本研究探討早期新創公司如何調適成為具有連結國際能力的新創公司，而新型態的海外創業中介組織(即台灣創新創業中心)在此過程中的運作模式又為何。我們以複雜調適系統的觀點，分析五個新創公司個案在「台灣矽谷創業系統」的內部與外部碰撞、交集、相互調整、相互適應及累積的調適歷程，試圖揭開創業國際化過程中「黑盒子」的一角。研究結果發現:(1)自組織行為是創業團隊涌現(重新配置各式資源、重新形塑營運模式、重新鏈結價值網絡)出國際化型態的重要關鍵；(2)市場脈動是各層次不同參與者共同演化的主要吸力；(3)海外創業中介組織是新創公司涌現國際化型態的催化劑。
在實務貢獻上，本研究是目前國際創業文獻中，少數領先提出並實證分析政府主導的新型態海外創業中介組織的研究之一，因此十分有研究價值。在理論貢獻上，我們提出新創公司分類型態的參考依據，並挖掘早期新創公司調適成為國際公司的過程，以系統性的研究方法，補足國際創業理論文獻的缺口。文末，我們也對新興國家或資源不足的經濟體在創業國際化議題上，提出政策性及實務管理上的建議與意涵。

The internal workings of how overseas intermediaries serve to accelerate the evolution process of start-ups remain in a ‘black box’ in the current literature on international entrepreneurship. This research uses qualitative research methods and the “complex adaptive system” concept to explore interactions between Taiwan’s overseas start-up intermediary, the Taiwan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC), and five Taiwanese start-ups to examine the evolution process and the role played by TIEC in each start-ups’ emergence.
Our results show that: (1) self-organizing behavior- such as reshaping the business model, reconfiguring various resources, and re-connecting with networks—are the keys to a start-up's successful emergence in the international market. (2) market-oriented activities act as an attractor for actors in different levels of the complex adaptive system. (3) the role of an overseas start-up intermediary is to act as a catalyst for the emergence of a start-up’s internationalization.
This study contributes to the extant literature on international entrepreneurship by both proposing and providing evidence of the role of overseas start-up intermediaries. We also outline practical management implications and provide policy suggestions for emerging economies that wish to accelerate the evolution and internationalization of their start-ups.

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摘 要 iv
第一章 研究背景與動機 1
第一節 台灣創業生態 1
第二節 矽谷創業生態 3
第三節 海外創業中介組織 8
第二章 文獻探討 13
第一節 新創公司的國際化 13
第二節 創業中介組織 14
第三節 複雜調適系統理論的演進 20
第四節 從複雜調適系統理論觀點看創業研究 39
第三章 研究方法 46
第一節 研究策略 46
第二節 研究框架 48
第三節 研究對象 51
第四節 資料收集 54
第四章 研究結果 58
第一節 五家新創公司個案故事 58
第二節 三家海外創業中介組織的建置脈絡 89
第五章 研究討論 100
第一節 新創公司成員的國際化啟蒙 100
第二節 先在母國建立內部模型，再適應國際環境 101
第三節 自組織行為是新創公司國際化的重要關鍵 104
第四節 市場脈動是的各層次主體共同演化的吸力 111
第五節 新創公司國際化的涌現 115
第六節 TIEC是新創公司湧現國際化型態的催化劑 124
第七節 新創公司國際化的調適過程 130
第六章 建議 132
第七章 參考文獻 137

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