隨著產品生命週期縮短及日新月異的科技技術，整個產業及環境正快速變遷著，因而使得開發新產品及新技術的成敗日形重要，更對研發活動的貢獻能力倍感重視，因此衡量研發部門的績效益發顯得格外重要。本研究透過彙整研發績效的相關文獻建立層級式之研發績效架構，並根據以層級分析法(analytic hierarchy process, AHP)作為研究方法，透過系統性的方式建立研發部門績效衡量因子之權重比値，提供業界或組織設計研發績效制度參考。
依據AHP法建立專家問卷，針對研發部門績效進行問卷調查，並透過AHP研究方法的特殊計算得之各層級研發衡量因子之權重。研究顯示根據不同產業及研發功能的觀點去調查及計算，有四個相同的核心績效衡量因子，分別是「顧客滿意度」、「市場佔有率」、「技術研發成果」及「技術商品化能力」，然而在各個觀點下的權重及重要性排序上卻有所不同。本研究劃分產業類別為高科技產業及傳統產業，根據結果顯示有相同的前五位績效衡量因子，分別是「顧客滿意度」、「市場佔有率」、「技術研發成果」、「技術商品化能力」及「獲利能力」，然而不同產業類別有著不同的權重及重要性排序。本研究劃分研發功能類別為新產品開發及製程改良，根據結果顯示前五位績效衡量因子有四個是相同的，分別是「顧客滿意度」、「市場佔有率」、「開發新市場」、「技術商品化能力」，然而不同研發功能類別有著不同的權重及重要性排序。
研究結果不但顯示研發績效衡量因子的重要性排序，並且透過各個衡量因子的權重，可讓衡量研發績效時更為準確。同時研究發現不分產業功能，有著相似的核心研發績效衡量因子，因此在實務上可使用相似的研發績效系統；然而由於不同的權重，卻需有不同的研發績效衡量評算。

Toady, the rapid changes in business environment of shortened product life cycles and advanced technology, drew the attention upon research and development’s (R&D) contribution to competitive advantage. As a result, valuing the performance of R&D has become exceedingly important. This study established a general framework of R&D performance measurements by reviewing and organizing literatures and researches on R&D performance, along with giving an insight on what are the most valued measurements with applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method.
The questionnaire which developed from AHP was filled by senior managers of R&D. Valuing from industry and R&D function perspective, we had the results of four similar core R&D performance measurements of Customer Satisfaction, Technology commercialized, Market Share, and Technical achievement. However, the individual ranking from these perspectives, are quite different. In the sense of high-technology and traditional industry, having the same top five measurements of Customer Satisfaction, Market Share, Technical achievement, Technology commercialized, and Profitability, the ranking for each industry is differ. As for new product development (NPD) and process improving function, having the same four out of five core R&D performance measurements of Customer Satisfaction, Market Share, Access to New Market, and Technology commercialized, the ranking for each function is differ.
The results for priorities and weights of each R&D performance measurements, are not only giving an insight on the most preferred measurements, but also when coming for measuring performance, the weights upon the measurements should be considered for more accuracy in performance evaluation. Also the indifference of core measurements for differ industries or R&D functions, which indicates when establishing performance measurement in practice, there can be same measurements; however there should be different ways upon valuing, since the priority for them are different.

中文摘要.. II
Abstract III
Keywords: R&D performance measurement, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) .. III
Content . IV
Table .. VI
Figure . X
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 RESEARCH BACKGROUND .. 1
1.2 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 1
Chapter 2 Theoretical Backgrounds . 3
2.1 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) 3
2.1.1 Classification of R&D 3
2.1.2 Research and New Product Development 5
2.1.3 Summary on Research and Development . 6
2.2 R&D PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT 6
2.2.1 Dimensions of R&D performance 7
2.2.2 Parameters of R&D performance . 22
2-3 THEORY OF ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS . 27
2.3.1 Steps for the AHP Method . 27
2.3.2 Summary on AHP method . 34
Chapter 3 Methodology .. 35
3.1 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 35
3.2 DIMENSIONS & MEASUREMENTS .. 36
3.2.1 Financial Performance .. 37
3.2.2 Market-Oriented Performance 37
3.2.3 Process Control Performance . 37
3.2.4 Technology Performance 37
3.3 SURVEY SAMPLING AND DATA COLLECTION 38
3.3.1 Survey sampling . 38
3.3.2 Data Collection and Analysis .. 39
Chapter 4 Research Results .. 42
4.1 OVERALL SYNTHETIC RESULTS . 42
4.2 ANALYSIS RESULTS OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRY . 51
4.2.1 High-Technology Industry . 51
4.2.1 Traditional Industry . 60
4.2.3 Synthetic analysis among industries 69
4.3 ANALYSIS RESULTS FOR DIFFERENT R&D FUNCTION .. 73
4.3.1 New Product Development Function .. 73
4.3.2 Process Improvement Function .. 81
4.3.3 Synthetic analysis among R&D functions . 89
4.4 SUMMARY ON RESEARCH RESULT 93
4.4.1 Comparison with different industries and overall priority weights .. 93
4.4.2 Comparison with different R&D functions and overall priority weights .. 94
Chapter 5 Conclusions and Discussions . 98
5.1 RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS . 98
5.1.1 Criteria and measurements of R&D performance measurements . 98
5.1.2 Overall priority weights of R&D performance measurements 98
5.1.3 Comparison with different industries .. 98
5.1.4 Comparison with different R&D functions 99
5.2 MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS .. 99
5.3 LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS . 100
5.3.1 Limitations . 100
5.3.2 Suggestions for Future Study 100
References 101
Appendix .. 106

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