這篇論文討論到外包如何對技術移轉、生產力表現、以及投入要素的改變.我們使用彈性的(超對數)生產函數來進行估計。比較三種技術移轉管道-購買技術、銷售技術以及出口-出口比購買技術有更強的效果。銷售技術不確定。外包和代工會增進公司生產力。外包對勞動需求的改變是不一定的。有四個產業增進勞動需求，而兩個產業減少勞動需求。大部分資訊科技產業的外包情形是增進勞動需求.

This paper studies how outsourcing decision affects technology transfer, productive performance, and input composition. We estimate the impact of outsourcing on the Taiwan’s Information Technology Industries by using a flexible (translog) function to represent. Comparing the channels of technology transfer – export, purchasing technology, selling technology-, and export has stronger effect than purchasing technology. Selling technology may be uncertain. Outsourcing out and in improve firms’ productivity. The impact of outsourcing out on labor demand will be uncertain. There are four industries increasing labor demand and two industries decreasing labor demand. Most Information Technology industries are complementary to labor.

1. Introduction 1
2. Literature Review 7
2.1 Outsourcing 7
2.2 Technology Transfer 9
2.3 Transaction Cost Theory 10
2.4 Location Factor 11
3. Stylized Fact 14
3.1 The Development of Taiwan Outsourcing Environment 14
3.2 The Development of Taiwan Industrial Environment 15
3.3 Current Taiwan Information -technology Industries 17
5. Theoretical Model and Empirical Implement 25
5.1 Theoretical Model 25
5.2. Empirical Implement and Results 27
6. Conclusion 32
References 34
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