If the joint venture partner is a Hong Kong firm of the same small size, sometimes the arrangement may not only fail to reduce risk for the Taiwanese firm, but may bring perils of its own: there have been numerous cases of disputes in which Taiwanese companies claim to have been defrauded or bled dry by their partners.
如果合資的對象是同樣不具規模的港商，有時不僅不能避險，反倒被合夥人詐欺、虧空的糾紛層出不窮。高不成低不就下，無怪乎大多數在港台商還是選擇獨資經營。