In order to relieve small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the predicament of inadequate capital and immature technology in the beginning of new ventures as well as to realize sustainable business development, Taiwan gevernment has been heavily investing in many universities to set up incubation centers in the hope to provide start-ups abundant resources with the help of academic institution¡¦s counseling expertise; therefore, the cost and risk for start-ups in the beginning of new venture and R&D phase can be reduced and more sound and competitive SMEs could be incubated under the tutelage of incubation centers. The study mainly discusses the relationship between key success factors (KSFs) of high-tech start-ups and the counseling resources from incubation centers. Firstly, the study establishes the structure of empirical study based on the collection and discussion of domestic and foreign literatures. Since the counselling clients of incubation centers majorly consist of start-ups, the study adopts in-depth interviews to investigate these start-ups via case study. By organizing and analyzing the in-depth interviews with start-ups, the study tries to investigate the relationship between two fundimental dimentions of resources from incubation centers and enterprise characteristics, as well as the performance and competitiveness in start-ups. The objectives of this sudy are to: 1.Understand how incubation centers utilize the relevant resources from government to nurture start-ups. 2.Investigate how the resource platform of incubation center guides the KSFs of high-tech start-ups. 3.Evaluate what the three dimensional roles of resources, innovation, and values play in the competitive strategy of high-tech start-ups, and find out the KSFs therein and their future prospects. 4.Understand how start-ups and entrepreneurship influence the success of the business.

Taiwan¡¦s successful industry development model had admired by people in the world. To induce the successful industry development model was from agriculture industry, industry to hi-tech industry. Now some hi-tech products had been the No.1 in the world but some tradition industries competence are decreasing due to high cost of wage and land and low profit. Recently China¡¦s industry rises abruptly and relies on its low wage and vast local market to attract foreign capital investment. This situation made Taiwan tradition industries face severe competition. Some tradition industries are in view of surviving or diverting risk to invest hi-tech industry. Some are success but more are failure even cumbering mother companies. According to Taiwan tradition industries situation, we consider if tradition industries do not understand what core resources they own or what key success factor on hi-tech industries and invest in a swarm of bees will cause vast damage. The research is based on resource-based theory and search for the key success factors of hi-tech industries, and to realize what the competitive dominance is. We hope the research result will help for tradition industries to invest hi-tech industries. This study has three steps as following: (1) Through comparing differences between tradition industry and hi-tech industry to design questionnaire and interview experts deeply to get the key success factors. (2) To check the results by successful company. (3) To present the results of analysis and to give some suggestions. In conclusion, we get five key success factors as following: (1) Leader characteristic (2) The ability to get outer capital (3) The ability to get right professional team work (4) The ability of technique (5) Company culture

The approach of the age of knowledge economy and prosperous growth of IT makes knowledge become one of the most important core resources. The knowledge is also organizations' key point of seeking for survival and development. Knowledge economy emphasizes on transferring ¡§knowledge¡¨ into ¡§profit¡¨ instead of knowledge itself. Therefore, knowledge application is more essential than knowledge possession. At rapid digital age, knowledge management becomes key point of core competence. Hence, this study, knowledge management as variables, will discuss if knowledge management will upgrade the achievement of R&D performance of human capital and organizational culture. This study used questionnaire. This study used convenience sampling to select 1,517 high-tech industries as subjects from Taiwan Industrial Park Directory (published by Taipei County Exhibition Hall, 2005) and the appendix of high-tech industry yearbook (published from 2002 to 2005) as population. Valid questionnaires were 140 copies. This study used LISREL for data analysis and the result are listed as following: 1. Investment in human capital management helps efficiently improve R&D performance. The functional activities of human resources, such as recruit, maintenance and encouragement, connect organizations with employees effectively. Enhancement of employees' contribution, promise and encouragement strengthen value and uniqueness of human resources and also produce remarkable progress of R&D performance. 2. Execution of organizational culture, including participation, strategic vision which aids to organization's evolution, team work and organizational structure, helps to improve significantly for R&D performance. 3. Promotion and execution of knowledge management play as important mediators in organizations. The efficiency of R&D performance in human capital and organizational culture will be enhanced through the mediation caused by execution of knowledge management. 4. The amount of enterprises' employees makes diversity of performance of human capital and knowledge management. The enterprises that own 2,000 employees and above have more remarkable performance in human capital and knowledge management than the enterprises that own fewer employees. It means, large-scale enterprises have more competence because of more cost reduction, which improves quality of products and customer services. Regarding knowledge management, different amount of enterprises' employees also makes diversity of employees' knowledge creation and collection. The result of this study indicates that large-scale enterprises are more capable of invention and acquiring latest knowledge.

Orientador: André Tosi Furtado / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T11:35:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rauen_AndreTortato_D.pdf: 2265370 bytes, checksum: 0f75c45622ea1b76996726d5ad494eab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: No passado recente, a produção de alta tecnologia era exclusividade de países de alta renda per capita. Contudo, a moderna possibilidade de fragmentar a produção permitiu que países de baixa renda per capita passassem a também produzir bens de alta tecnologia, mesmo quando estes bens são considerados novos. Observa-se que países de alta renda per capita e de elevada capacitação tecnológica executam atividades de maior complexidade enquanto países de baixa renda per capita, com baixos salários e alguma força de atração, executam atividades intensivas em mão de obra. Este trabalho tem então, por objetivo, apresentar e compreender as macrodinâmicas subjacentes a essa nova e intrincada geografia econômica. Para tanto, o mesmo se apoia na teoria do ciclo de vida do produto, complementada pela perspectiva da fragmentação da produção e pela teoria evolucionária do comércio exterior. Com base nestas abordagens teóricas, foi possível observar que a partir das duas últimas décadas do século XX empresas de alta tecnologia de países desenvolvidos passaram a deslocar sua produção para países em desenvolvimento, com baixos salários. Enquanto a produção e o consumo se deslocaram, a tecnologia ainda permanece concentrada. Identificou-se ainda que, mesmo na existência de forte estímulo ao deslocamento da produção, este só ocorre na ausência de sistemas de inovação capazes de estimular a produção interna. Analogamente, a atração de atividades fragmentadas da produção de alta tecnologia, por parte de países de baixos salários, ocorre apenas quando os governos nacionais executam ativas e efetivas políticas públicas para tal. Depois de compreendidas as forças que atuam no sentido de moldar a atual geografia da alta tecnologia, identificaram-se quatro grupos de países, quais sejam: (i) países de liderança tecnológica superavitários; (ii) países de liderança tecnológica deficitários; (iii) países seguidores tecnológicos superavitários e; (iv) países seguidores tecnológicos deficitários / Abstract: In the past, the high-tech production was exclusive made in high per capita income countries. But, currently, this kind of production is also made in low per capita income countries. This change happened due to the possibility of production fragmentation. In this context, countries with high technology intensities focus on the production of complex components and R&D. On the other hand, countries with low technology intensities focus on the assembling or on the production of simple components. Based on these premises, this doctoral thesis aims to understand the geographical macrodynamics related to this new international division of labor. To achieve this objective, the product life cycle theory, the production fragmentation perspective and the evolutionary theory were used. Based on these theoretical approaches, it was observed that the manufacture and consumption of high tech products has started a process of dispersion through different countries in the globe, including low income ones, and that, at the same time, technology development of these high tech products have remained concentrated in the high income countries. It was also possible to observe that the displacement of production, from the high per capita income countries to the low per capita income countries, could be diminished through the establishment of strong national industrial/innovation policies. Analogously, the attraction, by low per capita income countries, of fragmented production relies on the presence of these same policies. Finally, in this new international division of labor, it was identified four different groups of countries: (i) surplus technology leaders; (ii) deficit technology leaders; (iii) surplus technology followers; and (iv) deficit technology followers / Doutorado / Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica / Doutor em Política Científica e Tecnológica

Leader self-development is promoted as an alternative approach to leadership development within organizations. Fast-growing organizations especially benefit from the self- development activities of leaders. The tech industry is a sector that grows rapidly and thus offers an interesting context for this study. Moreover, practical perspectives on leader self- development are lacking in the current literature. Therefore, the objective of this thesis was to include a perspective on self-development activities from the leader’s standpoint and examine how the organizational setting related to these activities. The related theories were deduced from the literature and empirically examined by 11 semi-structured interviews. These interviews were conducted with managerial leaders in hierarchical organizations from the tech industry in Germany and the Netherlands. The findings showed that the “self” is limited in self-development activities. Leaders cannot practice self-development in complete isolation from the organizational setting. Instead, leaders are reliant on external factors and are intricately interconnected with their environment whereas the organization drives the intentional self-development activities of the leaders. A dynamic between the individual and the organization was revealed, as leaders are not only influenced by the supportive or hindering factors in their surroundings but also actively contribute to shaping the context. Furthermore, a distinction can be observed within the practice between experienced and less experienced leaders, with the former assuming the organizational responsibility of developing the latter. This thesis, therefore, provides a new perspective on intentional self-development activities and encourages to start a new discussion regarding self-development.

Though the workforce in the United States is comprised of more than 50% women, women hold only 26% of professional computing jobs, and at some companies the percentage is even lower (National Center for Women & Information Technology, 2011). This study aims to examine whether employees within the tech industry have an implicit association between the concepts of “maleness” and “tech”. Participants will complete a priming task, an Implicit Association Test, and a survey about existing sexist beliefs and their jobs. The Expectation States Theory (Eagly, Beall, & Sternberg, 2004) suggests that all participants will have an implicit association between these concepts, though participants primed with an article about a man in tech and participants from companies with more men overall, in leadership, and in tech positions will have a stronger bias. Additionally, the Unified Theory (Greenwald et al., 2002; Smeding, 2012) suggests that the proposed results will show that women working in tech positions have a slightly weaker bias, and priming about a woman in tech will not reverse the bias. If implicit biases are addressed within the tech industry, these fixes can help the field maintain its upward trajectory by becoming an inclusive space for men and women.

Entrepremeurship and what impact entrepreneurs have on the development of a country's society is a well-discussed subject today. During the recent years, entrepreneurs have been characterized as a country's futrue growth since ther are of utmost importance in terms of both innovation, employment and competition. However, one of the main constraints for entrepreneurs today is to gain access to external capital in the initial phase of their business.Therefore, our thesis will highlight the various financing options the entrepreneurs have in the start-up phase and why they choose a particular funding method for their start-up in the first financing round. The focus will be on entrepreneurs within the technological industry and the Swedish market. Moreover, our thesis is based on a qualitative study which includes interviews with six different start-ups in order to analyse how they have financed the start-up of their business and which funding method they prefer and why. A conclusion has been drawn from our study that internal financing is preferred over external which is in line with one of our financing principles that we have used for this study. Our thesis is expected to contribute with a deeper understanding of the entrepreneur's perspective in matters of financing with focus on the tech industry, which we consider as an extra important industry for global development. / Entreprenörskap och vilken inverkan entreprenörer har på utvecklingen av ett lands samhälle är ett väl diskuterat ämne idag. Under de senaste åren har entreprenörer karakteriserats som ett lands framtida tillväxt eftersom de är av yttersta vikt för både innovation, sysselsättning och konkurrens. En av de största begränsningarna för entreprenörer idag är dock att få tillgång till externt kapital i den inledande fasen av dess verksamhet. Vår avhandling kommer därför att lyfta fram de olika finansieringsalternativ som entreprenörerna har i deras uppstartsfas och varför de väljer en särskild finansieringsmetod för deras verksamhet. Fokus kommer vara på den första finansieringsrundan samt på entreprenörer inom den tekniska industrin och inom den svenska marknaden. Vår uppsats kommer även att vara baserad på en kvalitativ studie som innehåller intervjuer med sex olika nystartade företag för att kunna analysera hur de har finansierat sin verksamhet i uppstartsfasen samt vilken finansieringsmetod de föredrag och varför. Från vår studie har vi dragit slutsatsen att intern finansiering är något som respondenterna föredrar överextern finansiering. Detta ligger i linje med en av åra finansieringsprinciper som vi har använt för denna studie. Vår avhandling förväntas bidra med en djupare förståelse av entreprenörens perspektiv rörande finansieringsfrågor med fokus på teknikindustrin, vilket vi anser vara en extra viktig industri för den globala utvecklingen.

The aim of my master's thesis is to assess the influence of research support of European Union on location and competitiveness of European high-tech industry. After defining high-tech industry according to OECD and ČSÚ (Czech statistical office) follows a part dealing with different forms of support of EU for high-tech industry, while the focus is also on volume and efficiency of invested money. I try to analyze the location with regard to European support and Porter's diamond theory. Since high-tech industry is usually concentrated in clusters, which are rather abundant in Europe as well, the focus is only on a few selected regions. Last part compares European competitiveness with that of other OECD members and developing countries based on data from OECD and Eurostat.

為了面對日益激烈的科技競爭，台灣多年來致力於高科技產業培育和技術能力的提升，期望提升我國全面競爭力，以面對21世紀的挑戰。在面對來自國際科技產業的競爭與國際市場日趨自由化的壓力，台灣希望在世界的科技舞台扮演舉足輕重的地位，則需要提升科技競爭力，而提升科技競爭力則有賴於完整結合了產業發展、國家資源、以及國家發展目標的高科技政策。 本研究首先以國家競爭力的觀點切入，研讀並分析主要的國際競爭力指標，並藉由競爭力指標歸納出科技先進國家的發展趨勢，以及台灣應加強的部分。並搜集科技先進國家的科技政策、目前政經情形，以及社會人文狀況，經過研讀後整理出構成高科技標竿政策之因素。並且，以新竹科學園區的六大類高科技產業為對象，進行問卷調查工作，以驗證本研究所提出之因素是否為產業界所接受，以及是否有其他意見。 研究結果顯示，在本研究所提出的31項因素中，多半皆獲得新竹科學園區經理人的認同，僅有少部分因素在不同產業或不同規模公司間，產生些微的差異。因此，本研究所提出之構成高科技標竿政策的因素，可以做為政策制定時之參考。在最後一章中，列出本研究之建議，希望對國內高科技標竿政策的制定以及科技發展有所助益。 / Taiwan had devoted to fostering the high-tech industry and promoting the technology ability to face the increasingly competition of science and technology in the coming of 21 century. To confront the competition from the international high-tech industry and the pressure of the liberalization of market, Taiwan needs to improve the competitiveness of science and technology if she wants to play an important role on the worldwide science and technology stage. Besides, Taiwan needs to integrate the development of industry, national resource, and the national goals of science and technology policy. This research uses the concept of national competitiveness first, and studies the main international competitiveness indicators. We want to derive the development trends of those advanced countries, and realize what parts we need to improve. Second, we collect the science and technology policy, the political and economical status of those countries we selected. And we sum up the benchmark factors of the high-tech industry policy. Third, we conduct a survey to verify the acceptability of the high-tech industry benchmark policy. The research results reveal that almost the benchmark principles and factors we sum up are accepted by the industry leaders.

Bakgrund: Startupföretag bidrar i dagens samhälle med flertalet innovationer, vilket storföretag kan ta del av genom öppen innovation. När företagen samarbetar med varandra kan parterna tillsammans främja innovation och ta del av ny kunskap. Startupföretag får hjälp med kommersialisering av affärsidén och storföretag kan behålla sin marknadsposition genom användningen av ny teknik. På grund av den stora asymmetrin organisationerna emellan är det av intresse att ge en förklaring för vad som påverkar en affär mellan startupföretag och storföretag, för att möjliggöra fler lyckade samarbeten.  Syfte: Syftet med studien är att utifrån startupföretags perspektiv undersöka faktorer som påverkar en lyckad affär mellan startupföretag och storföretag inom högteknologiska branscher.  Metod: Studien utfördes med en kvantitativ metod där empirin samlats in med hjälp av enkäter via en tvärsnittsdesign. Vidare har studien utgått från det positivistiska perspektivet där en deduktiv ansats använts. En hierarkisk logistisk regressionsanalys genomfördes för att analysera hur tidigare erfarenhet av storföretag, matchad via stödfunktion, avtalsdesign, förtroende, kommunikation, indirekta värden och direkta värden samvarierar med en lyckad affär mellan storföretag och startupföretag.  Slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att ökad omsättning, avtalsdesign, tidigare erfarenhet av kontraktering, stödfunktioner, kostnadseffektivitet och indirekta värden har ett statistiskt signifikant samband med lyckad affär. Ökad omsättning, ett detaljerat avtal, tidigare erfarenhet av kontraktering och matchning via stödfunktion ökar sannolikheten för en lyckad affär. När vikt läggs vid kostnadseffektivitet och indirekta värden minskar sannolikheten att affären blir lyckad. Genom att ta studiens faktorer i beaktning kan både startupföretag och storföretag öka sannolikheten att det blir en lyckad affär. / Background: Startups contribute in today's society with multiple innovations, which large companies can take part of through open innovation. By collaborating, both companies can enhance innovation and take part of new knowledge. Startups receive help with the commercialization of their business idea and large companies can keep their market position through the use of new technology. Due to the large asymmetry between the organisations, it is of interest to create a broader explanation of what affects the deal between startups and large companies, in order to enable more successful collaboration.  Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine different factors that affect a successful deal between startups and large companies in high-tech industries from the startup perspective.  Methodology: The study used a quantitative research method where the empirical data has been collected by questionnaires. The study is based on a positivist philosophical standpoint with a deductive approach. A hierarchical logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze how the factors previous experience with large companies, matched by a support function, contract design, trust, personal chemistry, communication, indirect values and direct values affects the deal between large companies and startups.  Analysis and conclusion: The result of the study shows that increased revenue, contract design, previous experience of contracting, support functions, cost efficiency and indirect values have a statistically significant correlation with a successful deal. Increased revenue, a detailed contract, previous experience of contracting and matched by a support function increases the probability to perform a successful deal. When focus shifts to cost efficiency and indirect values, the probability of the deal being successful decreases. By taking the factors into account, both startups and large companies can increase the probability that it will be a successful deal.