"Foreign factories frequently have hundreds of years of history behind them, giving them more 'texture,'" says Li Chun-ju, a professor in the Department of Tourism at Providence University, adding that Taiwanese factories are "shallower." Though they can turn on a dime in response to the market, their very adaptability and lack of a cultural foundation can give people the impression that they lack "roots."
「國外工廠動輒百年歷史，因此轉換起來更有質感，」靜宜大學觀光系教授李君如指出，台灣的工廠比較「淺層」，雖然可以因應市場變局，隨時說變就變，但也因為變化性高、缺乏文化底蘊，容易給人沒有「根」的感覺。