Program for Globalization Studies No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan TEL：886-2-3366-9661 FAX：886-2-2367-2370 globalization@ntu.edu.tw	Program for Globalization Studies Jin-Tan Liu (Department of Economic, National Taiwan University) Bor-Shiuan Cheng (Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University) Abstract The issue about globalization has acquired attentions from world wide. However, it remains phenomenon descriptions and lack of systematically abstract thinking and precise cause-and-effect analysis; moreover, this issue doesn’t seem to draw any concern in Asia. Because of that, this master program will start from the concern with multinational fast movement of commodities, capital, staff, and enterprise/factory, focus on the Taiwan region and Chinese enterprise acquiring intensive uniqueness, to explore the impacts on Taiwan and Taiwanese businesses and their responses during the course, in which this type of impact and response consists of macro- and micro-level that involve Taiwan’s performance of macro economy, foreign exchange/financial market, and labor/employment market; enterprise/factor’s investment strategy, production specialization, growth/internationalization strategy, and organization culture/personnel management; geographical industry cluster, urban and rural development, and land use; and finally, social stratification, ethnic relationship, identity acquirement and identification, staff’s social identity and individual behavior issues. The purpose is to recognize the features of so-called Taiwan (or East Asia) experience, and to observe the change course of the features after being impacted. Based on the issues above, for each associated research teams of universities in Taiwan, this master program will conduct multinational study of basic theory and interdisciplinary orientation and dialogue with existing literature and theories (such as network theory, relationalism, collectivism, internationalization theory, social identity theory, international migration theory, and economy models) to lead the communities of social science and management science into key breakthrough. In addition, the conclusions may provide implications for public policy (for example, migration, investment, monetary, finance, urban development, and labor policy) making and business management. From the time when the program has set up, multidisciplinary and multi-domain research teams has been successfully built up as well as the complete discussion and communication platform, and the initial results on various research issues are higher than expectation. In the coming three years, how to form globalization issues and innovate globalization related theory model will be continue to explore on the basis of previous work.