| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 企業管理學系 === 106 === Standardization assist firms in diffusing their technologies to the market rapidly. On the other side, standardization induces knowledge spillovers in which firms’ technologies may be expropriated by other firms. In order to secure their competitive advantages under standardization, it is necessary for firms to control the developments of a technology system. Past studies indicate that firms’ capability to enable or constrain the design of a system component (or a set of components) can be regarded as “architectural control,”which exerts influence on the development of a technology system. This study extends the concept of architectural control and emphasizes the point that architectural control is also indispensable in order for firms to secure their technology developments in standardization. Besides, we believe that architectural control can be enhanced when firms “systematically” control every element of a technology system. By investigating firms’ portfolio of SEPs (Standard Essential Patents) in the 802 series standardization through core/peripheral function of sociology analysis tool UCINET, this study reveals that firms’ capabilities in controlling “core sub-systems (core)” and “non-core sub-systems (peripheral)” of a technology system can also enhance their architectural control over a technology system. In other words, our findings imply that firms need to possess the abilities that are relevant to “exploitation” and ”exploration” in order to control “core sub-systems (core)” and “non-core sub-systems (peripheral),” so that firms can have a higher architectural control in standardization.
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