The current loss of jobs in Taiwan's high-tech industry is largely the result of overproduction of monitor panels and DRAM. And Taiwan is a small but open market that is largely reliant on exports. The fortunes of the island's economy depend upon production orders that are rooted in the international division of labor. There is a lack of guiding technology here, and rights aren't completely held in Taiwan.
辛炳隆指出，這一波台灣科技業的衰退主要來自面板、D-RAM 產業過度投資的生產過剩，而台灣是小型開放經濟體，高度仰賴出口，景氣好壞全看全球產業分工下的訂單生產出貨，少有主導性技術，主控權不全然掌握在台灣。