平台基礎生態系中互補財廠商的組織經驗與持續力

Complementors' Organizational Experience and Sustainability in the Platform-Based Ecosystem

本研究探討在平台基礎生態系中互補財廠商的組織經驗與持續力。我們提出在一個以連續性技術變化的平台世代轉移之中，互補財廠商的世代性經驗與獨特性經驗將有助於持續維持互補財的品質並且跨越到新世代平台。具體而言，本研究驗證了在A半導體廠商所建構的平台基礎生態系中，IP（Intellectual Property）業者的組織經驗將可以讓高品質IP持續跨越新世代的半導體製程。本研究也延伸了平台基礎生態系的研究中對於品質的探討。並且，我們提出平台業者除了透過標準制定與控制手段的治理機制（governance mechanism）之外，更重要的是需要活用互補財廠商的組織經驗，藉此來促使平台基礎生態系的進化（evolution）。本研究是少數將組織經驗與持續力的探討擴展至平台基礎生態系的研究領域，我們的分析結果可作為台灣的工具機產業與自行車產業等傳統製造業，在轉型成為平台基礎生態系時候的參考依據。

This research explores the organizational experience and sustainability of complementors in the platform-based ecosystem. We propose that, during the generational transition of platforms underlying continuous technological change, complementors' unique, generational experience can help them sustain high-quality complements in the next-generation platform. This study reveals that the organizational experience of intellectual property (IP) vendors can help maintain high-quality IP architecture in the next generation of semiconductor processes. This study complements the discussion of quality management in the platform-based ecosystem. Moreover, we propose that in addition to the governance mechanism constructed by standards or control, platform vendors should consider capitalizing on complementors' organizational experience to enable the evolution of the platform-based ecosystem. This research is one of few studies that apply organizational experience and sustainability to the analysis of platform-based ecosystems. The results of our study can be used as a reference for platform firms to improve the quality of complements when the traditional manufacturing industry is transformed into a platform-based ecosystem.