A Case Study of Industrial Personal Computer (IPC) Industry in Taiwan
Date Issued
2004
Date
2004
Author(s)
Hsu, Shih-Ying
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Most of successful businesses share some common qualities – having control of core technology and/or service of their products, plus breakthrough concept and creativity. Providing good quality, low cost, and fast delivery is the basic requirement in the global competitions nowadays. To ensure survival and growing, a business has to not only satisfy customers’ needs, but have unreplacable key factors of success, namely, continuous research and innovation.
21st century is the era of knowledge economy. The value of innovation and business image will play a more important role in global competition and business operations. Things like human resource education, R&D capability improvement, and brand name buildup will become more and more challenging. Innovation comes from the experience accumulation, sharing, and efficient employment of individual and/or organization. How well an individual and organization can create and utilize the power of knowledge will become the key factor of future business competitiveness.
Unlike conventional PC industry, the study of IPC (Industrial Personal Computer) shows high growth in many different target markets due to highly diversified products and lower competition. But as more and more people join the industry, most of IPC manufacturers are looking for new positions in the value chain by migrating from pure board/hardware manufacturers to application-oriented solution providers.
This study is targeting the niche market of IPC (Industrial Personal Computer) industry based on its unique characteristic of lower quantity, highly diversified, larger number of competitors, and higher gross margin. In order to maintain core competence and expand market share, IPC companies need to target customized niche markets and provide turnkey solutions. Larger size of IPC manufacturers has adequate resources to enter more countries and buildup brand names in the global market while smaller size companies are more flexible and better fit for customized niche markets.
Subjects
工業電腦
IPC
SDGs
Type
other
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