Recent Development of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programs in Taiwan

The Standards for Identifying Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in Taiwan launched Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs in February 1999. The programs are intended to subsidize domestic SMEs that develop new technologies, products, and services to, as well as expected to fill SMEs’ funding gap and reduce their uncertainty with respect to innovation. This monograph describes the evolution of these programs.