Many Taiwanese firms have chosen to invest in upgrades in Taiwan once their "volume" operations in the mainland began making money. One reason many Taiwanese firms have been reluctant to cut their ties to the island is that whereas Taiwanese firms doing RRD in China have real concerns about their intellectual property being leaked to others, those operating in Taiwan have long received RRD guidance and technological support from the Taiwanese government.
許多台商更藉著大陸衝「量」賺錢後，選擇回台加碼升級，相對於台商在大陸做研發，容易有智財權外洩的疑慮，台灣政府長年以來綿密深入的技術支援，以及「母雞帶小雞」的研發模式，正是牽繫許多台商不至於離「家」太遠的那條紐帶。