The Asian economic market is a highly competitive quickly advancing financial theater. Many countries are in direct proximity and competing for the same market factions of customers. A slight edge in a particular aspect of business, or the vantage of accessibility to a specific demographic at any given time could prove fruitful or deadly to an entrepreneurial firm within the market, and control the fates of not only the employees to which the economy relies on, but on foreign and domestic investors within this complex system. Prior to 1996, the Taiwanese government was the controlling investor, and overwhelming monarchy on the industrial and financial controls set forth by their legislature, calculating the overall fate and economic prosperity associated within their domestic trade and national industry. This has lead to gross overspending creating government budget deficits and low productivity levels.
The government in matters of fiscal affairs has pursed previously a role of "big brother." Facilitating all executive functions of domestic corporations and hindered their ability to compete with global markets and competition within their respected industries. Upper level management and boards across many industries are being selected by this majority stockowner, and forced to adhere to the wishes of a deaf shareholder. A government deregulation of industry, dubbed as the privatization of these companies, has set forth strict guidelines as to the ownership allowed in ascertaining controlling shares of these stocks. Many firms are restricted as to allowing only marginal availability of their stocks to foreign investors, typically 20%. This stifles the ability of the government to deregulate the leadership of these companies by still hold ...