製造業對台灣早期經濟發展有重要貢獻，然而目前有關台灣產業史的研究多把關注焦點放在文化及語言主題上，較少有完整的產業歷史分析；另外，國內管理學界對於產業研究也多屬於管理功能導向之橫切面研究，較缺乏宏觀面與貫時性的產業史分析。為彌補此一缺口，本研究透過立意與滾雪球抽樣方式，與多位業者及相關學者進行深度訪談，經由此一途徑獲得初級資料，再與次級資料交互檢驗，研究目的在於探討影響台灣製傘業營運的關鍵事件，並以整合其發展紀事與建構出台灣製傘業歷史軌跡。研究發現，台灣製傘業於1980年代中期發展最為興盛，南北部地區形成分工合作的共生模式博得世界第一的傘業王國美名，但受到經濟轉型影響，如勞資上漲及政府提高關稅限制，加上民間博弈事業和股市熱潮興起等因素，1990 年代中期，業者開始規模外移，台灣製傘業開始步入轉型期。

Manufacturing industry has made great contribution to the economic
development of Taiwan in early years. However, related research about industrial history has only aimed at the perspectives of culture and language. Moreover, a great deal of industrial research has focused only on managerial function with a cross-sectional approach rather than a macro with longitudinal approach. Therefore, this study intended to explore the critical incidents of Taiwan umbrella making industry, by using in-depth interviews based on purposive and snowball sampling schemes with a supplement of secondary data. The data analysis involved an integration of primary and secondary data from inductive as well as deductive mechanism, constructing the historical footprints of Taiwan umbrella making industry.
The result showed that the period of mid-1980 was the glorious stage of
Taiwan umbrella making industry, because of a division-and-cooperation business model in Northern and Southern Taiwan. Influenced by economic transformation, labor cost raise, higher tax rate of custom, prevalence of gambling and fever of stock market. Taiwan umbrella making industry moved to Mainland China, entering into a transformative stage until now ever since mid-1990 due to labor shortage.