的97.8%,这种景况在全世界经济体中所少有,但是更特别的.PDFVIP

2004 年 1,146,352 數 97.8% 更 30 34 不3 力 數落泥 行 數力 暴浪 1,146,352 數來說 拓什來數 了數落裡 來利 來 數落 略 略 e不更 路易益 e略 路略 勵 e勵 略 路聯 2 利 略 了 略 落行數落 行略 3 Abstract There are 1,146,352 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Taiwan, equals to 97.8 percent of all the private enterprises here. This is an unusual high percentage in any other developed economies in the world. Moreover, there are about 300,000 SMEs (26.1%) do not have any computer in use, and other 340,000 companies’ (29.6%) computers do not have broadband connections. Only less the 30, 000 of them have made use of online e-commerce applications. These small and medium-sized enterprises who together served as industry backbone driving Taiwan to miraculous economic developments in the past decades, now suddenly find themselves trapped in serious digital divide. The above phenomenon has finally drawn government’s attention. It has decided to inject resources and take actions to help SMEs adapt to IT applications, and to help prevent those who had overcome many difficulties and economic crises in the bad times from overthrown in the wave of digitalization. The need of IT applications for 1,146,352 small and medium-sized enterprises is supposed to be great business opportunities for information service providers. Why has this digital opportunity which seems to be great turned into something more like digital divide? There must be some critical factors that private sector can’t handle by itself, and should be dealt with government’s supports. Since the government is usin