ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Taiwan’s high-tech industry: lessons for Australia*

One of the nations which, over the past 50 years, has shifted from a predominantly agricultural to a sophisticated post-industrial economy is Taiwan. Unlike Australia, which runs chronic trade deficits and relies increasingly on a service industry economy, Taiwan records massive trade surpluses through exports generated by high-tech industries.One of the fastest growing sectors of the new economy is in optoelectronics, which includes liquid crystal displays, solar cells, optical storage devices …

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