... from the 3C (computers, communications, and consumer electronics) company, the largest electronics chain store business in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach In addition to t‐tests, the authors use a multiple regression model to examine the impact of the buyer incentive plan on purchasing...

...Ching‐I Lin; Woan‐Yuh Jang Purpose This study aims to examine empirically how business in Taiwan has successfully implemented and benefited from ISO 9000. Design/methodology/approach Of 1,668 survey questionnaires mailed to companies with ISO 9000 certification, a total of 441 usable responses...

...Desheng Dash Wu; Chien‐Ta Bruce Ho Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the productivity and efficiency of Taiwan's integrated circuit (IC) industry using DEA analysis and the Malmquist index (MI). Design/methodology/approach The Malmquist index, as a total factor productivity...

...Tser‐Yieth Chen; Ling‐hua Chen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of the semiconductor industry in Taiwan, which is the main economic life‐line in Taiwan. Operational performance is normally deemed as a key factor in industry. The importance of this issue can...

... to this study. Practical implications – The sampled data are collected from the top 50 large‐scale manufacturing firms in Taiwan. The results obtained from this paper may not be consistent with the situations in the other countries. Originality/value – Referring to the findings from each pattern, a firm...

... an innovative two‐stage data envelopment analysis model that separates efficiency and effectiveness to evaluate the performance of 41 listed corporations of the banking industry in Taiwan. The empirical result of this paper is that a company with better efficiency does not always mean that it has better...

... here was to attempt to discover those approaches which are most effective in updating and changing supervisor skill formation. Questionnaires, covering working attitude, professional skills, interpersonal skills, administrative skills and mental skills, were sent to 1,000 members of Taiwan Electrical...

...J.E.L. Simmons Taiwan is a small country of 20 million people which has considerably more importance on the world manufacturing and trading stage than mere numbers would suggest. Recent figures show Taiwan to be the 13th largest trading economy in the world and it is the 12th biggest exporter...