This paper investigates the factors behind Taiwan rapid PC industry evolution and the contribution to the economic development as well as the competitive edges in the global market. The research consists of six chapters and utilize empirical and analytical of qualitative of social science methods to explain the study subjects, including government publications, research report, official statistics and database, academic papers, books, thesis, journal articles, conference papers, Internet broadcasting programs, and magazine. Given the data collection and analysis, this paper cut edge from macroeconomic perspective to analyze the subjects. The outcomes are indicated as below. The government in Taiwan is an indispensable part in building technological competence during the process of PC industry. Besides, the PC industry has demonstrated a significant performance and active participation in economic activity. Furthermore, the portable PCs like notebook still have a prosperous prospect in global market. Taiwanese PCs producers have taken edges on the bargaining power and stable rivalry among existing competitors while new entrants and substitute products have remained threats. More importantly, Taiwan’s PC producers have advantages to carve out PCs niche such as sophisticated OEM experience, good capability of cost control, flexible and quick reaction ability, large scale of production capacity and complete industrial structure. Nevertheless, they still have spaces to strengthen their competitiveness in keen global market.

自1970年代第一部個人電腦(PC, Personal Computer)的出現，以開放的架構開啟了一連串資訊革命，改變了人們學習與工作的方式。隨後在1980年代起，整體PC產業上中下游的產業鏈也為台灣帶來了經濟上高速的成長。 這樣的高速成長在2000年後逐漸有了微妙的變化，以台灣與中國大陸為主的硬體代工供應鏈，為硬體的低價提供了穩固的後勤保障，PC硬體的品牌形象隨著PC的應用轉以網際網路內容與雲端應用而逐漸式微。在2000年中期，隨著網際網路產業的興盛更進一步加速行動化應用技術的成熟。如此的變化讓許多網際網路應用的服務提供者得以挑戰傳統PC軟體與硬體的龍頭如微軟、英特爾、惠普、戴爾與IBM的領導地位。 過去近三十年間，以PC產業為主的電子資訊產業佔據了所謂高科技與創新的舞台之際，在近年來也不斷試圖以各式創新，如硬體本身的多樣化、時尚化，與多角化措施，如轉投資雲端服務、行動裝置或多品牌策略等，試圖在新的競賽中搶佔新的席位。但在無法脫離原本業所帶來的利益與包袱之下，常有運用原有人力、資金、管理團隊與思維來啟動新事業的情形，造成轉型的困境。 筆者有幸服務於曾參與PC產業榮景的領導廠商之一，也同樣見證其與近十年主要的多角化歷程，希望藉由本研究將其多角化的動機、作法與未能成功的原因以個案方式呈現，輔以相關學理與從業經驗分析，期能為類似業者在進行多角化措施提供貼近實務的參考範例。 本研究的問題有三點:為身處高門檻高獲利的寡占廠商的分析其(1)多角化動機(2)多角化作法與(3)可能失敗的原因 透過收集整理公開資料與曾參與多角化產品行銷的人員訪談，本研究得到以 下結論(1) 企業多角化策略制定應考慮管理團隊專長 (2) 多角化產品開發應以獨立組織或合資方式進行 (3) 公司多角化策略應注意代理人問題 (4) 公司多角化策略應參考其本業的競爭優勢建立條件。 / The PC has changed the way we work and learn dramatically since it was introduced in 1970. Meantime, the information technologies have been through a continuous revolution base on the open hardware and software architecture of PC as well. Taiwan also benefits from the booming PC industry, as a key partner of PC supply chain, and has created a huge economic growth since 1980s. The landscape of PC industry has shifted gradually in early 2000s resulted from particular changes. The PC supply chain from Taiwan provides cost-effective hardware to make low-cost notebook happened and in addition to that, the internet and cloud application are altering the focus on brand image of PC hardware vendors to internet-based services providers, plus the booming internet industry has facilitated the readiness of mobile application from mid-2000s. All those changes allow the internet-based services providers to challenge the leadership of the giants from PC industry, such as Microsoft, Intel, HP, Dell and IBM. For last three decades, PC industry played the crucial role of high-tech innovation and it never stop to keep the leading positon via innovation to various and trendy ID design, diversification with cloud services, mobile devices as well as multi-brand strategies in recent years. However it is not easy to start up a new business with the benefit and limitation from original business thus the enterprise transformation would fail most likely. It’s been a pleasure for me to work for couple leading companies in PC era and witnessed part of the effort to diversification in “A company”. I expect to bring similar vendors a practical case study on the motivation, strategies and potential causes of failure of its diversification with recommendations generated from diversification theory and personal experience in field. There are three goals to this study: to analyze and find the (1) motivation of diversification (2) diversification strategy and (3) potential causes of failure, for a high profit company with high-entry barrier in oligopoly market. This study has reached the conclusions via collected and analyzed the public data and interviewed with key persons involved in diversification process of “A company”: (1) Diversification Strategy shall be incorporated with the expertise of leadership team (2) Production diversification shall be managed by an independent organization or a joint venture. (3) Diversification Strategy shall be observant to agency problem (4) Diversification Strategy shall be referred to and leveraged the elements of competition advantages in original business.

本研究以筆記型電腦產業為例，比較研究台灣與日本兩地的電腦產業結構、廠商之經營型態而合作關係。並且由五力分析、SWOT分析、價值鏈分析為分析工具。在五力分析的部分，從供應商、消費者、同業競爭者、潛在競爭者、替代品的構面，來探討台灣與日本廠商在面臨的因素，均衡狀態，配合環境的變動性發展前景等。皆下來在SWOT分析裡面找出整個筆記型電腦產業擁有的優勢、劣勢、機會而威脅，更深入瞭解台灣與日本廠商的現況，在該產業裡為了維持擁有競爭優勢，導出各產業要強化、改善的途徑。在價值鏈分析部分，引用台灣與日本之主要廠商的最近經營型態來舉例，仔細地瞭解而比較兩國廠商的經營方式。最後，並配合各分析的結果，直接進行訪問日台主要筆記型電腦廠商，經由深度訪談與深度蒐集研究的方式，套入產業結構之理論架構，會使得個案之研究更具完備性，找出未來台灣與日本筆記型電腦廠商間的合作關係。 因為筆記型電腦產業的變化非常快，五力、SWOT、價值鏈分析中的結構也隨著有變。本研究將環境之變化導入討論之中，使得產業研究更具動態的時效性，而盡量引用日本與台灣兩地的2000年第一季最新的資料，使得該研究具備動態效果。

自2001年美國高盛公司首席經濟學家歐尼爾首次提出「金磚四國」這個概念，預計到2050年世界經濟格局將會經歷劇烈洗牌，全球新六大經濟體將變成中國、美國、印度、日本、巴西及俄羅斯，此後巴西就一直活躍在世界的重要經濟舞台上。其廣大的內需消費市場、充沛的勞動力及豐富的天然資源吸引眾多國外投資者前仆後繼進入，想佔有一席之地。 然而跨國企業經營巴西市場存在一定的障礙，如：政府行政單位的無效率、法規繁多且複雜、稅收種類多、生產成本高且運輸服務不完善、資金成本過高、國家風險指數高導致融資不易、非正規經濟無處不在、教育水平不高、基礎建設不健全、官僚腐敗情況時有發生、勞工法不盡合理導致勞資糾紛等，讓許多跨國企業乘興而來，鎩羽而歸。根據世界銀行發佈的營商環境友善度調查顯示，巴西在189個國家中排名第120位。 然而商機總是伴隨著風險，著名的管理大師彼得‧杜拉克曾經說：「經營一個企業，若想要完全避免風險是不可能的。企業經營的最大目的，是設法有效的支配現有資源，以期能獲得最大的收益，而風險正是這個過程中不可避免的事物」。在巴西這種外部經營環境不良的情況下，該如何降低經營風險？將風險管理（risk management）策略融合在策略管理（strategic management）中，將是本研究探討的重點。 本研究透過對個案公司在巴西市場的經營，利用商業模式圖的要素分析其商業模式與核心競爭能力，再與主要競爭者進行對照分析，找出各廠商在巴西市場的策略重點。之後，進一步分析個案公司所面臨的外部與內部風險，接著以企業風險管理框架為架構，分析其風險對抗策略，以及與商業模式的關連性，進而探討個案公司在巴西市場的策略風險管理佈局及其優劣勢。

本研究旨在透過探索式的討論，輔以對個案A公司在市場導向經營策略變革之分析，探討當前我國電子產業經營之現況與發展前景。本文研究目的主要有三：（一）從台灣電子產業發展現況的回顧中，歸納出國內外市場環境之機會與挑戰；（二）彙整企業轉型關鍵因素之理論及其實際操作方式；（三）利用個案研究探討企業轉型在市場導向經營活動之實際應用與啟示。研究發現，企業面臨經營上之盲點而欲尋求突破時，無論是策略規劃之重新定位、分析企業內外在市場環境變化等資訊，進而重新評估經營策略與方向等，均有賴經營者果決而明智之策略選擇。因此，「經營者的策略敏銳及其參與程度」為企業轉型成功的關鍵因素，而轉型策略選擇之好壞，更將明顯提升或傷害企業的產業競爭力。不過，要建立起有利於永續競爭優位之市場導向經營策略，仍需企業在管理、組織以及產品等企業內外要素的配合才能順利完成。 / This research aims to analyze the business strategy for PC industries by exploring discuss and A corporation’s market-driven business activities. This research includes following three purposes: First of all, to sum up domestic and international chances and challenges by reviewing development of PC industries in Taiwan; secondly, to clarify theories and practices of key factors of business transformation; thirdly, to explore application and implication of business transformation in case study of market-driven business activities. Research result shows that, when a corporation faces difficulties wanted to overcome, it does need business manager to make a definite and wise decision to reset plan, analyze market information, and re-evaluate business strategy. In other words, “degree of strategic sensitivity and participation for a manager” undoubtedly is the key factor of business transformation affecting its capability of competition. Anyway, this goal of making sustainable predominance strategy couldn’t be made unless combining with domestic and outside factors of management, organization, and production.