臺灣加速器產業對臺灣中小企業成長之影響—初步及實證之研究

Abstract

本研究目的是想要探討台灣中小型企業（SMEs）參與台灣加速器產業計劃後之影響。加速器產業通常提供資金，指導和國際連結之服務來幫助新興中小型企業或普遍被稱為“新創”公司。加速器產業幫助新創公司迅速成長但作為迴歸他們要求少量的公司股權。臺灣加速器產業除了幫助新創公司以外也幫助現有的中小型企業。在台灣加速器產業剛開始起步雖然在過去的幾年已快速的增長。然而，因為缺乏在這一領域的相關研究，並限制訪問的數據，加速器產業影響的重要性仍然被質疑。因此，本研究建立一個初步的實證研究來探討加速器產業在協助中小型企業之影響，本研究方法是使用描述性分析和問卷調差分析方法。本研究首先會探討加速器產業之背景，再來以全世界著名加速器公司為例來進行研究學習。因為台灣著名的加速器公司有限;因此，此項研究只集中在臺灣加速器公司來作為研究目標(Start-up Taiwan Accelerator)。從本研究結果得出加速器服務項目對小規模的中小型企業比較有顯著的影響。加速器產業提供的資金和國際連結之服務有幫助到中小型企業改善財務表現，並且加速器產業指導服務有幫助到中小型企業改善他們的經營績效。最後由於本研究是初步之研究，因此在未來的研究人員有必要編寫更多的說明資料，並做數據的進一步解釋。

The aim of this paper is to examine the performance of Taiwan Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) after joining an accelerator program in Taiwan. Accelerator companies generally provide funding, mentoring, and networking services for nascent firms, known as ‘startups’, to help them grow quickly, and in return they take a small amount of firm equity. In Taiwan, the accelerator phenomenon has just begun to grow rapidly over the last several years and even includes helping existing firms. However, due to the lack of related research in this field and limited-access to data, the significance of the influences of accelerator programs is still being questioned in Taiwan. Therefore, this paper is presented as a preliminary and empirical study to examine the roles of accelerators in assisting Taiwanese firms and uses descriptive analysis and surveying methods to determine the effects of them. A review of accelerators background is first presented, then worldwide eminent accelerator companies are investigated. Taiwan’s eminent accelerator companies are limited; therefore, this research study will just focus on Start-up Taiwan Accelerator companies. From research findings, accelerator program effects are perceived more for small scale net income and capital SMEs. Funding and networking programs are necessary for SMEs in order to improve their financial performance, and mentoring programs are important to increase SMEs management performance. Since this research is preliminary, it is necessary for future researchers to compile more illustrative information and to do further interpretation of data.