Network Relationship: An Empirical Study of Taiwanese Small and Medium Enterprises

• Main Author: 蕭婉寧
• Other Authors: 林豐智
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85769337126036037813

碩士 === 逢甲大學 === 國際經營管理碩士學位學程 === 102 === Abstract This study examines network relationship led to a positive influence on Taiwan manufacturing small and medium enterprise (SME) performance. Based on a survey to 77 Taiwanese manufacturing industry of SMEs, this paper empirically explores the relationships among sharing knowledge, accelerating innovation, reducing transaction costs, gaining a better reputation, and creating new market opportunities can enhance firm performance. Using the measure of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA), which integrates ideas from multidimensional scaling and develops a graphical technique that minimizes the distances between connecting points in a graph plot. This study using two dimension space makes enterprises easier to understand: Dimension 1 shows that they have breadth or depth in network content; Dimension 2 differentiate expressive ties and instrumental ties from network relationship. In addition, give networking enterprises which don’t have significant influence on firm performance suggestions in order to enhance firm performance. In which enterprise can add more time on knowledge sharing to speed up external knowledge acquisition; try significant changing on operation or new product/ service to accelerate innovation; share risks and profits to reducing transaction costs; network with higher level enterprises to gain a better reputation; lower market entrance to create new market opportunities. Also, exposure to different industries, maintain a long term Network Relationship: An Empirical Study of Taiwanese Small and Medium Enterprises iv FCU e–Theses &; Dissertations (2014) relationship to enhance firm trust and further enhance firm performance through networking. Key words: SME, Network Relationship, MCA, Performance.