全世界中擁有IC生產製造能力的國家顯為少見，有完整的產品開發能力、生產能力者更是少數，大部分集中在美國、日本、韓國、中國及台灣，而台灣則是全世界第二大的資訊硬體生產國，半導體、光電、資訊、通訊等產品約佔全球市占率70%以上，並且擁有全球20%以上的IC設計業產值，因此可看出電子產業具有相當優異之軟實力與硬實力。因此本研究運用動態網路資料包絡分析法測度產業之經營績效，同時探討其對創新產出物專利之關係，進一步分析電子產業下之六大分業:「電腦及周邊設備」產業、「通信網路」產業、「半導體」產業、「平面顯示器」產業、「LED」產業及「其他」產業的績效差異性，瞭解產業間之關係。數個實證發現如下：首先，就管理實證觀點，創新能力對於公司獲利能力具有正向顯著性關係，而產業之轉型對產業績效表現也有所差異。再者，就方法論觀點，資料包絡分析法克服傳統模式黑箱問題，同時能提供更精準之績效測度。最後，本研究之架構與方法可導入至其他產業做為實證的參考。
Not many countries in the world possess the capability of IC industry. Furthermore, only very few counties own the complete system for IC development and production. US, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan are amongst these few countries. Taiwan is the second leading country in the world for its mass production of IT hardware. The amounts of semiconductor, photonic, computer and communication appliance being produced from Taiwan account for more than 70% of the overall world yield. In addi-tion, the output values of IC design from Taiwan also account for up to 20% of world value. These achievements reflect the excellency of our electronics industry in both the soft power and the hard power. This study uses Dynamic Network Data Envelopment Analysis Method to assay the operating performance of electronics industry. This work also measures the correlation between operating performance and innovative output (patent). Moreover, we assay the discrepancies of output value in the six main categories of electronics industry including computer & computer peripherals, communication network, semiconductor, flat panel display equipment, light emitting diode (LED), and others to realize the differences in their performance. Our empirical studies show a sig-nificantly positive correlation between innovation capability and firm profitability. Transformation of industry also affects the industry performances. In view of method-ologies, Data Envelopment Analysis Method appears superior to conventional Black-Box Method as it is able to achieve more precise performance measurement. The structure of this empirical study can be applied to evaluate the management performance of other types of industry.
