| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 國際企業研究所 === 90 === Most researchers have been interested in exploring the content of the competitive advantage based on cooperative networks formed by small and medium enterprises（SMEs）in Taiwan. Firms obtain more benefits and advantages by using cooperative networks in competitive and dynamic environment. In addition, the activities of internationalization have become necessary requirements for SMEs to be survived under globalization pressure. Issues related internationalization have been received attention in international business management field. In this study, we attempted to propose hypotheses to explore the relationship among the relationship of the networks, the degree of internationalization and the performance of the enterprises. There are two main tasks of this study: first, to analyze the issue of the relationship among the networks, performance, and internationalization by empirical research of Taiwan’s manufacture from the view of the core firms; second, to offer suggestions to managers to set up strategies of network and internationalization to promote their performance.
This empirical research was based on the survey and case studies methods. We collected 129 core firms enlisted in Taiwan’s Central Satellite manufacturers and the survey of the top 500 manufacturers in Taiwan by the Commonwealth Taiwan’s Learning Magazine, and analyzed the relationships among the degree of tightness of business network, the degree of internationalization and performance by using multiple regression method to test hypotheses. The analysis results showed that the degree of tightness of business network is significantly positively correlated with the adaptive performance, the financial performance and the degree of internationalization; the degree of internationalization is significantly positively correlated with the efficient performance, the adaptive performance and the financial performance. Moreover, we analyzed the marginal effects on the degree of tightness of business network and the degree of internationalization to performance, respectively. It showed that marginal effects decreased approximately but not significantly.
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