... be regarded as industry‐specific factors influencing technology outsourcing. It can be broadly defined by the particular combination of four fundamental dimensions: Corporate ventures Technology led strategy Transaction costs Resources Pharmaceutical technology Taiwan A firm's technology...

... Subsidiaries Customers Suppliers China Taiwan Above all, both customers and suppliers play significant roles in acquiring innovative information, knowledge, resources and capabilities for exploring new business opportunities for the subsidiary (Danneels, 2003 ; Hoetker, 2005). Higher degrees...

...Ming‐Huei Chen; Chung‐Jen Chen; Yi‐Fen Huang; Chung‐Jen Chen; Hsui‐Hui Chang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build up an evaluation framework for selecting creative industries into the new cultural creativity centre in Tainan city, Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach This study applies...

.../approach Data from 259 Taiwanese firms in the information technology (IT) sector are collected. The study period is four years: 2003 to 2006. Information on corporate financial data and new ventures from the Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ) database are collected, as well as patent information from...

..., legal ownership of complementary assets, organisational commitment, and a willingness on the part of franchisees to diffuse a franchise brand to peers. Design/methodology/approach Evidence is presented from an empirical study on the largest taxi franchise fleet in Taiwan. Two formal questionnaires...

... of this paper is to use opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial creativity to cluster typologies of new ventures and to explore their differences on the performance of new ventures. Design/methodology/approach In total, 300 new ventures are studied from government‐funded incubators in Taiwan including...