Wan Hai Lines
Thriving in Rough Economic Waters
Rising fuel costs and declining freight prices have battered global shipping companies, but Taiwan's Wan Hai Lines and its chairman Chen Po-ting seem to be taking the rough sailing in stride.
Taiwan Mobile
Gaining the Edge with Service
After a seven-year hiatus, Taiwan Mobile has reclaimed the title of benchmark enterprise in the telecom services sector. Amid a sour economy and an industry paradigm shift, which strengths helped it topple Chunghwa Telecom?
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2012 Most Admired Company Survey
TSMC remains Taiwan's most respected enterprise, for 16th consecutive year. Taiwan Mobile wrests telecom sector kudos from longstanding standard-bearer Chunghwa Telecom. Fubon Financial Holding Co. enters the Top Ten for the first time.
TSMC Chairman Morris Chang:
The Best Is Yet to Come
In this exclusive interview, the venerable leader of Taiwan's semiconductor industry ponders his current battle for market share, and the passion that's needed for victory.
2012 Most Admired Company Survey
Winners in a Downturn
The new standard bearers of Taiwanese business are those able to show imagination and dexterity, and provide customers with innovative new value.
2012 Taiwan's Most Admired Entrepreneurs
Paradigm Shift
While semiconductor legend Morris Chang remains far and away Taiwan's most admired businessman, restaurant mogul Steve Day has soared to 3rd place, clearly revealing the service industry's new clout in tech-heavy Taiwan.
Internet Phenomenon NHN
The Spinoff Samsung Regrets
Nine out of ten smartphones in Taiwan are fitted with its Line app. It has left Google to starve in South Korea, and captured the hearts of Japanese gamers. What was Samsung thinking when it let this online juggernaut go?
Korea's Economic Model
Leaving Taiwan in the Dust, at a Price
Once a poor second cousin to Taiwan, South Korea now exports twice as much as Taiwan. Why has Taiwan fallen behind, and what have been the costs of South Korea's rise?