1. The Implications of OBOR Initiatives Collaboration between Pakistan and Taiwan – through Economic and Academic perspectives
FRANK YING
DEAN OF COLLEGE MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY, TAIWAN

2. I. Why Pakistan and why CPEC so important?

3. Illustrative facts
Strategic location at the crossroads of South Asia, Central Asia, China and Middle East.
World Bank (2016): Economic growth rate (4.2%), Inflation rate (4.5%), and Unemployment rate (6.5%).
Vast and young population: 208 millions and 35% of the population aged 15 years old or younger.
What do the statistics above suggest?
Nothing goes wrong: demographic dividend + sounding policies sustained growth
Job creations and needs of educations !

4. Future and preparations today
Pakistan 2025 and the ninth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2030 Agenda: 1.5 million new job needed to be created annually (Afraz, 2016).
Innovation and entrepreneurship are viable means to deal with huge demand of employments.
How so many new jobs can be created?

5. II. Steps of development – Taiwan experience

6. Caveat: SMEs versus Global Business

7. Small and Medium Enterprises (initial capital< $2
Small and Medium Enterprises (initial capital< $2.5 millions and employees < 200)

8. How to transform from family business to SMEs
How to transform from family business to SMEs? %~90% of firms in the world
Taiwan, Japan, and Ireland: SMEs are usually held and ran by family or family members
Accounts 97 ~ 99% of firms in business markets.
Extremely limited understanding in SMEs and Family Business.

9. III. Collaboration with Business Schools on CEPC
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Goods, merchandizes, agricultures only?
Promotion of heritages and values of SMEs and family business between China and Pakistan: Cases of SMEs can be accumulated, Training camps, Coaching and Mentoring camps.
Solutions: Center of Family and SMEs - CPEC

10. IV. Taiwan experience and the role of NTNU
80,000 SMEs in Shanghai and Guangdong area, 800,000 to 1 million of Taiwanese business men

11. CHALLENGES TO FAMILY BUSINESS AND SMES
Succession planning
Globalization
Digital
Innovation

12. 2016 FAMILY BUSINESS SURVEY
The “missing middle”: bridging strategy gap in family firms.
Lack of promotion to promote its heritages and values.

13. OIGEN PROJECT
1/21/2017

14. Focus on qualitative survey: 40-50 numbers of people, in Taipei city
SUMMARY
After the meeting of 1/19, we decided:
Focus on qualitative survey: numbers of people, in Taipei city
Focus on cookware products of OIGEN
Do hypothesis of target consumers first and then conduct survey
Adjust content of survey, timeline and budget

15. Downtown of Taipei

16. Kevin Rudd
Hashimoto

17. Thanks and See you in Taiwan
INSHALLAH
Thanks and See you in Taiwan