本論文主要探討如何策略性應用組織外部知識獲取企業利益。有關外部知識應用,過去研究大多關注在透過企業間合作關係來獲取及學習內隱性高且不易被模仿或授權使用的技術知識。不過,這也讓企業必須花費長時間在關係與信任的建立上,而無法立即提出解決方案來符合技術市場的需求。但若技術知識可以用外顯化,以明確的文字或圖示方式呈現,則可以像其他有價的有形資產一樣,以所有權方式快速地透過市場交易的機制來取得,就如同智慧財產權的概念。此外,雖然擁有大量的技術知識對公司的競爭優勢是有助益的,但若這些技術知識無法創造及實現經濟價值,則會對企業營運造成經濟負擔及成本耗損。因此,企業還必須去商業化他們的知識資源。基於此,本研究則進一步地探討技術知識所有權的市場交易模式及知識價值轉換為企業績效的機制。
This thesis investigates how to strategically use external knowledge and thereby produce benefits. Prior studies focus on the use of inter-firm cooperation for accessing and learning knowledge that the level of tacitness is very high and unsuited to imitation or licensing. However, if technological knowledge can be articulated in an explicit form, it can work for other valuable tangible assets acquired easily from market transactions, likes IPR. Moreover, although more knowledge might be better for a firm, not all technological knowledge can create and realize economic value. Firms must commercialize their knowledge or resources. We therefore examine market transaction of knowledge ownership of technological knowledge as the form of the commercial products and services and the mechanism of translating those technological knowledge or innovative ideas into practice and improving performance.