| 内容提要: |
Higher technical and vocational education institutions in Taiwan face the pressure of
an oversupply of student places and fierce competition from domestic and international
institutions. To cope with these challenges, higher technical and vocational education
institutions that are better equipped to respond to market requirements are expected
to achieve competitive advantage and superior performance. A sector-specific model
of competitive advantage for higher technical and vocational education institutions in
Taiwan is, therefore, developed and tested. The model integrates theories of strategy and
competitive advantage, namely industrial organisation theory and resource-based view
theory. It is concluded that integration of industrial organisation and resource-based
view theories provides a useful framework in which to comprehensively and systemat-
ically analyse an industry sector in relation to competitive advantage. This study also
highlights that institutional performance depends on the match between the state of the
environment surrounding the higher technical and vocational education institutions and
their use of resources. |