<p>Purpose/Topic: The proposed research explores impact of the direct marketing actions by component suppliers on (a) sales (objective measure) and (b) industrial customer‟s perception (subjective measures) of the final product (c) and the market development. The proposed research will focus on the bicycle industry. Research Question: "To what extent Shimano‟s component brands important to Shimano customer, and which actions can Shimano undertake to facilitate its brand‟s further market penetration?" Design/Methodology: Two approaches were used to answer the main research question. First, existing literature on ingredient and co-branding was analyzed. Second, we conducted an experiment on a new direct marketing initiative by Shimano-Europe BV. The initiative is "Reliability" campaign that introduces a service logbook across 8 European countries. Originality/Value: There is no research to this date, which empirically examines the influence of component supplier on sales and perception of ingredient brand, especially in the bicycle industry. Role of service and service network is also examined as one of the crucial influences on ingredient brand management. This research provides the base for further exploration in the area of ingredient branding and give guidelines for Ingredient Brand Management. So far, ingredient branding has been studied in contexts of food, chemical and computer industries. This research examines market leader in bicycle industry on 8 different national markets in Europe. Products supplied by Shimano require service and those products differ from ingredients which are consumed in form of food or apparel (that does not requires any service).</p><p> </p>

Purpose/Topic: The proposed research explores impact of the direct marketing actions by component suppliers on (a) sales (objective measure) and (b) industrial customer‟s perception (subjective measures) of the final product (c) and the market development. The proposed research will focus on the bicycle industry. Research Question: "To what extent Shimano‟s component brands important to Shimano customer, and which actions can Shimano undertake to facilitate its brand‟s further market penetration?" Design/Methodology: Two approaches were used to answer the main research question. First, existing literature on ingredient and co-branding was analyzed. Second, we conducted an experiment on a new direct marketing initiative by Shimano-Europe BV. The initiative is "Reliability" campaign that introduces a service logbook across 8 European countries. Originality/Value: There is no research to this date, which empirically examines the influence of component supplier on sales and perception of ingredient brand, especially in the bicycle industry. Role of service and service network is also examined as one of the crucial influences on ingredient brand management. This research provides the base for further exploration in the area of ingredient branding and give guidelines for Ingredient Brand Management. So far, ingredient branding has been studied in contexts of food, chemical and computer industries. This research examines market leader in bicycle industry on 8 different national markets in Europe. Products supplied by Shimano require service and those products differ from ingredients which are consumed in form of food or apparel (that does not requires any service).

This study is based on the viewpoint of global commodity chains(GCC), to discover the network activities of bicycle industry in Taiwan. But, due to the keen competition , the phenomenon of ¡uHyper-archy competition¡vemerge in bicycle industry . The so called¡uHyper-archy competition¡vindicate that parts factories skip the middle stratum of industry and with the result to promote their competitiveness ; or tighten the original network activities of cooperation , to advance the reachness and richness of information .Namely , to break down the original line-type supply chain relationship of the bicycle industry , transcend the limits of hierarchy and to develop more complete and more diversify network relationship . For this reason , this study focus on the cause and effect of ¡uHyper-archy competition¡v, and to generalize some suggestions to the future.

In 1970s¡Athe assembly factories in Taiwan became the Original Equipment Manufacturing of buyers and become one of the members in the global commodity chains of bicycle. The assembly factories in Taiwan received orders and the technological capacity from buyers and earned very low margin. The topic of my theme is "The status of professional manufacture by the assembly factories in Taiwan"¡Aand it means that the assembly factories in Taiwan had became independent in buyers and became experts in bicycle manufacture. My theme is to study the phenomena and nature of the status of professional manufacture¡Aand to try to research the factors and condition. Last¡AI generalized the development of assembly factories in Taiwan¡Apredicted the future and brought up my suggestion.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-206). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Through an in-depth case study of the bicycle industry, this dissertation examines the claims of the developmental state thesis insofar as they pertain to the facilitating of industrial transformation in Taiwan and Korea. The bicycle industry has been chosen because it has the capacity to generate forward and backward linkages to the domestic societies, a capacity that development theorists consider to be an indicator of successful industrial development. I examine the developmental state thesis by investigating how firms compete internationally in the context of state-led export development as well as the conditions that permit upgrading, that is, those that make possible the transition to higher value-added economic activities. / This dissertation makes two principal claims: First, what is understood as the East Asian model in the current state-centric literature is really only the Korean model. I contend, however, that there are, in fact, two competing paths/models of East Asian development. Moreover, I argue that existing social structures deserve attention. I argue that the differences in social structures create different relational dynamics between the state and society despite the often-emphasized "state-autonomy" factor, and that they have given rise to the different industrial structures in the two countries studied. Second, the existing state-centric literature implicitly or explicitly infers that the Korean model, in which state and large corporations work closely together, is the key for future growth for late comers. Contrary to this view, I illustrate how upgrading is possible among small- and medium-sized enterprises in Taiwan under a relatively egalitarian system and a particular type of state-society relationship. The state, in this context, provides infrastructural support, which, I argue, is important for preserving horizontal cooperation among firms. This cooperation among firms encourages information and technology diffusion that flows through the economy and leads to the improvement of the social and economic well being of the whole society. On the other hand, the Korean case suggests that the power imbalance and over-dominance of an industrial structure by a few firms leads to a more predatory, vertical and dependent relationship between the large assemblers and smaller parts firms. The Korean policy of picking winners encourages the expansion of large business groups and a mass production system, which, in turn, prevent inter-firm cooperation. The system of the state-large corporation nexus has been effective in catching up in targeted sectors, but I contend that the upgrading does not cascade to other sectors. Moreover, the system has thwarted the development of entrepreneurship in the sector of small- and medium-sized enterprises.

本研究從產品( 以產品的特質為研究變數 )、市場( 以外界環境的不確定 性為研究變數 )以及廠商( 以廠商資源及廠商競爭策略優勢考慮 )三大因 素以定性分析台灣自行車運用行銷合作進入市場的可行性與穩定性，其中 使用的理論為交易成本理論、資源依賴理論以及企業競爭策略理論。本研 究並嘗試在了解其中的影響機制之後，能夠為國內廠商往後在進行類似行 銷合作之時有更好的建議。在產品因素方面，由於各零件產品存在強烈互 補性，而且自行車的各種子系統各零件產品表現息息相關，所以在技術上 也存在互相依賴的關係，進而造成交易資產的特質性，依交易成本理論， 此種交易資產特質性造成廠商之交易成本；另一方面從市場因素來看，由 於環境的不確定性也會造成廠商的交易成本。適中的交易成本則容易形成 聯盟。本研究藉由個案分析以了解交易成本對於行銷合作的可行性與穩定 性之影響。在廠商資源因素方面，若廠商間存在重要資源依賴關係或此種 資源依賴關係呈現對稱性時，則廠商以行銷合作進入市場較具可行性與穩 定性；在廠商策略考慮因素方面，廠商可以從行銷合作獲得的策略愈大或 是合作廠商從行銷合作之中所獲得的策略優勢呈對稱性時，則廠商以行銷 合作進入市場也較具可行性與穩定性。本文最大的貢獻在於嘗試以交易成 本理論解釋自行車業界的行銷合作行為；但也由於偏重於交易成本理論， 致使部分合作現象無法充分獲得解釋。

創新是進入二十一世紀以後，全球共同關注的焦點議題，不論對企業或對國家而言，均可謂扮演著成長引擎的角色；而本研究進一步認為，產業創新是企業在思考更上一層樓時應該著眼的大方向，更是政府在創造國家競爭力上不可忽視的重要課題，有必要了解其本質與內涵。由於過去文獻大部份僅探討以企業為主體的創新議題，即使論及產業創新，亦多屬定義上的著墨，缺乏具體且完整的架構論述，因此本研究透過實際案例來探討產業創新的實際內涵與具體模式，研究本身即屬一創新產物的聯盟組織──A-Team，以產業創新的觀點探究其如何造成台灣自行車產業今日的創新升級，藉由架構出其已證明可行的模式與實務操作重點，提供產業界應用之參考。 此外，不同於一般對A-Team強調其內部互動結果的相關研究，本研究同時亦重視A-Team發展過程所遭遇的實務問題與解決過程，並發掘其尚有待突破的問題與原因，最後也提出相應的建議。本研究同時亦回顧台灣自行車產業一路發展至今的歷史，發現其階段性成果之體現恰可說明台灣中小企業的一種「軟實力」，故本研究亦建議政府有關單位應重新思考固有對「傳統產業」的區分是否適當，本研究認為政府未來在制定產業政策時，尚可納入產業的競爭力、獲利力等思考面向進行規劃。 本研究針對產業創新與實務案例進行關聯性與理論化之探索研究，嘗試由實務案例歸納出一完整可供實務界參考之產業創新模型，而研究結果摘要如下： 1.A-Team的出現乃欲解決台灣產業外移與自行車產業走入價格競爭困境之問題，是故其產業創新背景來自產業遭遇困境，產業創新動機乃出自於欲解決產業所面臨之問題。 2.A-Team重新定位台灣自行車產業在全球扮演的角色為──「台灣為全球自行車市場創新樞紐及創新產品與服務的來源」，以此作為努力的大方向。由此可見就全球化競爭的產業而言，產業創新第一步在於建立其差異化的市場定位，產業創新過程的任何戰術均為達此戰略目標而來。 3.A-Team由巨大與美利達兩大世界級成車廠聯手發起，首先由其供應商與協力廠中篩選、募集初始會員，會員組成涵蓋產業上、中、下游廠商。由此可知，產業創新涉及整個產業鏈，非產業任一端所能獨立達成，而台灣自行車業以其獨特的產業聯盟方式成立A-Team，作為產業創新的樞紐。 4.A-Team定調其發展主軸在「協同管理」、「協同開發」、「協同行銷」，實際執行方式乃由協助會員導入豐田生產管理(TPS)與E化做起，改善會員廠商的生產製造管理效能，此亦目前實踐得最為成功的一個軸心。由此可知，台灣自行車產業原來有著生產製造、研發設計、經營行銷能力上的「不夠好」問題，為了開創「夠好」產品的新市場，乃在A-Team架構下結合產業鏈各端，以「集體學習、個別改善」的方式進行整體產業能力的提升，因此提升產業成員能力是傳統製造業創新升級的首要課題。 5.承上，在A-Team的發展主軸中「協同管理」在生產製造能力的提升上，因導入TPS、引進資訊科技，及施行會員彼此定期觀摩與檢驗成果的作法，而有顯著的精進，然在「協同開發」、「協同行銷」方面則尚未達到令A-Team滿意的成績。本研究認為A-Team在「協同開發」、「協同行銷」目標上至今仍難以突破的原因，除了研發設計與行銷實力本來就不易由內部短期培養而成之外，另一大關鍵因素在於A-Team會員中其實存在競爭關係，巨大與美利達即是一例，因此產業創新就A-Team模式來看，不可忽視「利益衝突」的問題，本研究建議從「智慧財產規劃管理」的面向去解決；而行銷議題則建議應思考以發展「產地品牌」為共同行銷所努力的目標，讓「台灣自行車」在全球建立像「紐西蘭奇異果」一樣的國家品牌印象，此亦產業創新可作為其後維持競爭力的參考策略。 6.A-Team創造自行車產業在台灣與大陸的兩岸分工生產模式──A-Team許多會員原來其實已將公司、廠房移至大陸，在A-Team的要求下才又將部份基地遷回台灣，而形成台灣研發生產高級自行車、大陸生產中低階自行車的分工模式，其中巨大與美利達乃以創造副品牌或第二品牌的方式行銷不同等級的自行車，並堅守高級自行車由台灣生產組裝的原則，以落實兩岸自行車產業的差異化。由此可見，處於全球競爭環境之中，產業與企業在世界工廠的磁吸效應下，外移成本低廉國家並非維持競爭力的唯一途徑，A-Team即是為了解決此種產業兩難問題的創新產物，因此產業創新可參考台灣自行車A-Team模式而發展產業在本地的新價值，此亦可視為一種破壞式創新，而欲解決的是傳統產業「既有市場」(因價格競爭造成產品不夠好)與「新市場」(研發生產夠好的產品以創造新的市場需求)之間的兩難困境，上述亦為本研究一獨特之發現，即傳統產業所面臨的「兩難」與哈佛大學教授克里斯汀生研究科技產業所提出的「創新的兩難」中之「兩難」恰相反，然事實上卻有異曲同工之妙，最後仍可經由實踐「破壞性的創新」而改變市場現況，因此本研究結果不僅印證、更充實了克里斯汀生教授的創新理論內涵。 / Innovation is crucial for any corporation or country to stimulate their economic growth. Innovation should be indispensible in industrial strategy and government competiveness. However, most studies on innovation have focused their subjects on an enterprise rather than an industry; this study would instead try to explore the essence and nature about the innovation of a mature / traditional industry through a successful case, aiming to serve as a reference for industrial innovation practice. This research will study how Taiwan’s bicycle industry upgraded itself through the organization / alliance innovation, as is known for A-Team. A-Team comprises major companies in the bicycle industry. Its members are not only partners but also competitors. The study will gather some key successful factors of the innovation as well as the transformation on Taiwan’s bicycle industry and propose some suggestions for both A-Team and the industry from a perspective of industrial innovation. The findings of this study basically include: 1. The background and the motivation of Taiwan’s bicycle industrial innovation. 2. How the hub of the innovation in Taiwan’s bicycle industry, A-Team, practices its plans/strategies to achieve its objective of upgrading and renewing Taiwan’s bicycle industry. 3. The potential solutions for certain problems in A-Team’s present practice. 4. The steps for a possible model of an industrial innovation based on the case-study of Taiwan’s bicycle industry. 5. This study further found that it also works for Professor Christensen’s theory—“Disruptive Innovation” to apply in the innovation of a traditional industry, but the innovation dilemma in the traditional industry is a reverse of that in the high-tech industry. 6. This study also demonstrates the “soft power” of Taiwan's small and medium enterprises by the active evolution in Taiwan’s bicycle industry.

近年來， 台灣在經濟結構的巨幅轉型下，已喪失了原有比較優勢的國際 競爭力。 在政府及民間企業大聲呼籲產業升級下，自創國際品牌成了此 聲浪下頗受矚目的一種作法， 然而觀諸過去企業界對自創品牌的投資及 努力，發現企業追求自創品牌卻導致不盡相同的結果。 因此，本研究嘗 試以個別產業的觀點，深入探討台灣自行車廠商從原廠委託製造 (OEM) 到自創品牌的決策過程， 並假定產品的某些特性應對品牌化決策有所影 響，且進行驗證。 研究過程中實地訪談了十家業績優良的自行車成車及 零件業者，以做進一步的命題發展，研究的問題包括： 1.原廠委託製造( OEM) 對自行車成車廠及零件廠在自創品牌中所扮演的角色為何？ 2.品牌 化過程中，品牌角色的演變。 3.成車廠、零件廠的品牌決策過程是否相 同？ 4.成車廠、零件廠雙方在自創品牌過程中的互動關係？ 5.自創品牌 產品的相關品牌策略？而根據個案訪談及分析後，本研究依研究發現提出 的結論為： 1.自行車業在國際自創品牌上的優異表現來自規模經濟的充 分運用 2.企業階段性靈活運用ＯＥＭ策略，將有助於自創品牌發展 3.企 業妥善規劃品牌化過程之資源配置，有助於成功自創品牌 4.利基市場的 選擇是企業自創品牌的致勝之道 5.聯結衛星體系間之價值鏈，將有助企 業自創品牌之成功 6.企業應審慎評估產業發展程度及產品特性以決定最 適品牌化程度