Technology Evaluation Strategy and Innovation Performance-Case Studies of Semiconductor Sector in Taiwan
| Autor: | Jui-Hsiang Chen, 陳瑞祥 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 95 Taiwan has become a major country of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for global technological products industries where firms frequently encounter a lot of internal and external technological changes. How firms ensure innovation performance through technology evaluation has become a strategic imperative in Taiwan''s semiconductor sector. This research proposes a framework for examining the relationship between technology evaluation strategy and innovation performance. The study uses process perspective, instead of content perspective, that treats technology evaluation strategy as an organizational process, through which an organization selects participants and adopts specific methods to evaluate technology according to the organizational strategic context. Process, method and participant are the three-dimensional typology for technology evaluation strategy. An organizational strategic context includes its technological trajectory and competitive strategy in this research. Regarding the processes of technology evaluation, this research uses formal or informal processes to discriminate the case study firms. The methods of technology evaluation are categorized into strategic, economic, and combinatory groups. The participants of technology evaluation are divisions involved in the process, which could be single or multiple divisions. This research adopts case study method''s “developing a case description” to develop a descriptive framework. It uses “explanation building” to explain the technology evaluation phenomenon with presumed set of casual links for further insights. Besides, typology methodology is also used to categorize firms’ technology evaluation strategy behaviors into types. Four empirical case studies in Taiwan''s semiconductor sector are provided. The results show that there is a technology evaluation strategy type, named “Technological gambler” in IC design industry. In DRAM industry, there is a technology evaluation strategy type, named “Expense-niche optimizer”. In testing & packaging industry, there is a technology evaluation strategy type, named “Cost-benefit optimizer”. The proposed constructs of technology evaluation strategy including processes, methods, participants and innovation performance are found effective for classifying types of technology evaluation strategies. With the case studies in Taiwan''s semiconductor sector, management implications and suggestions to the firms in this sector are also presented in this thesis. |
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