When Lester Thurow, the well-known economist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, came to Taiwan to give a lecture a half year ago, he pointed to the Microsoft Corporation as a prime example: Microsoft owns no farmland, no oil fields, no expensive and sophisticated factories, and no shops of its own. Its product fits onto a tiny microchip.
半年前美國麻省理工學院教授梭羅來台演講時，特別舉微軟公司為例：微軟公司沒有農場油田，沒有造價昂貴的精密廠房，甚至沒有自己專屬的店面，主要產品又是毫不起眼的薄薄磁碟數片。