Evolution of knowledge intensive services in a high-tech region: The case of Hsinchu, Taiwan

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Title:	Evolution of knowledge intensive services in a high-tech region: The case of Hsinchu, Taiwan
Authors:	Hu, Tai-Shan;Chang, Su-Li;Lin, Chien-Yuan;Chien, Hsueh-Tao
Contributors:	建築系
Date:	2006
Issue Date:	2009-11-16 11:41:51 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	Communication costs have reduced markedly owing to improvements in communication technology. Despite this development, face-to-face interactions facilitated by geographic agglomeration remain important in high-tech innovation activities owing to the ambiguity and uncertainty related to new knowledge. Consequently, location remains a major influence on global strategies of transnational companies, and enables global cross-border divisions of labour in high-tech industries. On the one hand, this phenomenon transforms the geographic distribution and structure in industry; on the other hand, it creates demand for strategic functions in management and organizational innovation. The emergence, introduction and operation of such functions all rely on the support of specialized service industries. During the two decades of development of the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park (HSIP), the area around HSIP saw the gradual formation of a distinctive and strong network including production, incubation and research and development (R&D) activities. Within this network, knowledge intensive services provide a crucial interface between the supportive environment and technological infrastructure. This investigation analyses the interactions, geographic transformation and distribution between HSIP firms and producer services around HSIP, as well as the coordination between HSIP firms and research institutions. This investigation found that competition strongly influences the development and geographic transformation of producer services. Together with different industrial resources, they formed production networks. Such networks caused the development and geographic transformation of the Hsinchu area, and thus further influenced the growth of knowledge-intensive service businesses.
Relation:	EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES Volume: 14 Issue: 10 Pages: 1363-1385
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Architecture and Urban Design & Graduate Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning ] journal articles

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