Lessons from Taiwan's performance: neither miracle nor crisis / Gustav Ranis -- Upscaling: recasting old theories to suit late industrializers / Alice H. Amsden and Wan-Wen Chu -- Coordination failures and catch-up: experiences of man-made fiber in Taiwan / Been-Lon Chen and Mei Hsu -- Roles of foreign direct investments in Taiwan's economic growth / Steven A.Y. Lin -- Offshore sourcing strategies of multinational firms in Taiwan / Tain-Jy Chen and Ying-Hua Ku -- The boomerang effects of FDI on domestic economy: Taiwan's agricultural investment in mainland China / Jiun-Mei Tien -- Taiwan's role in the world market / Henry Wan, Jr.-- Taiwan in the global economy: past, present, and future / Frank S.T. Hsiao and Mei-Chu W. Hsiao -- Colonization and NIEs'lization of Taiwan's economy blending with Japan's globalization: a global perspective / Teruzo Muraoka (Jaw-Yann Twu) -- From dependency to interdependency: Taiwan's development path toward a newly industrialized country / Peter C.Y. Chow.