Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) Taiwan General Manager Elbert Man’s people-centric outlook on life and work is a perfect match for the pharmaceutical industry. Man emphasizes transparency, respect for boundaries, and healthy debate as essential to fostering high-performing teams, a philosophy that has helped him advance through several country manager roles at international pharma companies. Outside…
Given an exponential rise in locally transmitted COVID-19 case numbers (the vast majority of which have been mild or asymptomatic), Taiwan’s leaders have quickly begun working to develop a policy of “coexisting with the virus.” As during the initial outbreak of the pandemic in 2020, some fumbles have occurred as that policy coalesces, but once…
By Courtney Donovan Smith Taishang Factories Disrupted by COVID-19 Taiwanese manufacturers in China, particularly those based in Shanghai and neighboring Kunshan, have suffered plant closures and supply chain issues due to China’s “dynamic zero-COVID” policies and the extended lockdown of the Shanghai region, widespread disruptions to trucking within China, and delays at the port of…
By Hannah Chang, Commonwealth Magazine Ambitions to manufacture in the U.S. closer to major customers have led TSMC to set up shop in America. The project and related supply chain relocation pose numerous challenges, from cost control to talent recruitment and management techniques in a different culture. Michelle Chang, director of the Taiwanese Chambers of…
By Dexter Murray Another Evergreen Vessel Stranded Nearly a year after a cargo ship owned by the Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Maritime Corp. caused a six-day-long traffic jam in the Suez Canal, another Evergreen ship has run aground off the U.S. coast. The ship, called the Ever Forward, hit ground on March 13 in Chesapeake…
As Taiwan aims to decrease air pollution with greener transportation options, scooter-sharing companies are leveraging the power of the circular economy to maximize utilization rates while seeking to turn rider data into business insights. Scooters afford city dwellers a number of benefits – small, agile, and fast, they provide riders with a convenient means of…
Aggressive local competition and rising geopolitical risk make the contract electronics manufacturing giant’s China dependency more precarious than ever. Hon Hai Precision Manufacturing Co., better known as Foxconn, is the largest private employer in China and has long depended on the country as its manufacturing base. As recently as 2018, Foxconn assembled half of the…
Modeled after a hit reality TV show in the West, Dragons’ Chamber Taiwan provides a platform for foreigner-owned enterprises to test the feasibility of their business ideas by pitching them to experienced entrepreneurs. Participants – even those who are not successful – find the experience invaluable. In the U.S. and some other countries, immigrants are…
To capture a greater share of the booming digital assets business, Taiwan needs more comprehensive regulation and proactive government support for the industry. During his four years in office, former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Jason Hsu spoke of turning Taiwan into a “crypto nation.” It was always a long shot; the island’s financial services…
Pfizer Taiwan Country Manager Cellina Yeh says that her career of more than 30 years has been marked by a pattern: the offer of a new position every few years and her initial reluctance to accept it. Nevertheless, intrinsic motivation, curiosity, and an insistence on pushing herself outside of her comfort zone have brought Yeh…
