Technology transfer and HRD in East Asia: Historical review of the semiconductor industry in Taiwan

The semiconductor industry in Taiwan has successfully developed over the past 20 years. The development of the industry can be featured by a spiral-type industrial policy deployment of the state with special emphasis on R&D and human resource development at public institutes and mobilization and organization of overseas human resources. All in all, the role played by the state has not been market-intervention but the coordination of various systems functioning in the private sector.