Take for example the five-year survey conducted by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics of the Executive Yuan into industrial and service businesses. According to this, the five-year survival rate for domestic enterprises averages around 70 percent, but a closer inspection reveals that many of those registered are small businesses which might not have changed their names but in fact could have already changed hands a number of times.
譬如根據行政院主計處五年一度的工商及服務業普查報告，從民國七十六年至八十年底，國內企業的五年存活率約七成左右。然而深入探究，許多小公司行號儘管名稱不變，但實際負責人可能已經轉了好幾手。