Quanta Computer's Barry Lam
The Search for the Next Twenty-year Heyday
With notebook computers ever more commonplace, leading notebook maker Quanta faces a future growth ceiling, but despite the pressure, its leader Barry Lam is calmly in pursuit of the next killer app.
Service Innovation:
The New Engine of Growth
Taiwan's top 1000 enterprises are experiencing expanding revenues, but contracting profits. Yet many companies are beginning to turn heads by mining high added-value "service riches."
Acer Unseats Taipower at the Top
Top 500 Service Enterprises
In 2007, Taiwan's service sector finally exceeded NT$6 trillion in revenues. But all was not well, as profitability declined. How did Acer buck the trend and vault pass Taiwan Power Company at the top?
A Bumper Year Goes Bust
Top 1000 Manufacturing Enterprises
In 2007 Taiwanese manufacturing rocketed with record revenues and profits, but plummeted in the final quarter, hit by the U.S. mortgage crisis and global inflation. How will it steel itself against a continuing string of challenges?
A Storm Weathered, a Showdown Awaits
Top 100 Financial Enterprises
After enduring a consumer debt crisis, Taiwan's financial sector enjoyed broadly higher profits last year. Looking ahead, the China market poses even greater risks and challenges.
Confidence on the Upswing
2008 Top 1000 CEO Survey
The pessimistic pall hovering over Taiwan in recent years seems to be lifting, at least in the minds of the country's CEOs. What do they expect from the new administration to justify their renewed confidence?
Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank Ltd.
Spanning the Cross-strait Financial Divide
Long seen as a prodigy of Taiwan's banking industry, SCSB has posted growth better than 20 percent every year since 2000. How do they do it?
Fubon Land Development
A Dual Strategy's Quiet Success
At a time when expectations for Taiwan's housing market are sky high, Fubon Land is sitting on the sidelines, remaining faithful to a strategy that has delivered results.