鮮少研究探討新興工業國的企業如何運用開放性創新模式來促進企業創新績效。本研究檢視購併、研發合作、技術授權與移轉等外部創新多元性是否有益於台灣企業的創新產出，以及吸收能力如何調節外部創新多元性與企業創新績效間的關係。2000-2002年的混合資料顯示：外部創新多元性可增加企業專利權數量的累積。購併與技術移轉佔外部創新比重對於企業未來專利權數量有正向助益。此外，研發能力、網路的深度與廣度，以及外部創新經驗均正向調節外部創新多元性與未來創新產出間的關係。同時，前二者的調節效果較後者為強。最後，關係企業長期供應鏈的正向調節效果，大於非關係企業長期、短期供應鏈的影響。

Few studies have investigated how an enterprise applies the open innovation model to facilitate its innovation performance in a newly industrialized country. This paper focuses on examining whether the diversity of external innovation, consisting of mergers and acquisitions, R&D cooperation, technology transfer, and technology licensing contracts,
promotes firm innovation performance. Another focus is to determine how absorptive capacity moderates the relationship between the diversity of external innovation and innovation outputs in Taiwan. Evidence from pooling data gathered during the period from 2000 to 2002 demonstrates that the diversity of external innovation enables an enterprise to
support superior outcomes. Both ratios of mergers and acquisitions to external innovation and ratios of technology transfer to external innovation positively influence patent counts. Moreover, the results show that R&D capability, depth and scope of networks, as well as external innovation experience, positively affect the relationship between diversity of external innovation and future patent accumulation. Meanwhile, the moderating effects of R&D capability and depth and scope of networks are stronger than those of external innovation experience. Finally, the moderating effects of the long-term relationships with
supplier-and customer-affiliates are stronger than those of relationships with non-affiliates.