The most well-known example of corporate support for the arts on Taiwan is probably that given to conductor Kuo Mei-chen by Cathay Investment & Trust Company in setting up the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, and the failure of that project led to a once-bitten twice-shy syndrome among many businessmen and workers in the arts.
過去支持藝文活動最有名的例子，大概是國泰企業贊助指揮家郭美貞成立的台北愛樂交響樂團。但由於郭美貞以全然藝術家的個性來經營樂團，行政、財務、人事無法企業化運作，造成合作的失敗，也導致許多企業與藝術工作者「一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩」。