As well as this, in recent years Taiwan's financial strength has grown and the New Taiwan Dollar has appreciated significantly. This has led the ITRI to begin introducing technology from abroad, becoming a technological bridge between foreign high technology and domestic businesses and shortening the length of time spent on research and development.
此外，近年來台灣財力較豐，台幣又大幅升值，因此工研院也開始從國外引進技術，作為國外高科技與國內使用業者間的技術橋樑，以縮短研發時程。