Adaptation or Decline of Developmental State: An Example of Adimmune Biotechnology Corporation
Date Issued
2012
Date
2012
Author(s)
Chen, Chi-Jun
Abstract
The developmental state theory mainly explains the rise of the East Asian newly industrializing countries (NICs), and the theory puts emphasis on the role of the state in economic development and industrial transition. Developmental states are characterized by state autonomy, state capacity, pilot agency, and the embeddedness between public and private sectors. Before 1990’s, Taiwan is regarded as a typical developmental state according to its institutions and development model. However, after 1990’s, challenged by globalization and democratization, Taiwan developmental state is confronted with two different path choices of adaptation and decline. My thesis is to discuss the role Taiwan’s government plays in the biotechnology drug industry, and choose Adimmune Corporation as a case study to examine the transition of Taiwan’s state and the applicability of developmental state theory.
There are six chapters in this thesis. Chapter 1 is introduction, which proposes my research motivation, awareness of question, and research framework. Chapter 2 is developmental state theory, which introduces the origin and content of the theory, and draws a parallel between it and neo-classical economics. Chapter 3 is about the debate between the "adaptation theory" and "decline theory" over whether developmental states will adpat or decline when faced with the challenges of globalization, democratization, and the Asian financial crisis. Also, this chapter briefly reviews the case of Taiwan as a developmental state. Chapter 4 is the development of Taiwan’s biotechnology drug industry, which analyzes the background and process of this industry, and indicates the policy direction and the dilemma Taiwan confronts. Chapter 5 is the state’s role in Addimune Corporation, which observes the cooperation between the government and the company, and to see whether the state’s role in Addumune Corporation can conform to the content of developmental state theory. At the same time this chapter also examines what kind of changes there will be in policy leadership when faced with globalization and democratization. Chapter 6 is transition and development of Taiwan’s state. This chapter concludes the content above, and makes a review about how Taiwan developmental state transforms. In the end, I make a prediction and expectation for Taiwan’s biotechnology drug industry.
Keywords: developmental state theory, developmental state, globalization, democratization, biotechnology drug industry, Addimune Corporation
Subjects
developmental state theory
developmental state
globalization
democratization
biotechnology drug industry
Addimune Corporation
SDGs
Type
thesis
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