企業間聯盟與創新績效之關係及其調節因素之探討

Abstract

In recent years, most firms strive to pursue a goal of increasing innovation performance. Interfirm alliances is one of the ways to increase innovation performance. In this study, we examine the relationship between interfirm alliances and innovation performance, taking Taiwan listed firms that operated in the semiconductor and computer industry as our samples. We also study three moderators that may affect effectiveness of interfirm alliances-, including knowledge creation strategy, diversification and vertical integration. Our findings show that interfirm alliances indeed increase innovation performance. Besides, employing knowledge creation strategy will significantly enhance the effectiveness of interfirm alliances. However, employing vertical integration strategy will significantly reduce the effectiveness of interfirm alliances.

近年來，創新績效的提升為許多企業努力追求的目標，而企業間之聯盟合作關係為增強創新績效的方式之一。本文以台灣上市櫃公司之半導體產業以及電腦與周邊設備產業為對象，探討企業間聯盟與創新績效之關係，並進一步探討可能會影響聯盟效益之調節因素。本文提出三種對聯盟效益可能產生影響之調節因素─知識創造策略、多角化以及垂直整合。實證結果發現企業間之聯盟合作關係確實能夠顯著的提升創新績效，對於調節因素影響聯盟效益之實證結果則是採用多樣性知識策略能夠顯著增強聯盟效益，而採取垂直整合策略反而會顯著地減弱聯盟效益。