資產專屬性與價值創造：台灣電腦產業的實證
Other Title
Asset Specificity and Value-Creation
Personal Computer Industry
Personal Computer Industry
Date Issued
2001
Date
2001
Author(s)
DOI
892416H002084
Abstract
This research attempts to explore, both conceptually and empirically, the positive effect of
committing on relation-specific investment by the supplier within a context of international
subcontracting partnership. Conceptually, we bring dynamic capability perspective of
inter-firm collaboration into the existing transaction costs consideration by arguing that this kind
of investment could stimulate more joint initiatives, which, in turn, could result in competence
building by the supplier. As the supplier’s capability is essential to successful strategic
outsourcing, relation-specific investment could therefore provide transaction value for, not
merely incur transaction costs to, the inter-organization collaboration.
Empirically, we propose two new constructs of asset specificity, namely “IT specificity”
and “process specificity”, to highlight the necessity of establishing inter-organizational
coordinating routines involving interaction between people and the information infrastructure
under which inter-organization knowledge exchange and eventually synergistic
complementarities could be facilitated. Based on a questionnaire survey of Taiwanese
manufacturers in information industries and a linear structural equation modeling approach, the
empirical results largely support our conceptual postulation that the supplier’s investment in
relation-specific assets will positively affect both its involvement in joint activities and
competence building. Managerial implications based on these results and future research
directions are suggested.
Subjects
Relation-specific Investment
Competence Building
International Subcontracting
Publisher
臺北市：國立臺灣大學國際企業學系暨研究所
Type
report
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