Identifying the Determinants of High-Tech Taiwanese Firms' Foreign Direct Investment Activities in the UK

Bu makale yüksek teknolojiye sahip Tayvanlı firmaların Birleşik Krallık'ta yaptıkları yatırımları ele almayı ve Dunn'ın politika problemini belirleme modelini kullanarak yurt dışında yatırım yapacak firmalara rehberlik yapmayı hedeflemektedir. Çalışma kısa bir kaynak taramasından sonra, pratik çözümler önerecek analizle devam etmektedir. Doğrudan yabancı yatırım teorilerinin yer aldığı literatüre dayanarak, bu çalışma temel belirleyiciler olarak rekabet avantajını, kurumsal stratejiyi ve üretim maliyetlerinin olduğunu bulmuştur. Temel yöntem olarak daha detaylı, spesifik ve formel matematiksel modelleme tekniğini kullanan Logit Modelleme ile faktör analizini birleştiren Faktör-Logit Modelleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Ampirik çalışmanın sonuçları doğrulamıştır ki Birleşik Krallık'ta yatırım yapan Tayvanlı firmalar için önemli temel faktörler; pazarlamadaki Avrupa Topluluğu avantajı, UK temelli pazarlama, Ara-Gör girdileri, bölgesel yatırım ve üretim ortamı, lokasyon ve emektir. Bulgular aynı zamanda firmaların ölçeğinin, çalışanın deneyimli oluşunun, firmanın finansal kapasitesinin de önemli olduğunu göstermiştir. Yatırım ortamının dengesi ticaret faaliyetleri, endüstri kategorileri ve piyasa sitili tarafından desteklenmektedir.

Birleşik Kirallık'a Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırım Yapan Yüksek Teknolojiye Sahip Tayvanlı Firmaların Eylemlerini Belirleyen Faktörlerin Tanımlanması

This paper considers the migration of Taiwanese high technology industry and applies Dunn's policy problem structuring model to ensure the achievement of this research study's goal, that the findings can be used as government policy-making reference on firm's investment abroad. This study begins by reviewing relevant literature and then returns to the practical background analysis. Regarding FDI theories, this paper concludes that their main characteristics are covered by competitive advantage, organization strategy, externality, and production cost. The main empirical methodology we suggest is the factor-logit model which combines factor analysis and Logit econometric model to construct a more detailed, specific, and formal mathematical representational model in the problem specification phase of this research. The results of empirical examination suggest that the motive factors, include EU advantage in marketing, UK-based overseas marketing, research and development (R&D) input, regional investment and production environment, as well as convergence of location and skill. The findings also confirm the importance of enterprise size, senior staff's experience, and financial capacity; this study suggests that the stability of policy investment environment is also backed by the dimensions of trade activity, industry category and market style. Then, the policy suggestions are also listed in the final section.

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