Assessment and Comparison of Technology Utilization in the Taiwanese and American Industries

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which integration/automation technologies are being used in executing projects in the Taiwanese and American industries and to quantify the similarity and difference in technology usage in the two areas. This was accomplished by two industry-wide surveys and analysis of 209 American projects and 98 Taiwanese projects. Descriptive statistics were developed to determine project-, phase-, and work function-level technology usage. Additionally, hypothesis testing was performed to identify the difference in technology usage between the Taiwanese and American industries. Findings from this study help explain the difference of project stakeholders' interest in introducing integration/automation technologies in the two different geographic regions.