在二次世界大戰之後，海外生產已經成為廠商生產策略的重要一環，台灣曾經以低廉的勞動力在世界取得一席之地，不過，隨著其他開發中國家的興起，低廉的勞動力再也不是台灣的優勢所在，研發創新與產業轉型成為了台灣廠商的一個重要課題，在過去的文獻中也證實，較有效率的研發創新可以使廠商更具有競爭優勢。
在本文中探討關於研發投入多寡對專利申請數的影響，經過實證研究發現，研發投入越多的廠商其專利申請數也會隨之增加，原因是廠商會將研發投入的成果申請專利，以確保能擁有專利所帶來的短期獨佔利益，除了使廠商獲利外，更重要的是能將研發回報的一部分再持續投入研發，讓研發活動能永續的發展下去。
後續也加入了一些其他的影響變數，探討廠商是否有對大陸進行直接投資亦或者廠商的出口總額兩者分別對專利申請數目有什麼影響，實證結果發現對大陸直接投資與出口總額對專利申請數目都有顯著的正向影響，原因分別為對大陸直接投資的廠商多半將台灣作為研發基地，因此，有對大陸進行直接投資的廠商其專利數目較多，另外，出口廠商因為擁有外部的學習效果，使出口廠商在高科技的技術層面可以優於未出口廠商，進而促使研發投入能有更高的成功率。

After World War II, globalization has become an important part of manufacturer's production strategy. Taiwan once accomplished a great success in the world with its low labor costs. However, the costs of labor and land increased rapidly during the 1980s, innovation plays an important role for Taiwanese manufacturers in the face of tough competition from low-cost countries. It is also elaborated in previous documents that more efficient innovation can make manufacturers more competitive.
In this paper, we examine the impacts of firms’ R&D investments on the number of patent applications with data provided by TEJ. By using the negative binomial regression, we find that firms with more R&D investments are likely to have more patent applications. In order to ensure the short-term exclusive benefits brought by the possession of patents, besides making profits for the manufacturers, it is more important to keep devoting part of the R&D returns to R&D, so that R&D activities can continue to develop.
Subsequent to this, some other influence variables have been added to discuss whether the manufacturer’s direct investment in China or the total export value of the manufacturers will affect the number of patent applications. The empirical results show that FDI in China and export participations have a significantly positive impact on the number of patent applications. These estimation results may reflect that exporters have external learning effects from export markets, so that exporters’ technology can outperform non-exporters, making R&D investments more successfully.

前言
第一章：緒論………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1
第二章：專利演進和文獻回顧…………………………………………………………………………….…4
第三章：資料來源和敘述統計…………………………………………………………………………….…8
第四章：迴歸分析
第一節：研究模型………………………………………………………………………………..……….11
第二節：研究結果……………………………………………………………………………………..….16
第五章：結論………………………………………………………………………………………………………..21
參考文獻………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..22
附件………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..24

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