Business group characteristics and affiliated firm innovation:The case of Taiwan

[[abstract]]This paper investigates the relationship between business group factors and affiliated firm innovation in terms of patents granted. We examine the following factors for business groups: group affiliation, group diversification, inside ownership, and family ties. In emerging markets, business groups act not only as an internal capital market, but also as a platform for resource sharing among affiliates. We use Taiwan's business groups as a research sample to investigate how these group factors affect affiliated firms' innovation. The findings indicate that firms that are affiliated with business groups innovate better than their unaffiliated counterparts. Group diversification and family ties have positive effects on firm innovation, while inside ownership has no significant positive effect. Our study contributes to the innovation literature by shedding light on business group factors and firm innovation

The impact of top management team conflict on new product development: The case of Taiwan and the United States

[[abstract]]This study demonstrates how top management team (TMT) conflict impacts new product development (NPD) under cultural differences between Taiwan and the United States. Based on cultural differences, we compare Taiwan and the United States to explore how the heterogeneity of TMT composition leads to team conflict and how TMT conflict affects NPD outcomes in different stages. Several research propositions are presented and indicate that the higher TMT heterogeneity results in a higher degree of team conflict. Furthermore, cognitive conflict positively affects NPD initiation stage, but negative in the implementation stage. From a perspective of cultural differences, managers in Taiwan, compared with those in the United States, tend to sustain organizational cohesion and harmony, emphasize personal relationships, and sidestep direct conflict as much as possible. This cultural characteristic negatively affects NPD initiation, and also wears away the competitive advantages for Taiwanese companies

The Efficacy of Independent Outside Directors During Legal Transitions : Understanding the Role of Family Business and Director Compensation

[[abstract]]This paper investigates the impact of outside directors on firm performance during legal transitions and examines how the roles of family business and director compensation influence board efficacy. By using Taiwanese listed companies as our sample, the empirical results show that outside directors who are appointed by legal mandate have less positive impacts on firm performance than outside directors appointed voluntarily. Family business weakens the positive impact of outside director on firm performance. The evidence further suggests that director compensation contributes to firm performance, particularly when outside directors are voluntarily appointed

THE IMPACT OF TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM CONFLICT ON NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

This study demonstrates how top management team (TMT) conflict impacts new product development (NPD) under cultural differences between Taiwan and the United States. Based on cultural differences, we compare Taiwan and the United States to explore how the heterogeneity of TMT composition leads to team conflict and how TMT conflict affects NPD outcomes in different stages. Several research propositions are presented and indicate that the higher TMT heterogeneity results in a higher degree of team conflict. Furthermore, cognitive conflict positively affects NPD initiation stage, but negative in the implementation stage. From a perspective of cultural differences, managers in Taiwan, compared with those in the United States, tend to sustain organizational cohesion and harmony, emphasize personal relationships, and sidestep direct conflict as much as possible. This cultural characteristic negatively affects NPD initiation, and also wears away the competitive advantages for Taiwanese companies.Top management team, new product development, conflict, culture

The impact of Business Group Characteristics and Internationalization on Technological Innovation: The Case of Taiwan’s Manufacturing Firms

[[abstract]]隨著企業集團快速地成長與發展，集團現象益加地受到學術界注意，雖然關於企業集團的研究近年來有逐漸增加的趨勢，但是可以發現目前大部份的研究僅聚焦在: (1) 企業集團的成因與發展特色； (2) 集團與績效水準的關係； (3) 從集團層級探討集團的創新以及(4)體制理論觀點探討集團的擴張，從現有文獻可觀察到，目前針對集團屬性仍缺乏系統性的研究 (如本文所探討的集團規模、績效、多角化、內部所有權及集團內分子企業家族連結對分子企業的重要策略決策(如創新)進行探討，過去探討企業的創新及國際化決策大部份是從個別企業的組織特質討論，缺乏在集團的脈絡背景之下探討集團效應對於企業的創新及國際化的影響，因此，本研究將從這裡分出二個研究的議題： 第一、本文擬探討分子企業的國際化對於創新的影響，同時本文認為企業海外投資地區(分為已開發國家以及開發中國家)的選擇也會調節國際化對創新的影響，亦即企業在國際化的過程中，其選擇到先進已開發國家投資和開發中國家，這兩種不同區位的選擇將會對創新產生不同的影響效果。第二、企業若屬於集團，則集團的屬性將對分子企業的創新產生何種影響？本研究以台灣企業集團的重要屬性，包括集團規模、集團績效、集團多角化、集團內部所有權及分子企業的家族連結等因素與集團樣本分子企業的創新策略的關係加以探討；同時我們探討分子企業屬於不同產業類別時，集團屬性對企業創新的影響是否會有不同的效果。 根據上述提出的研究議題，本文總共提八個研究假說，假說1與假說2是從第一個研究議題發展而出，此二假說認為國際化程度會提高分子企業的創新表現，而且企業的海外投資區位會調節國際化與創新之間的關係；另外，假說3至假說8是從第二個研究議題發展而出，用以驗證企業集團屬性對於分子企業創新表現的影響。為了驗證這些假說，本文採用實證資料的迴歸分析及企業集團的實地個案訪談驗證本文所提出的研究問題，在實證資料分析的部份，本研究依選樣標準選取共715個樣本公司進行迴歸分析，實證結果大部份皆支持或部分支持本文所提出的假說，僅假說6未獲支持。本研究延伸目前的集團研究從集團層級到分子企業層級，並且發現國際化與集團屬性對於分子企業的創新有顯著的正面影響。[[abstract]]0[[note]]博

Observing Features of PTT Neologisms: A Corpus-driven Study with N-gram Model

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