工業4.0浪潮下之海外直接投資要素分析

Analysis of the Factors of Foreign Direct Investment under the Wave of Industry 4.0

本研究藉由分析台灣電子產業的數據，來瞭解影響企業海外直接投資決策的前提因素。此外，工業4.0技術能夠提升企業競爭力與調整企業策略。因此本文分析焦點在於企業的研發投入、國際化經驗、企業規模、以及將工業4.0運用程度做為干擾變數。樣本資料來自於經濟新報，經由實證分析後，結果發現，研發投入、國際化經驗、企業規模對海外直接投資有正向影響。在運用工業4.0技術的影響下，發現工業4.0對研發投入與海外直接投資間的正向關係有強化效果。本文對於影響海外直接投資的前提提出說明與分析，並加入工業4.0運用程度，能給予企業海外投資時的相關建議。

 

This study analyzes the data of Taiwan’s electronics industry to understand the antecedents that affect the foreign direct investment decisions. In addition, Industry 4.0 technology can enhance the competitiveness of the firm and adjust corporate strategies. Therefore, we focus the constructs on the R&D investment, internationalization experience, firm size, and degree of using Industry 4.0 as moderating variables. The data come from the TEJ. After empirical analysis, it is found that R&D investment, internationalization experience, and firm size have a positive impact on foreign direct investment. Under the influence of the use of Industry 4.0 technology, it finds that the degree of using of Industry 4.0 strengthens the positive relationship between R&D investment and foreign direct investment. These results have significant theoretical implications for the antecedents of foreign direct investment and provide management suggestions to degree of using Industry 4.0 technology.