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- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Inside the Taiwan Firm That Makes the World’s Tech Run
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Taiwan Tech Firms Fear Fallout after Us Raises Supply Chain Alarm
- 2004
- Chapter
The Chinese Party-State under Democracy and Dictatorship on the Mainland and Taiwan
By: William C. Kirby
Kirby, William C. "The Chinese Party-State under Democracy and Dictatorship on the Mainland and Taiwan." In Realms of Freedom in Modern China. Vol. 15, edited by William C. Kirby, 113–138. Making of Modern Freedom. Stanford University Press, 2004.
- February 2010
- Teaching Note
Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan (TN)
By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron
Teaching Note for [710425]. View Details
- August 2009 (Revised October 2009)
- Teaching Note
The TSMC Way: Meeting Customer Needs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih and Chen-Fu Chien
Teaching Note for [610003]. View Details
- October 9, 2020
- Editorial
‘Strategic Clarity’ Won't Solve the United States' Taiwan Dilemma: An Open Commitment to Defend Taiwan Won't Mean Much Unless the U.S. Has the Certain Capacity to Do So.
By: Andy Zelleke
Zelleke, Andy. "‘Strategic Clarity’ Won't Solve the United States' Taiwan Dilemma: An Open Commitment to Defend Taiwan Won't Mean Much Unless the U.S. Has the Certain Capacity to Do So." The Diplomat (October 9, 2020).
- March 2009 (Revised January 2025)
- Background Note
A Strait of Uncertainty: Taiwan's Development in the Shadow of China
By: William C. Kirby, J. Megan Greene, Tracy Yuen Manty, Daniel Fu, Yuanzhuo Wang, Noah B. Truwit and Aqib Zakaria
Relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC), on the Chinese Mainland, and the Republic of China (ROC), on Taiwan, had improved significantly since 2008. Taiwan investment in China had played a major role in China’s economic boom in recent decades. ... View Details
Keywords: History; Development Economics; Investment; Economic Growth; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Financial Crisis; China; Taiwan
Kirby, William C., J. Megan Greene, Tracy Yuen Manty, Daniel Fu, Yuanzhuo Wang, Noah B. Truwit, and Aqib Zakaria. "A Strait of Uncertainty: Taiwan's Development in the Shadow of China." Harvard Business School Background Note 909-408, March 2009. (Revised January 2025.)
- September 1999 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Taiwan: "Only the Paranoid Survive"
By: Bruce R. Scott and James R. Matthews
Taiwan has enjoyed remarkable growth since 1950. This case presents differing views of the role and contribution of the state in this process. Then it explores recent industrial policy in semiconductors. View Details
Scott, Bruce R., and James R. Matthews. Taiwan: "Only the Paranoid Survive". Harvard Business School Case 700-039, September 1999. (Revised May 2005.)
- February 2009 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Upgrading the Economy: Industrial Policy and Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry
By: Willy C. Shih and Jyun-Cheng Wang
The government-led creation and incubation of the semiconductor industry in Taiwan is a striking success for advocates of strong industrial policy. It has led to the island nation's domination of the global "foundry" business in which firms like Taiwan Semiconductor... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Industry Structures; State Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Semiconductor Industry; Taiwan
Shih, Willy C., and Jyun-Cheng Wang. "Upgrading the Economy: Industrial Policy and Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry." Harvard Business School Case 609-089, February 2009. (Revised December 2010.)
- Research Summary
Current Research
By: William C. Kirby
Doing business in China in the early 21st century
Chinese companies and consumer markets
Chinese Universities: Leaders of the 21st Century?
The enduring role of State-Owned Enterprises in China
Business, political, and cultural... View Details
Ta-Wei Huang
Ta-Wei (David) Huang is a PhD candidate in Quantitative Marketing at Harvard Business School. His research integrates causal inference and machine learning to address methodological challenges and unintended consequences in targeting, personalization, and online... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- News
Huawei scores chip coup against US pressure
- 24 Oct 2011
- News
HTC Gets a Taste for Deals
- April 2001
- Supplement
Acer America: Development of the Aspire
Consists of five segments. Segment 1 shows Culver and Pai discussing the tensions between Taiwan and the United States and the resulting performance problems with Aspire; Segment 2 features Culver and Shih describing the changes Acer made as a result of the problems... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Transformation; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Strategy; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Taiwan; United States
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Acer America: Development of the Aspire." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 301-805, April 2001.
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Intel Puts Marker Down to Grab Chip Leadership Again: Willy Shih
- March 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project
Traces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management.... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Globalization; Global Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Business or Company Management; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Japan; Taiwan; Europe
Bartlett, Christopher A. "P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project." Harvard Business School Case 303-003, March 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- May 2008 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Chi Mei Optoelectronics
By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Ho Howard Yu
Chi Mei is a Taiwanese industrial group that makes a major diversification into the technology intensive TFT-LCD flat panel display industry. Because the diversification is far away from its core competence in petrochemicals, it is an opportunity to examine how the... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Supply Chain; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Information Technology; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China; South Korea; Taiwan
Shih, Willy C., Chintay Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang, and Ho Howard Yu. "Chi Mei Optoelectronics." Harvard Business School Case 608-123, May 2008. (Revised December 2010.)