A Study on The Factors That Affect The Technological Capabilities Upgrading of Subsidiaries－The Case of Taiwanese Firms
趙子巖、陳木榮
E-mail: 9314241@mail.dyu.edu.tw
ABSTRACT
This research resource-based theory and international business development plan, probes into the subsidiary initiative and the corresponding subsidiary strategic role of Taiwanese firms have incorporated to strengthen their value added and responsibility in view of the swiftly changing operating environment in China. Parent-corporations commitment to supplying resources, duplicating organizational capabilities, utilizing the local resources to gain competitive advantage and management performance by upgrading technology capability. Through case study, a focus interview method with executives of Taiwanese firms in China indicated that resources allocated from parent-corporations to subsidiaries, subsidiary initiative, subsidiary strategic role and availability of the local resources all play a crucial role to the technological capabilities upgrading of subsidiaries. Subsidiaries operating overseas shall, with the promise of infrastructure elements which turn into resources allocation planning, identify and fill in the resource gaps. The subsidiaries shall also utilize the resources available from which the subsidiaries operate or through the local supply chain network in the event of unavailability of the required strategic resources internally. By this, subsidiaries can encourage autonomy and innovative behavior of managers who will gain control over the supply chain network. Most of Taiwanese firms are small or medium
enterprises. The operation of these firms in China is commonly found as their only overseas agents. Enlarging the line of business, market, and functional activities, independency play the key role in the technological capabilities upgrading of subsidiaries. Once up to certain stage, a network economy manifests itself formed by parent-corporations and subsidiaries. This network covers scale economy, resource leverage, world-wide learning, knowledge transfer, innovative behavior, which can strengthen the corporate performance.
Keywords : Resource-Based Theory, Subsidiary Initiative,Subsidiary Stategic Role, Technology Capability, Taiwanese Firms in China.
Table of Contents
封面內頁 簽名頁 授權書 iii 中文摘要 v ABSTRACT vi 誌謝 viii 目錄 ix 圖目錄 xii 表目錄 xiii 第壹章 緒論 1 第一節 研究背景 與動機 1 第二節 研究目的 5 第三節 研究流程 5 第四節 研究範圍、限制 6 一、研究範圍 6 二、研究限制 7 第貳章 文獻探討 8 第一節 資源基礎理論 8 一、資源基礎觀點 8 二、資源的意涵與特性 9 三、資源基礎的策略邏輯架構 16 四、資源依賴觀 點 18 第二節 技術能力 21 一、技術的定義與類型 21 二、技術能力的意涵與評估 25 第三節 子公司策略角色 27 一、海外子 公司演進 27 二、子公司策略角色 29 第四節 子公司主動行為 39 一、子公司主動行為的意涵 39 二、子公司角色演化 47 第?
章 研究方法 49 第一節 研究架構與變項定義 50 一、研究架構 50 二、研究變項說明 50 第二節 研究設計與資料蒐集 52 一、
個案研究方法 52 二、分析單元與個案選擇 53 三、資料蒐集與分析方法 54 第肆章 個案描述 58 第一節 金豐機器工業股份 有限公司 58 一、金豐機器基本資料 58 二、金豐子公司策略佈局 59 三、金豐（寧波）主動行為 61 第二節 勝華科技股份有 限公司 73 一、勝華科技基本資料 73 二、勝華子公司策略佈局 74 三、萬士達（東莞）主動行為 77 第三節 亞洲光學股份有 限公司 82 一、亞洲光學基本資料 82 二、亞光子公司策略佈局 86 三、信泰（東莞）主動行為 89 第伍章 跨個案分析與研究 命題 93 第一節 跨個案分析 93 第二節 研究命題 99 第陸章 結論與建議 111 第一節 結論 111 一、命題結果 111 二、管理涵 義 111 三、研究貢獻 114 第二節 後續研究建議 114 參考文獻 116 中文部分 116 英文部分 118 附錄 128 個案公司訪談大綱 128
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