In particular, as Taiwan's economic structure reaches maturity, wages rise, and land costs skyrocket, it actually works to Taiwan's advantage to invest abroad. By jumping on the backs of the "new little tigers" of Southeast Asia and mainland China, Taiwanese firms that invest in those nations can share in the profits, thus gaining space and time for themselves to undertake industrial upgrading in Taiwan.
尤其在台灣經濟體質邁向成熟、工資上升、地價暴漲時，台商適時搭上東南亞及大陸東南沿海等「新興小龍」快速起飛的列車，藉著去當地投資而分享利潤，為自己、也為台灣經濟爭取到存活與向上升級的空間和時間。