以自我技術網絡觀點辨識商品化最佳合作夥伴

Abstract

企業慎選核心技術商品化之合作廠商，以促進技術發展與生產效能，向來是科技廠商追求經營績效之一大課題。Stuart（1998）以半導體產業專利與專利引用資料，從技術市場結構的網絡觀點，由外向內（outside-in）提出一個組織技術利基位置與聯盟形成傾向因素的探討。本研究則以組織本身的核心技術能力觀點，由內向外（inside-out）建構一個自我基礎的技術網絡，提出一個篩選最佳技術合作廠商的評估程序，以增補Stuart outside-in的分析缺口。首先，本文從焦點公司的自我技術網絡中，建構公司技術知識地位（technological knowledge status; TKS）的評估指標，以篩選潛在的技術合作候選者。其次，再提出一個技術知識信賴（technological knowledge Reliability; TKR）指標，辨識最適的合作廠商。最後，以個案公司特定核心技術形成的技術網絡進行實證，發現同時具有較高TKS和TKR的技術跟隨公司是焦點公司商品化合作夥伴最好的選擇。同時，他們在參與焦點公司核心技術的發展過程中，也具有兩個特徵：（1）新興階段就已經開始進入；以及（2）他們的技術發展趨勢與焦點公司產生共同演化。

To carefully choose the potential technological cooperation partner and to accelerate the success of technological development and commercialization are the major issues for high-tech manufacturers who pursue the best operation performance. Stuart (1998) used the data of semi-conductor's patents and patent citation, and from the network perspective of the structure of technological market, to bring up a tendency from outside-in study of the factors of an organization's technological niche that forms technology alliance. The article is from the perspective of an organization's internal core technology to establish an inside-out ego technological network, and bring up the suitable evaluation procedures to choose the best technological cooperation partner, which supplements the incomplete portion of Stuart's theory. Firstly, the article establishes the evaluation index of a company's Technological Knowledge Status (TKS) from ego-centered technology network to recognize the potential cooperation candidates. Secondly, to propose the other index of Technological Knowledge Reliability (TKR) to identify the best suited cooperation partner. Finally, to prove it by using a real Company's technological network formed by its specific core technology, and find out that the best partnership for commercialization will be for those technological followers and focal companies who are with higher TKS and TKR. Also, during the participation with focal core technology development, they possess two characteristics: (1) joining the technology development during the emerging stage; (2) the technology development trend was co-evolved with the focal company.