The purpose of the firm performance and S&GA expenditures whether the time lag effect from 2001 to 2012. The study sample is the Taiwan listed electronics and biotechnology industry with patents output. The result of this study indicated that advertising expenditures, sell expenditures, R&D expenditures are positively associated and the time lag effect on firm performance. We find that electronics and biotechnology industry invested advertising expenditures and R&D expenditures have time lag effect 2 to 3years. Besides, the electronics industry invested sell expenditures have positively associated and time lag effect in this year. However, sell expenditures have the time lag effect 3 year in biotechnology industry. Finally, we also find that patents have not time lag effect on firm performance.