Bay-to-bay strategic alliances: the network linkages between Taiwan and the US venture capital industries [1]. (1st January 2002)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Saxenian, AnnaLee; Li, Chuen-Yueh
• Is Part Of: International journal of networking and virtual organisations. Volume 1:Number 1(2002)
• Page Start: 17
• Page End: 31
• Publication Date: 2002-01-01
• Subjects: venture capital -- investment network -- strategic alliance -- Overseas Chinese -- Silicon Valley -- Taiwan -- information technology; Computer networks -- Periodicals; Information networks -- Periodicals; Virtual corporations -- Periodicals; Electronic commerce -- Periodicals; Management information systems -- Periodicals; Management -- Data processing -- Periodicals; 004.65
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1470-9503

Abstract

Taiwan stands out as an early success story in developing a venture capital (VC) industry. Domestic policy makers introduced VC in the early 1980s and today the island boasts a flourishing VC sector that is closely associated with the upgrading of the personal computer and integrated circuit industries. This paper describes the industry's origins in the close connections to Silicon Valley built by overseas Chinese, and it analyses the resulting patterns of cross-regional collaboration between the VC industries in the USA and Taiwan.