...Yu-Cheng Lai; Santanu Sarkar Purpose In this study, we examined whether industries in Taiwan that have spent more on research and development (R&D) during the COVID-19 pandemic have succeeded in mitigating the economic impact of the pandemic on them. Besides, we found out whether...

... if changes in these firms' R&D ratios and the growing presence of skilled workers in Taiwan's labour market during the trade war have affected their offshore investments in TAC. Design/methodology/approach Using a model built on pooled cross-sectional time-series data from 2012–2019, the authors...

...Yu-Cheng Lai; Santanu Sarkar Purpose In this paper, the authors examined the changes in labour unrest and labour quality brought by high labour standards over a considerable period in Taiwan. Then, the authors studied the role of these changes in predicting the inflow of foreign direct investment...

.... Valid data from 240 entities collected in Taiwan were analyzed to test the five hypotheses. The valid data were analyzed using confirmatory factor model, correlation analysis, structural equation modeling and bootstrapping analysis. The results for all relationships show significant associations...

... with the organization, supervisor and colleagues, and thus the willingness to share knowledge, can be improved via job rotation, implementation of a mentoring system, and role‐playing activities. Originality/value The significant findings of the study relate to high‐tech industry in Taiwan. The proposed model can...

...). Therefore, employees may consider high‐commitment HRM as a supportive means from organizations. Human resource management Perceived organizational support Organizational commitment Organizational trust Social exchange theory Social identity theory Knowledge management Job commitment Taiwan...

... learning Learning methods Information transfer Taiwan Researchers focusing on organizational learning have made efforts to prove the effectiveness of a learning organization, especially the “hard” measures such as financial performance and other personal performance. However, the adult learning...

... collected in computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing industries in Taiwan. A total of 111 presidents returned usable questionnaires. Findings When firms emphasize personalization strategy, the use of behavior control will enhance firm performance. In contrast, when firms emphasize codification...

... Knowledge management capacity Social interaction Organizational performance. Competitive advantage Management effectiveness Taiwan In addition, communication may also interact with knowledge dissemination capacity to affect organizational performance. When firms possess a lower level of knowledge...

... companies in Taiwan (N=208, valid return rate 37.21 percent). Descriptive statistics, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, as well as structural equation modeling were used for data analysis. Findings The results indicate that: HRM strategies result in better organizational learning...

... for making novel linkages and associations (Tsai, 2001). Thus, in this study we argue that knowledge management would directly affect firm's innovativeness. Knowledge management Innovation Organizational structures Social capital Networking Taiwan Competitive globalization pressures...

... ownership‐specific, location‐specific and internalization‐specific factors to examine determinants of expatriate CEO assignment. MNCs' subsidiaries in Taiwan were selected for the study. Findings For the effect on the assignment of an expatriated CEO to a subsidiary, the factors of a subsidiary's...

... management. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Psychological contracts Expatriates Taiwan In the international business environment, companies frequently attempt to integrate their global operations through deploying expatriate employees (Evans et al., 2002). Deploying...

... Credit Information Service Incorporation. A stratified random sampling method was used to select 176 firms in Taiwan. The usable response rate was 23.47 per cent. The study employed LISREL to test the hypothesized relationships in the path‐analytic framework. Findings The results indicate that social...

... (MNCs) in Taiwan through a survey questionnaire. The paper used hierarchical regression analyses to test its hypotheses. Findings The study results showed that repatriates' perceived fulfillment of their psychological contracts was negatively related to turnover intent and positively related...

... in Taiwan to enhance the international assignment process of their employees and keep valuable human capital within the organization. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Taiwan Expatriates Employee behaviour Employee turnover Job satisfaction For decades, multinational companies...

... the universalistic and the configurational perspectives of strategic human resource management. The effect of HPWS on firm performance is empirically tested using data collected from publicly listed companies in Taiwan, as well as multinational companies' branch offices in Taiwan. Findings Initial factor...

.... Although this concept has been adopted in numerous Asian countries, its validity in Asian contexts has seldom been examined empirically. This is especially true for Taiwan. Following the translation of Senge's (1994)  The Fifth Discipline into Chinese, Taiwanese companies have been fascinated...

... strategy Taiwan Knowledge management (KM) refers to the process of capturing the collective expertise and intelligence in an organization and using them to foster innovations through continued organizational learning (Nonaka, 1991 ; Quinn et al., 1996 ; Davenport and Prusak, 1998...

... in a Western context, this study examined the data of Taiwan, and thus examined a very different cultural and institutional environment. Although this study obtained valuable results, the limitations of the subjective data, number of measurement items and the cross‐sectional design were discussed. In a future...