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CM216E | WEEK 07 | PROF. Sonic Wu

PROMPT BOOK
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拆解 Week 5:比較利益、分析路徑與情境模擬的決策價值 Looking Back at Week 5: Comparative Advantage, Analytic Paths, and the Real Use of Simulation

本週核心目標:本頁面旨在闡明 Prompt 背後的教學設計邏輯。重點在於修正直覺偏誤、建立嚴謹的分析習慣,並最終對接國際企業的實務決策框架。 Core mission: this page does not re-run the prompts. It explains the teaching logic behind them: which wrong intuitions they were designed to correct, which analysis habits they were meant to build, and which international-business judgments they ultimately train.

THE SPARK|為何 Week 7 須重新檢視 Prompt THE SPARK|Why Week 7 Returns to the Prompt Book

01|比較利益常遭誤解為「絕對強弱」 01|Comparative advantage is often misheard as “who is better”

學生最常見的偏誤在於將生產效率交易後的實質損益混為一談。若未能釐清此差異,後續探討自由貿易、產業分工與供應鏈配置時,邏輯將全面偏離。 The first failure is not arithmetic. It is the confusion between production efficiency and post-trade gains. If that distinction is fuzzy, everything that follows—free trade, specialization, supply chains—starts from the wrong base.

02|教科書理論仍為基礎,但須擴充實務變數 02|The textbook path is necessary, but no longer sufficient

2026 年的貿易政策已超越單純的「福利損失估算」。補貼、出口管制、反補貼稅與友岸外包等措施,均交織著國家安全、選票考量、產業保護與談判施壓。因此,決策分析必須納入賽局、情緒與價值三條進階路徑。 Trade policy in 2026 is rarely just about welfare triangles. Subsidies, export controls, countervailing duties, and friend-shoring all mix national security, domestic politics, industry defense, and bargaining leverage. That is why the Game, Emotion, and Value paths were added.

03|情境模擬為決策壓力測試,而非創意寫作 03|Simulation is not creative writing; it is a decision stress test

Week 5 的角色扮演旨在強迫學生建立實務決策的「位置感」:精準盤點手中籌碼、設定對手的讓步底線,並務實評估己方產業的承受閾值。 The role play was never about sounding like a diplomat. It was about thinking from a position: what leverage you hold, where you want the other side to concede, and which part of your own industry gets hurt first. That positional awareness is core to international business.

Prompt Book 的架構具備嚴謹層次:首先破除重商主義直覺,接著修正對比較利益的認知,隨後導入新貿易理論與政治理性,最終進入政策模擬與反制推演。這是一套經過刻意設計的認知發展階梯。 The prompt book follows a deliberate ladder: first destroy the mercantilist instinct, then correct comparative-advantage logic, then move into new trade theory and political rationality, and only then enter live policy simulation and counter-move design. This was not a pile of prompts; it was a sequenced learning ladder.

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE|釐清「比較利益」核心概念 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE|Making the Concept Clear

核心定義 In one plain sentence

比較利益的核心在於評估執行特定選項時,所犧牲的相對代價。其衡量基準為機會成本,而非絕對生產速度或國家綜合實力。 Comparative advantage is not about who is faster at everything. It is about who gives up less of something else when choosing one activity. The key variable is opportunity cost, not raw productivity or national power.

絕對利益 Absolute Advantage

衡量指標為「誰能以更少資源產出同等產量」。此概念回應的是生產效率問題。 It asks who uses fewer resources to produce the same thing. It answers a productivity question.

比較利益 Comparative Advantage

衡量指標為「生產特定產品時,誰承受的機會成本較低」。此概念決定了產業分工的最佳化方向。 It asks whose sacrifice of B is smaller when producing A. It answers a specialization question.

Prompt 3 刻意設計了一個反直覺的提問:「若某國具備全面性的絕對利益,是否仍需參與國際貿易?」此題旨在強迫學生將思維從「絕對實力排序」轉換為「相對機會成本分析」。 That is why Prompt 3 asks the question students hate most: if one country is best at everything, why would it still trade? The point is to force a move away from ranking strength and toward relative cost.

學生常見的四大邏輯偏誤 The four mistakes students make most often

Mistake 1

絕對利益比較利益混淆。 Treating absolute advantage as if it were comparative advantage.

Mistake 2

未能區分生產總量最終消費組合 Mixing up production volume and final consumption volume.

Mistake 3

僅關注單一商品數量的變化,忽略整體消費組合的實質損益。 Looking at one good in isolation instead of the whole consumption bundle.

Mistake 4

忽略交易條件(Terms of Trade)是決定分工是否具備實質效益的關鍵前提。 Forgetting that terms of trade decide whether specialization actually helps.

Prompt 7 參數設定的教學用意 Why Prompt 7 is intentionally so detailed

教學設計 Design Choice 背後用意 Why It Exists
拆分「生產端」與「消費端」 Separate production from final consumption first 學生常將「產量增加」直接等同於「結果改善」。此設定旨在強制分離生產資源配置與最終消費效益。 Many students assume “more output” automatically means “better outcome.” This step separates the factory side from the consumption side.
固定資源總額以計算機會成本 Fix total resources, then compute opportunity cost 比較利益的運算必須建立在一致的資源基準上,以避免不同規模與產能間的錯誤比對。 Comparative advantage needs a common baseline. Without it, students compare different scales and different totals in a meaningless way.
強制設定交易條件基準 Force a specific terms-of-trade assumption 貿易本身並不保證雙贏;實質效益取決於交換比率是否落於雙方皆可接受的合理區間內。 Trade does not guarantee mutual gain by itself; the exchange ratio must fall in a workable range.
針對未能達成雙贏的結果進行歸因分析 If both sides cannot improve clearly, students must explain why 此步驟強制學生體認:比較利益並不保證「各項商品數量皆增加」,而是創造更佳的交易可能性與資源配置效率。 This is the crucial move. It forces students to see that comparative advantage does not promise “more of every good,” only better trade possibilities and more efficient allocation.

透過 Prompt 7 實例具象化數據邏輯 Using Prompt 7 to make the logic concrete

在比較利益情境下,若迦納生產 1 噸可可需 10 單位資源、1 噸稻米需 13.33 單位;南韓生產 1 噸可可需 40 單位資源、1 噸稻米需 20 單位,那麼: Under the comparative-advantage scenario, suppose Ghana needs 10 resource units for 1 ton of cocoa and 13.33 for 1 ton of rice, while South Korea needs 40 for cocoa and 20 for rice. Then:

  • 迦納生產 1 噸可可的機會成本為 0.75 噸稻米;南韓為 2 噸稻米。因此,迦納具備可可生產的比較利益。 Ghana gives up 0.75 tons of rice to make 1 ton of cocoa; South Korea gives up 2 tons of rice. Ghana has the comparative advantage in cocoa.
  • 迦納生產 1 噸稻米的機會成本為 1.333 噸可可;南韓為 0.5 噸可可。因此,南韓具備稻米生產的比較利益。 Ghana gives up 1.333 tons of cocoa to make 1 ton of rice; South Korea gives up 0.5 tons of cocoa. South Korea has the comparative advantage in rice.
課堂提醒:
貿易前若兩國都把 200 單位資源各半分配,則迦納可生產 10 噸可可與 7.5 噸米;南韓可生產 2.5 噸可可與 5 噸米。

專業化後則變成:迦納 20 噸可可、南韓 10 噸米。

假設交易條件是 1 噸可可換 1 噸米,迦納若出口 6 噸可可,最後消費組合會變成 14 噸可可、6 噸米;南韓則是 6 噸可可、4 噸米。

核心觀念在於:雙方皆透過交易取得了超越其封閉體系下「生產可能邊界(PPF)」的優化消費組合,而非單純的數量增加。
Class note:
Before trade, if both countries split 200 resource units equally, Ghana produces 10 tons of cocoa and 7.5 tons of rice, while South Korea produces 2.5 tons of cocoa and 5 tons of rice.

After specialization: Ghana produces 20 tons of cocoa, South Korea 10 tons of rice.

If the terms of trade are 1 cocoa for 1 rice, and Ghana exports 6 cocoa, Ghana ends with 14 cocoa and 6 rice, while South Korea ends with 6 cocoa and 4 rice.

The point is not “more of both goods.” The point is that each country can reach a more attractive consumption bundle than before.

EP4 的實務意涵

MISAENG × COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE

納入《未生》EP4 旨在將「比較利益」從總體經濟層次落實至企業組織層次。前線與幕僚並無絕對的重要性高低,關鍵在於評估各部門執行特定任務的機會成本,以極大化組織的互補綜效。 EP4 was used to pull comparative advantage down from the country level to the organizational level. The field and the office are not rivals asking who matters more; they are complementary functions with different costs and different strengths.

核心觀念:比較利益並非驅使員工競逐高能見度的專案,而是建立一套邏輯,將人力資源配置於機會成本最低、整體效益最高的位置。 Put plainly: comparative advantage is not a command for everyone to chase the most glamorous task; it is a logic for placing people where the system gains the most from their relative fit.
  • Prompt 4 刻意針對過度專業化提出質疑。若決策未納入「調整成本、風險分散與勞動力轉型」,極易將比較利益誤用為毫無保留的資源重壓。 Prompt 4 deliberately questions specialization so students do not mishear comparative advantage as “go all-in.”
  • Prompt 8 要求產出 PPF 與資訊圖表,旨在透過視覺化呈現「邊際取捨(Marginal Trade-offs)」的真實輪廓。 Prompt 8 requires a PPF and infographic because pictures expose marginal trade-offs more clearly than slogans do.
  • 因此 Week 7 必須重申:比較利益提供了分工最佳化的方向,但決不能因此廢棄供應鏈韌性與總體風險管理。 That is also why Week 7 adds this correction: comparative advantage guides specialization, but it does not cancel resilience or risk management.

PATH SELECTION|突破單一教科書路徑的必要性 PATH SELECTION|Why the Textbook Route Is Not Enough

若僅依賴傳統貿易政策框架分析當前局勢,極易得出「關稅負面、補貼扭曲市場、出口管制缺乏效率」的單向結論。此類扁平化的判斷,完全無法反映當代國家在決策過程中的複雜排序與戰略考量。 If students rely only on the classical trade-policy frame, they tend to say only one thing: tariffs are bad, subsidies distort, export controls are inefficient. Part of that is true, but the frame is too flat for the actual sequence of modern state decision-making.

四維分析路徑與對應決策命題 Four paths, four different questions

TRADE TRIANGLE

評估價格、產量變化與社會福利無謂損失(Deadweight Loss)。 Price, quantity, and welfare accounting.

GAME PATH

識別對手談判底線與讓步節點。 Where do we force a concession?

EMOTION PATH

分析政策對內部的政治敘事與溝通策略。 How is the policy sold domestically?

VALUE PATH

評估長期營運成本、供應鏈韌性與產業結構重組代價。 What is the long-run bill?

> 教科書路徑精準解析關稅對價格、消費、產量與總福利的量化影響。此路徑至關重要,能具體量化政策代價。然而,其前提多假設國際規則穩定、決策者以總體效率為先,且忽略了政治博弈的核心影響力。
> The textbook route is best for one question: how a tariff changes prices, consumption, output, and total welfare. It is indispensable because it reminds students that policy has measurable costs. But it usually assumes stable rules, aggregate-efficiency goals, and a non-central role for politics.

Week 5 擴充三條進階路徑的決策邏輯 Why Week 5 needed the 3-path extension

賽局路徑鎖定「施壓點」:釐清關稅政策的真實意圖,是迫使對手降價、驅動供應鏈轉移、強制技術移轉,抑或僅是獲取談判籌碼。 Game path adds the pressure point: is a tariff meant to force lower prices, offshore production, technology transfer, or a negotiating concession?

情緒路徑關注「政治敘事」:同一項政策對內部的溝通重點往往非關經濟效率,而是聚焦於公平交易、國家主權、就業保障或供應鏈去風險化。 Emotion path adds narrative packaging: the same policy may be sold not as efficiency, but as fairness, sovereignty, jobs, anti-dumping, or anti-dependence.

價值路徑評估「長期損益」:政策或許能獲取短期政治利益,但長期可能導致創新停滯、終端消費成本攀升,並大幅壓縮供應鏈彈性。 Value path adds the long-run ledger: a policy may look good in the short run but later raise consumer costs, slow innovation, or reduce supply-chain flexibility.

核心觀念:進階三路徑旨在將教科書理論放回真實世界的決策流程中。實務運作多為:確立賽局戰略目標,輔以政治敘事包裝,最終再由價值路徑承擔長期的經濟代價。 Key addition: the 3-path model does not overthrow the textbook; it reorders it inside real-world decision flow. In practice, actors often start with a game objective, wrap it with emotion, and only later settle the bill through value.

2026 實務現況檢視:超越抽象理論的當前商業賽局 The 2026 reality: why this is not abstract theory

歐盟針對中國電動車之反補貼措施 EU vs. Chinese EVs

歐盟確立對中國製電動車課徵反補貼稅,並持續調整價格承諾機制。此舉已超越經濟效率範疇,實質為產業防禦、談判籌碼與政治表態的多重博弈。 The EU put definitive countervailing duties on Chinese BEVs in 2024 and was still adjusting the undertaking mechanism in 2026. That is not a pure efficiency question; it is industry defense, bargaining leverage, and political signaling at the same time.

AI 相關供應鏈貿易額持續擴張 AI-related trade is still expanding

依據 WTO 2026 年數據,AI 相關硬體貿易額強勢增長,且多數關鍵零組件並未受新一波關稅波及。這印證了當前全球經貿趨勢為「選擇性脫鉤(Selective Decoupling)」,而非全面性的斷鏈。 WTO data for 2026 show AI-enabling goods up 21.9% in 2025, with many key goods exempt from most new tariffs. Today’s world is not blanket decoupling; it is selective decoupling.

國家安全政策的經濟內部化成本 Even national-security tools have costs

IMF 2026 年報告明確示警:基於國安考量的關稅或出口管制,應嚴格限縮於必要範圍,以免引發嚴重的跨境經濟外溢效應。這正是價值路徑對長期成本的務實評估。 The IMF explicitly warned in 2026 that tariffs and export controls used for national-security reasons should be narrowly targeted to limit spillovers. That is the language of the Value path.

SIMULATION|情境模擬的實質決策訓練價值 SIMULATION|What the Simulation Was Actually Training

(a) 核心訓練目標 (a) Core meaning

模擬演練的核心在於訓練「位置切換連動決策邏輯」的能力。扮演不同經濟體,代表必須全面置換該角色的成本結構、內部政治壓力、產業轉型焦慮及可用的政策工具箱。 The goal was never to guess the teacher’s preferred answer or to perform a hardline posture. The real test is this: when your position changes, does your reasoning change with it? Playing the U.S., EU, China, or ASEAN means changing cost structures, domestic pressures, industrial anxieties, and policy toolkits—not just changing the flag.

(b) 常見的實務盲點 (b) Typical student mistakes

  • 將模擬演練降格為單純的政治表態,缺乏對政策工具與實質代價的嚴謹盤點。 Turning simulation into a statement of stance instead of a balance of tools and costs.
  • 嚴重低估對手反擊能力,導致提出的策略方案完全缺乏實質的壓力測試。 Writing the opponent as if they were naive, which removes any meaningful stress test.
  • 分析視角短視,僅關注第一層直接影響,忽略了更深遠的第二階與第三階系統性後果。 Stopping at first-order effects and ignoring second- and third-order consequences.
  • 盲目套用 AI 產出內容,缺乏事實查核、邏輯修正與批判性提問。 Pasting AI output directly without verification, revision, or challenge.

(c) 實務決策啟發 (c) What students should take away

任何重大政策均牽動三個層面:價格結構、權力分配與政治敘事。高階分析必須精準評估:誰首當其衝承受損失、誰具備更強的營運韌性,以及誰能成功掌握政策的正當性論述。 A policy move usually works on three layers at once: price effects, power effects, and narrative effects. Strong analysis is not limited to “efficient” or “inefficient.” It explains who gets hurt first, who can endure longer, and who can frame the story as legitimate.

對國際企業管理的實質商業意涵 Why this matters for international business management

全球選址策略 Location choice

當代海外設廠評估已超越薪資成本與物流條件,必須全面納入地主國補貼條款、出口管制風險、關務穩定度及地緣政治結盟關係。 Site choice now includes subsidy conditions, export controls, customs exposure, and alliance politics—not just wages and logistics.

供應鏈治理與韌性 Supply-chain governance

成本極小化不再等同於供應鏈最佳化。企業必須建立備援機制、落實雙重採購(Dual Sourcing)、強化合規審查,並確保供應鏈節點具備高度可視度(Visibility)。 The cheapest option is no longer automatically the safest. Firms need redundancy, dual sourcing, compliance, and node visibility.

政企關係管理 (GR) Government relations

跨國企業的溝通對象已從單一消費市場,擴張至各國監管機構、立法機關、媒體及在地公民社會。 International firms do not speak only to markets anymore; they also speak to regulators, legislatures, media, and local society.

高階經理人核心職能 Managerial capability

當前最稀缺的高階經理人核心職能,在於能夠將經濟效益、政治風險與公關敘事整合至同一決策儀表板中進行跨域研判。 The scarce managerial skill is the ability to read the economic, political, and narrative ledgers together.

PROMPT MAP|各組 Prompt 的階段性訓練目標 PROMPT MAP|What Each Cluster Was Supposed to Teach

PROMPTS 1–2

破除舊有直覺:國際貿易並非單純的商業套利 Remove the old instinct first: trade is not just buy low, sell high

首要目標是確立「國際貿易從未在完全自由市場中運作」的認知。貿易行為始終受國家利益、經貿規則、貨幣政策與國家安全所牽動。將重商主義置於首位,旨在揭示「國家視貿易為權力延伸工具」的歷史邏輯,至今依然強烈影響國際賽局。 This cluster teaches that trade never operates in a vacuum. It is shaped from the start by state interests, rules, money, and security logic. Mercantilism appears first so students can see that using trade as a power instrument is not a new habit at all.

PROMPTS 3–4

將比較利益具象化為可量化與辯護的決策邏輯 Turn comparative advantage from slogan into defensible logic

此階段強制學生以「機會成本」進行系統性思考。Prompt 4 的質疑具備關鍵作用:它將就業市場摩擦、產業轉型風險、供應鏈過度集中與營運韌性等實務變數納入考量,打破「市場機制將自動解決一切問題」的過度理想化迷思。 This cluster forces students to think in opportunity-cost terms while also seeing that specialization is not a fairy tale. Prompt 4 matters because it drags in employment frictions, transition risk, industrial concentration, and resilience—so comparative advantage is not misread as “the market will handle everything.”

PROMPTS 5–6

視角轉換:從自由貿易過渡至戰略產業與政治理性 Move from free trade into strategic sectors and political rationality

此舉並非推翻比較利益,而是導入關鍵實務變數:當特定產業具備規模經濟、先行者優勢並牽涉國家安全時,國家決策將摒棄短期的靜態效率。Prompt 5 與 6 的連貫設計,正是為了展示新貿易理論如何演變為去風險化與出口管制,並突顯政治理性如何凌駕單純的經濟理性。 The point is not to reject comparative advantage but to add a condition: when sectors involve scale economies, first-mover advantages, and national security, states stop looking only at static efficiency. That is why Prompt 5 and Prompt 6 are paired—new trade theory first, then de-risking and export controls.

PROMPTS 7–8

抽象理論落地:量化運算、視覺化呈現與知識轉譯 Force abstraction to land: calculate it, visualize it, teach it

此階段的核心在於「知識轉譯」。具備實質理解能力的經理人,必須能夠精準計算數據、繪製視覺化圖表,並能向非專業聽眾清晰闡述。若無法達成,即表示對理論的掌握度仍停留在淺層的記憶階段。 This is not busywork. It is concept translation. If a student really understands comparative advantage, the student should be able to compute it, draw it, and explain it to a high-school student. If not, the concept is still stuck at the memorization stage.

PROMPTS 9–12

理論投入實戰對抗:從局勢診斷至反制策略擬定 Send theory into conflict: from diagnosis to counter-move

最終階段將所有理論框架置入動態賽局中進行壓力測試。任務要求超越單純的政策摘要,必須精準診斷對手的施壓痛點、解構其對內政治敘事、計算長期供應鏈成本轉嫁效應,並最終產出具備成本效益或強硬嚇阻力的具體反制策略。 The final cluster throws all prior theory into a live-moving setting. Students do not just summarize policy. They diagnose where the opponent wants concessions, how the story is sold at home, how long-run supply-chain costs shift, and then design both minimum-cost and hardline responses.

THE BIG PICTURE

從提示指令到實務產出:訓練「具備執行力的商業判斷」 From Prompt to Serve: training executable judgment

課程設計的核心目的絕非訓練 AI 操作員,而是鍛鍊學生將理論框架、量化數據、公關敘事與資源限制,高度收斂為可交付董事會的商業決策。這符合真實商業世界的嚴苛要求:企業渴求的不是華麗空洞的分析,而是具備執行力、易於溝通且經得起市場反擊的實戰方案。 The full design is not about turning students into prompt operators. It is about teaching them to compress theory, numbers, narratives, and role constraints into a judgment that can actually be used. That matters in international business because firms do not need the most elegant memo; they need a plan that is executable, communicable, and resilient under counterattack.

2026 REALITY CHECK|國際企業經理人必須掌握的當前政經格局 2026 REALITY CHECK|Why IB Students Must Understand This Now

當代國際企業的營運環境已告別單純的全球化 1.0 時代。企業既欲獲取全球分工的效率紅利,又必須因應地主國產業政策、科技出口管制、鉅額補貼競賽及地緣政治的板塊斷裂。這正是 Week 5 從「比較利益」推展至「貿易戰情境模擬」的用意:現代高階經理人必須同時精通經濟效率與地緣政治兩套決策語言。 The current international-business field is no longer globalization 1.0. Firms still want efficiency gains from global specialization, but they also have to live with industrial policy, technology controls, subsidy races, and geopolitical segmentation. That is why the Week 5 prompt book intentionally moved from comparative advantage to trade-war simulation: managers now have to speak both languages at once.

核心總結:僅熟稔自由貿易理論將導致對現實局勢的嚴重誤判;而盲目高舉國家安全大旗,則容易忽略龐大的經濟代價。本課程的設計核心,正是為填補這兩端之間的實務決策斷層。 Put bluntly: if you can only recite free trade, you will miss reality; if you can only shout national security, you will miss the bill. This course is designed to close that gap.
Context sources used for this review page

1. WTO, Global Trade Outlook and Statistics, March 2026
2. IMF, United States 2026 Article IV Consultation, April 2026
3. European Commission, BEV countervailing duties updates (2024 / 2026)
4. European Commission, EU–China trade relations page (updated 2025/2026 cycle)
5. U.S. Department of Commerce, CHIPS program awards and CHIPS for America updates (2024–2025)

本頁面提供之數據僅作為「突破舊有貿易框架」的實務背景補充;核心理論基礎仍建構於 Hill Chapter 6 與 Week 5 之 Prompt Book。
Context sources used for this review page

1. WTO, Global Trade Outlook and Statistics, March 2026
2. IMF, United States 2026 Article IV Consultation, April 2026
3. European Commission, BEV countervailing-duty updates (2024 / 2026)
4. European Commission, EU–China trade relations page (2025/2026 update cycle)
5. U.S. Department of Commerce, CHIPS program awards and CHIPS for America updates (2024–2025)

These sources are used only to explain why the older trade-policy frame is no longer enough; the theoretical backbone still comes from Hill Chapter 6 and the Week 5 prompt book.