本研究以深入訪談以及參與式觀察為研究方法,探討臺灣國際工具機商展的發展與分化過程與影響因素。臺灣工具機商展在其產業的特性以及政府部門的支持下持續發展。然而由於超額需求長期無法被滿足,因此在核心廠商的運作之下產生分化。雙展在分化後持續發展,並在與其發展的因素不同的互動下,使得雙展差異漸大。經過十年的發展,雙展也對地方政府與區域、產業與聚集以及中央政府等重要的商展發展影響因素產生不同的影響。臺灣工具機商展分化的發展模式補足了既有商展發展的概念的不足。在雙展發展的比較中,也可以發現影響商展發展的因素之間多元的互動,會受到商展本身條件以及實體空間的影響。此外本研究也提出了商展與其影響因素之間的多元互動關係,可做為未來的延伸研究方向。
Using Taiwan’s international machine tool trade shows as the examples, this thesis aims to understand the processes underlying and factors influencing the development and differentiation of trade shows. With the supports from Taiwan’s machine tool industry and governments, Taiwan’s main international machine tool trade show, i.e. Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) has maintained stable growth in the past decades. However, owing to the emergence of unsatisfied needs for the exhibition, some Taiwanese machine tool major firms initiated to hold a new international show, i.e. Taiwan International Machine Tool Show (TMTS), in central Taiwan in 2010. Ever since the differentiation of Taiwan’s international machine tool show, both TIMTOS and TMTS have grown and become specialized. According to this study, such processes were affected by various interactive relationships among factors including central government, cluster and industry. Moreover, such processes also made great influences on Taiwan’s machine tool industry, its cluster and trade show policies.