To inquire into entrepreneurship, a newly-emerging and interesting subject, our research has selected Taiwan¡¦s information technology electronics components industry as research target. By gathering vast- and primary- data, and using several representative Taiwanese component manufacturers as case studies, we found the ¡¥technical-amateur¡¦ phenomenon. This paper will clearly explain the contents, contextual factors, and advantages of technical-amateur entrepreneurship.
These type of entrepreneurs are so-called ¡¥technical-amateurs¡¦ because they lacked previous work experiences in the information technology industry, i.e. outsiders; they also lacked technical ability of the typical blue-collared workers and the engineers, they were previously high-level managers in the manufacturing industry. Thus technical-amateurs tend to have vast- and extended- relationship networks that can quickly transfer capitals, to form capital team and gain the assistance of venture capital to attract the technical team; they also have sharp intuition that can strategize to move toward the mainstream to maximize market benefits; they also have managerial ability that can successfully assimilate the technology team and improve production efficiency while reducing production cost. These concepts are similar to the arguments of ¡¥fitness landscape¡¦, ¡¥co-evolution¡¦, and ¡¥the establishment of shared schema¡¨.
There are several important contextual factors that led to the emergence of technical-amateurs. 1) Product technology already exists, but the process technology remains to be explored; 2) Clustering of the local information technology industry, especially the existence of world-class EMS manufacturers; 3) Rapid growths of venture-capitals; 4) Mobility of technology and talents; and 5) Profitability minimization of information products.
Comparing to technical entrepreneurs, technical-amateur entrepreneurs have the following advantages:
1.By occupying the advanced-guard position in the information industry, can quickly discover entrepreneurial opportunities. Outsourcing under changes in the global commodity chain and the trend toward lighter- and smaller- information products, give rise to more entrepreneurial opportunities in the component industry. Since technical-amateurs maintain close relationships with venture-capital thus can organize capital team, therefore occupying the advanced-guard position where they can quickly discover emerging opportunities.
2.Powerful Capital Reinforcements. To achieve economies of scale, newly-founded components businesses must quickly improve its productivity. But before this could happen, manufacturer must experience a learning period where budgetary deficits are unavoidable. However due to the reinforcements of the capital team, technical-amateur entrepreneurs can lead through this difficult period and into a most profitable period of significant growths.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0617105-102429 |
| Date | 17 June 2005 |
| Creators | Lan, Tzu-tang |
| Contributors | Chang-yung Liu, I-Heng Chen, Stephen D.H. Tsai, Shi-Jie Fang, Chung-Jen Chen |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0617105-102429 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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