1. Kaohsiung American Chamber of Commerce’s Influences on The Development if Kaohsiung Local Economy
YE4A Alison Yang

2. Contents Introduction (Background) Theoretical Framework Methodology
Result and Analysis
Conclusion

3. Introduction City is as important as a country.
Kaohsiung and Kaohsiung American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Kaohsiung)
City is as important as a country.
- the local economic development (typical way)
Key Elements
Government
People
Organization  Chamber of Commerce

4. Chamber of Commerce Public law Private law  AmCham Kaohsiung
Aim to promote the local economy (University of Cambridge)
Can be a factor  make the local economy development become better or worse (Tsai, n.d. )

5. American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan
AmCham Taipei
AmCham Taichung
AmCham Kaohsiung

6. American Chamber of Commerce Kaohsiung
Founded on June 4th, 1991
Goals  to enhance understanding, communication, cooperation and commitment for a better environment
Shares, gives advices from American’s side
Annual Southern Taiwan White Paper

7. Kaohsiung Largest industrial and commercial harbor city
77,716 companies and 24,349 overseas foreign companies (Economic Development Bureau, 2013)
A city filled with factories  international and develop knowledge industries (Wealth Magazine, 2013)

8. Theoretical Framework I
New Local Economy Development (Tietz, 1994)
importance of the city
4 factors to make inner cities/cities become competitive
(Porter, 1997)
Strategic Location – harbor city
Integration with regional clusters – AmCham
Unmet Local Demand – White Paper
Human Resources

9. Theoretical Framework II
The importance of Chamber of Commerce
Bennett’s book “ Local Business Voice”
If business does not have a voice, It does not have a future. Chambers are logical channels for the voice.
Partner organization (Robson and Bennett, 2010)
A bridge of communication (Chen, 2011)

10. Research Questions
Does AmCham Kaohsiung have such significant influence in Kaohsiung like others in foreign countries?
In what way or how does AmCham Kaohsiung influence local economy development in Kaohsiung?

11. Methodology I Participants:
had experiences, connections, professional relationship
Representative from AmCham/K, Vincent
Representative from AmCham/K, Steven
Member, Manager of West Virginia Company, Joe
Member, Professor from Pingtung Institute of Commerce, Jack

12. Methodology II Instrumentation and Procedure Qualitative
Interviews (through )
Two questions types:
for AmCham: the purpose of founding the organization, White Paper, thought about Kaohsiung economy
For members: how AmCham help them in their business, thought about Kaohsiung economy
Data are coded, categorized, and analyzed

13. Result and Analysis I Business Development Opportunities Social Impact
Differences in Opinion: A matter of Perspective

14. Result and Analysis II Business Development Opportunities
Spoke up for local voice
Offer recommendation toward development
Social Impact
Obtain positive exposure
Excellent communications
Help business-academic cooperation

15. Result and Analysis III
Differences in Opinion: A matter of Perspective
Not AmCham’s duty
No great deal of development in Kaohsiung

16. Conclusion Indirectly influence
No evidence showed Kaohsiung is an inner city
Limitation

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