Focusing on 50 Growth Markets:
IBM's Global Treasure Hunt
The 97-year-old IBM is trying to look beyond its glorious history: as IBM stepped out from the personal computer business and reallocates resources to services business, the Big Blue is now venturing into the growth markets with its sophisticated approaches and unconventional talent training.
HTC
Look Out, iPhone, It's Diamond Time
HTC has managed to come up with a succession of cool new product designs that are being mentioned in the same breath with Apple. How has CEO Chou brought the brand successfully onto the international stage?
Gearing Up to Take On GORE-TEX
Taiwan's Fabric Makers Embrace Branding
Taiwan's "Big Four" functional fabric makers are joining forces to turn Taiwanese textiles into a well-known brand – a sea change in an industry long dependent on contract manufacturing.
Will Inflation Trigger a Bankruptcy Wave?
The world economy has barely absorbed the fallout from the U.S. subprime crisis, but the next threat is already looming: inflation. In the 1970s two oil crises led to stagflation, bankruptcy and unemployment. Will history repeat itself?
Premier Liu Chao-shiuan
Caught in the Crossfire
Drawing flak from both the opposition and the ruling party, Taiwan's new premier just can't seem to get a break. How should he lead the new government on the thorny road ahead?
Agriculture:
Taiwan's Fractured Farmlands
High oil prices and food shortages are suddenly making globalization seem less than invincible. As local economies regain the initiative, can Taiwan's land and farm policies keep pace with the modern era?
Dounan's Gutsy Experiment:
Little Landlord, Big Tenant-farmer
Dounan in Yunlin County has become Taiwan's biggest growing area for potatoes and carrots, with the two crops bringing in NT$200 million annually. No longer is an NT$1 million a year salary an unreachable dream for farmers.
Liu Chao-shiuan:
I Won't Cling to My Post, but I Won't Quit Lightly
Taiwan's new premier discusses the harsh realities of today's economy, the lashes of public criticism, and how it feels, in his sixties, to take on the toughest job in his life.