The Effects of Firms Resources and Capabilities on its Performance of IC Design Industry in Taiwan

摘要

The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between firms resources and capabilities and its performance of IC design industry in Taiwan. The resource-bases view of the firms has become an important conceptual framework in strategic management but has been criticized for lack of an empirical base. A few researchers have been able to develop measures of resources and capabilities, identify their importance in a specific industry context and link firm's resource positions to firm performance. In this study, we examine the relationship between firms' resources and capabilities and its performance of Taiwan's IC design industry. The empirical findings are as: R and D resources and capabilities have no effects on firms performance. Marketing resources and capabilities, operation resources and capabilities, human resources and management all have positive effects on firms performance. Physical capital resource and management have no effects on firms performance. The analysis in this study provide a more convincing evidence for examining a more long-term relationship between resources and capabilities on firms performance, thus provide a implications for the management of firms' resources acquisition, allocation and utilization activities of Taiwan's IC design industry so as to facilitate their firms performance.