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Chinese Solar PV Industry%s "Shanzhai" Business Model and Vendor Strategies

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The cost advantages have not only established Chinese vendors' leadership in the worldwide solar PV (Photovoltaic) industry, but also caused European, US, and Japanese vendors' withdrawal from the market or bankruptcy in the business. Although the Taiwanese crystalline silicon photovoltaic industry is able to compare with its Chinese counterpart in quality and price, a considerablegap exists betweenthese two countries in terms of the cost. The total cost difference between them ranges up to US$0.43 - 0.63/W. This report examines the industrial environment and vendors' strategies and outlines how the "Shanzhai" business model - a business model based on counterfeiting others' design concepts - operates in the industry.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Chinese PV Vendors Achieve Industry-leading Cost Competitiveness

2. Development Background of Chinese PV Industry's "Shanzhai" Business Model

2.1 Development of Worldwide PV Vendors in 2012

2.1.1 Fast Circulation of Technologies and Knowledge

2.2 Development of Chinese PV Vendors in 2012

3. Chinese Photovoltaic Vendors' Development Strategies in 2012

3.1 Marketing Strategies

3.1.1 Product Strategies

3.1.2 Price Strategies

3.1.3 Distribution Channel Strategies

3.2 Production Strategies

3.2.1 Manufacturing Strategies

3.2.2 Equipment Purchasing and Depreciation Strategies

3.3 Purchasing Strategies

3.3.1 Consumable Materials Purchasing

3.4 R&D Strategies

3.4.1 Product Innovations

3.4.2 Process Innovations

3.5 Financial Strategies

3.5.1 Fund-raising Strategies

3.5.2 Investments in Plants

MIC Perspectives

Appendix

List of Figures

Figure 1 Cash Cost Comparison between Taiwanese and Chinese PV Vendors in 2012

List of Topics

Development of the global and Chinese solar PV vendors, pointing out the major challenges that they are currently confronting

The importance of the "Shanzhai" business model - a model based on counterfeiting other's design concepts - for the global and Chinese solar PV industries, covering how the said business model was developed in the Chinese industry

Analysis of the Chinese solar PV vendors' strategies in marketing, manufacturing, purchasing, R&D and financing sectors

List of Companies

MTK

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Solar_Photovoltaic Industry: Chinese Solar PV Industry%s "Shanzhai" Business Model and Vendor Strategies

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