A Multi-Criterion Analysis of Cross-Strait Co-Opetitive Strategy in the Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Industry
Table 3
The comparison of national competitiveness in the crystalline silicon solar cell industry for America, Germany, Japan, China, and Taiwan.
Dimensions
Criteria
America
Germany
Japan
China
Taiwan
Factor conditions
Quality of human resources
●
●
●
◯
⊙
Cost of human resources
●
⊙
Intellectual resources
●
●
●
◯
⊙
Risk capital
●
●
●
⊙
⊙
Dimensional evaluation
●
●
●
⊙
⊙
Demand conditions
Market demand
●
●
●
⊙
◯
Domestic/overseas procurement condition
●
●
●
◯
⊙
Government procurement
●
●
●
◯
◯
Dimensional evaluation
●
●
●
◯
◯
Related and supporting industries
The degree of industrial cluster
⊙
●
●
⊙
⊙
The degree of vertical integration
⊙
●
●
⊙
◯
International competition in related industries
●
●
●
⊙
⊙
Dimensional evaluation
⊙
●
●
⊙
⊙
Competitive structure
Number of firms
◯
⊙
⊙
●
⊙
Scale of firm
⊙
●
●
●
⊙
Strategic activities of firms
⊙
●
●
⊙
◯
Dimensional evaluation
⊙
●
●
●
⊙
Government (law)
Education policy
●
●
●
◯
⊙
Economic policy
⊙
●
●
⊙
⊙
Regulatory policy
⊙
●
●
◯
⊙
Industry and investment policy
●
●
●
⊙
◯
Subsidy policy
●
●
⊙
◯
◯
Monetary policy
●
●
●
⊙
⊙
Dimensional evaluation
●
●
●
⊙
⊙
Overall evaluation
●
●
●
⊙
⊙
●: absolute advantage; ⊙: comparative advantage; ◯: having resource; : no advantage. Resource: processed from second sources organized and experts’ interview.
