Geograph Character,Firm Signals and Industry Network:A Case of ICT Industry in Taiwan

• Main Author: 蘇育平
• Other Authors: 邊泰明
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3y678t

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 地政研究所 === 103 === In recent year, the research topic of firm's innovation is transformed from industry cluster to network evolution. However, the factor of network evolution was less mentioned in past research , and the cooperation activity is one type of network relationship.From the perspective of the individual , firm often faces the condition of information asymmetry , while cooperating with others. So our research begin with this problem, and we introduce signaling theory to understand the relation between R&;D alliance and firm’s signal or social capital and also discuss whether different types of geography character have the effect on R&;D alliance formation. This research concerns Taiwan’s ICT industry as study object. Taiwan’s ICT industry not only plays an important role in Taiwan’s economic development but also is a key part of the global ICT industry chain. Besides, ICT industry has the character of technical innovation and work division, so the firm’s cooperation behavior is important.We use secondary data to build the database, using SNA, pair-t test and poisson regression to analyze. The result shows that the information reveals a positive effect on alliance formation. In addition, firms investing in the property of research and their accumulating of network position in the past have the positive effect on R&;D alliance formation. Finally, the result also shows that firm located on high-innovation and high network density environment is more easily to help them find the R&;D alliance partner. It shows that firm’s choice of location affects the outside network relation.