| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 商學研究所 === 83 === The majority of firms in Taiwan is classified as a small business. These firms, with their closely knit interrelationships, possess competitive advantage.
This paper investigates the industrial network structure of Center-Satellite systems at the micro and macrolevel using transaction cost theory. The microlevel is the analysis of network relation contents. The macrolevel is the study of the whole network layer. Based on these observation, the author structures the research format.
The framework of this study can be divided into three parts. First part investigates the formation of the industrial network, which includes the analysis of technical and transaction decisions. The former is the observation of separability and divisibility, and the latter is the decision-making of transaction. Second part studies the contents of network, which focuses on the design and the execution of self-enforcement agreements. Three part constructs and analyzes the network, including the conclude of network organizational characteristics and the study of network topics.
A center-satellite system in the sewing machine industry is the subject of the case study. Results show this type of network structure possesses both market and hierarchical organizational characteristics as well as network-type characteristics. Based on the finding of this research, the author contends that: "Under long-term contracts, in order to minimize transaction cost and optimize information benefits, two or more organizations must coordinate internal operations as if acting as one large organization. Mutual interdependence among cooperating organizations creates the organizational atmosphere. "In conclusion, the author reviews the current literature in the field to compare the findings of this research.
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