跨國企業在面對遍佈全球的各種市場需求和快速變化的科技時，須透過瞭解當地市場環境的子公司來回應其市場需求。因此，子公司是否具備整合資源以快速回應市場機會的能力，決定其在產業的競爭力，進而影響跨國企業整體的競爭優勢。本論文透過實證研究，建構整合性架構以描述跨國企業子公司如何促進、提升從事新創活動的能力。透過問卷調查，回收276份有效問卷，並以「結構方程模式」驗證所提出的整合模型。研究結果顯示，子公司高階管理團隊的「創業精神領導能力」能有效的透過「人力資本發展與配適」提升人力資本的素質，進而促進子公司學習活動。並透過高階管理團隊的支持，使得子公司的學習文化得以強化。最終，「高階經營團隊的支持」、「人力資本發展與配適」和「學習文化的增強」，使得子公司對新知識的吸收和應用能力得以提升，進而強化從事新創活動的能力和競爭力。

Multiple customer needs and rapid technological change are what MNCs are confronted with, thus, they rely on subsidiaries responding to local market needs. The ability of subsidiaries to integrate resources to respond to market opportunities determines its competitiveness, and contributes to whole corporate. The purpose of this dissertation is to construct an integrative framework toward generating subsidiary initiatives and competitiveness. Structural equation modeling was employed to verify the conceptual framework. Based on the results of SEM, entrepreneurial leadership of top management teams enhances the talent on the process of human-capital leveraging to facilitate them to be creative and agile; further, promote collective learning among members. Additionally, with the support of top management teams, learning culture of subsidiaries can be strengthened. Support of top management team, human-capital leveraging and learning culture, improve the absorptive capacity, further, they promote subsidiary initiatives and competitiveness.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .........................................1
1.1. Research Background................................................1
1.2. Research Objectives...................................................3
1.3. Research Procedure...................................................5

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW................................7
2.1. Subsidiary Capability...................................................7
2.1.1. Competitiveness.................................................7
2.1.2. Subsidiary Initiatives...........................................9
2.2. Learning Capacity......................................................12
2.2.1. Absorptive Capacity..........................................12
2.2.2. Learning Culture ...............................................18
2.3. Talent Management...................................................24
2.3.1. Human Capital Leverage................................24
2.3.2. Entrepreneurial Leadership............................29

CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODS............................35
3.1. Conceptual Framework............................................35
3.2. Hypotheses.................................................................37
3.3. Instrument and Measurement.................................39
3.3.1. Entrepreneurial Leadership............................39
3.3.2. Human-capital Leveraging..............................40
3.3.3. Learning Culture ...............................................41
3.3.4. Absorptive Capacity..........................................42
3.3.5. Subsidiary Initiatives.........................................43
3.3.6. Competitiveness...............................................44
3.4. Sampling and Data Collection................................46
3.5. Data Analysis..............................................................48

CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND FINDINGS.......................53
4.1. Sample Description...................................................53
4.2. Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis................56
4.2.1. Entrepreneurial Leadership............................56
4.2.2. Human-capital Leveraging..............................58
4.2.3. Learning Culture ...............................................59
4.2.4. Absorptive Capacity..........................................61
4.2.5. Subsidiary Initiatives.........................................62
4.2.6. Competitiveness...............................................63
4.3. Correlation Analysis..................................................65
4.4. Structural Equation Modeling...................................71
4.5. Summary.....................................................................78
4.6. Discussion..................................................................79

CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS...81
5.1. Research Conclusions.............................................81
5.2. Managerial Implications...........................................83
5.3. Limitations and Suggestion.....................................84

REFERENCES...................................................................85
APPENDIX.........................................................................106

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