Our initiative

 

The Taiwan Globalization Network is your partner for success! Let us help to make your business expansion strategies between Europe and Taiwan a reality!
We believe that more can be done to facilitate successful bilateral business investment between these regions. Our knowledge of Taiwan and Europe, and our network of associates and suppliers can be great assets for you and your company. Even if you are a small, start-up company, we can help to jump-start your business expansion worldwide.
The Taiwan Globalization Network is managed by The Taiwan Desk Foundation. We are excited about the potential for Taiwanese companies to expand in Europe, and we also want to help European businesses get to know how dynamic Taiwan is! We believe that there are many opportunities to support and strengthen the relations between Taiwan and Europe, and we want to make this happen, one company at a time.

  

 

Matchmaking Program

 

We are living in an age of alliances, due to companies’ needs to access expertise and to share costs. There are also global drivers to increase our productivity and focus on our core competencies.  Small start-up companies are often without large resources, and have to look for creative ways to develop their technology and move their company forward.  One way they may wish to consider is through a technology matchmaking program.  We tend to work in a culture where ‘knowledge is power’, and where our cards are held ‘close to the chest’ so no one else can see them.  But in order to succeed, we need to move into a culture that recognizes that the capacity to share knowledge is power.   This will require an emphasis on developing trust within teams and between companies.  In the end, sharing knowledge through matchmaking can increase the efficiency of small companies and help to develop their innovative capacity.
It has been said that the best technology in the world has no value unless it can be placed at the right time in the customers’ hands and in an easy-to-use form.  Moving an idea from a concept in your mind, to a process of product development, and then to the market is the goal of technology transfer, and requires cooperation and coordination among many individuals and partners.  Matchmaking programs can support this process along the way. In order to succeed, the matchmaking programs and technology partnerships need also to carefully constructed, with a clear understanding of each other’s’ capabilities and timeframes.  Financial investments can sometimes provide an attractive incentive for collaborative work.  Joint ownership demands particularly careful management and enforcement.  
Partnerships, formal or informal, should fulfill some essential elements, including: 
  • Satisfying agreed-upon expectations;
  • Provide a way to increase resources and knowledge;
  • Be a mutual learning process;
  • Be a means to accelerate the time to the marketplace;
  • A way to gain access to know-how relatively cheaply and to minimize the chances of reinventing the wheel.Managing these partnerships requires special skills, and the need to develop trust, understanding and respect takes time. 

 Managing these partnerships requires special skills, and the need to develop trust, understanding and respect takes time. 

Through our matchmaking program and personal contacts, the Taiwan Globalization Network seeks to support the development of competent partnerships .  We have a special focus on being the organization that helps improve relationships within a collaborative undertaking.  The ‘people’ issues are of much more importance than the technology (as we know!) in terms of making it a success. Types of issues that we can support you and advise you on include:
•          Why to get involved in collaboration and why not
•          Selecting partners
•          Tricks of the trade to improve the relationships and manage the partnership
•          Managing the international team.
Should you wish to look for a partner or participate in matchmaking, please fill in the form and return it to us. We will contact you personally and immediately start a search for possible partners that fit your requirements.