But its weakness lies in the fact that its R & D communities are too small. With science-based industrial parks distributed around the island and research personnel scattered between the Academia Sinica, the National Health Research Institutes, institutes of higher education, and industry, it is very doubtful whether a community effect, by which academia can move industry forward, can take place.
而不利之處則是研發聚落的規模太小，每個地方都有科學園區，人才也散落在中研院、國家衛生研究院、各大學和業界等，是否能產生學術界帶動業界的聚落效應，是很大的疑問。