| Summary: | 碩士 === 中原大學 === 企業管理研究所 === 89 === To protect the results from R&D is one of the most important issues for contemporary enterprises and institutes. From the legal viewpoint, the title owners of those results could choice either filing patent or keeping trade secret to protect their rights. But such decisions involve not only legally, but also managerially. There are many factors could influence decision-maker’s choice. The intent of this research is to find out the significant influential factors on this decision.
From literature review, author didn’t find any theoretical or empirical studies in which the R&D results could be examined systematically in a scientific framework, and then the decision-makers could be led to or recommended to which matter is better to protect their properties. Some publications have discussed this issue, but they are either fragmental, legal, or case studies. The practices seem not get the help from these papers. Author believes that an empirical model could prevail over more, if the issue in a managerial aspect.
Five chapters constitute the dissertation. The purpose, background, motive, and restrictions are stated in first chapter. The related literatures, the definition and character of intellectual property right, are reviewed and discussed carefully in second chapter. The third chapter contends the methodology of this research, for example, the research procedure, proposed hypotheses, sampling, and measurement of variables. The results are stated in chapter four, included statement statistics of sample, the reliability and validity analysis of measurement, test of hypotheses, and the discrimination function. Based on the research results, author concludes his opinion in chapter five.
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