph Z.
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Li, Kuang-Pin
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科技管理研究所
In recent years, crowdfunding has experienced accelerated growth around the world, and it has become a new form of social and financial innovation for new businesses ideas that might be unable to get traditional financing. As a social capital for innovations, crowdfunding has led to the creations of new funding models and business logic for startups. Currently, the major types of crowdfunding models encompass rewards, donation, equity, and debt/leading models. The boom of crowdfunding could be attributed to the emergence of the collaborative economy. Despite its popularity in practice, crowdfunding needs further academic research to fill its research gap. Hence, this paper conducts a cross-national comparison of the equity crowdfunding mechanisms and focuses on regulatory environments by analyzing several equity crowdfunding platforms respectively in the U.S., the U.K., Israel, China, and Taiwan. Through secondary qualitative study, the result reveals that three of the five countries we study (the U.K., Israel, and Taiwan) authenticate the equity crowdfunding to the general public whereas this type of investment is still limited only to accredited investors in the U.S. and China. It is concluded that equity crowdfunding is an alternative capital raising model that will grow and is beneficial for social innovation in the future.