學術界往往被認為是技術創新的源頭，在學術界研發出新技術時，廠商透過產學研發的外溢效果而受惠，進而影響廠商的研發表現與市場表現。在學術界的研發行為中，並不是所有研究都有正向的影響，針對研究性質分類而言，學術界的研發可分為基礎研究與應用研究，針對學門而言，學術界的研發亦可分自然科學與社會科學。本文以台灣、中國為例，透過產業分類為基準，連結學術界、產業界之研發領域，嘗試了解學校與研究機構的研發行為如何影響相同領域之廠商表現。
研究結果顯示，整體而言，台灣與中國學術界存在正向的外溢效果，針對台灣大專院校研發環境，又以應用研究類型學校有較高的外溢效果，即廠商較偏能夠立即應用的知識，針對純基礎研究型學校而言，廠商無法從未商業化的知識中受益，此外，相較於社會科學，自然科學的外溢效果在廠商的市場價值與研發生產力表現皆較好。

Cynical views come toward the values of academic research outcome and societal views put that elaborated research only have marginal contribution to the pragmatic industry usage. Based on the aforementioned argument this thesis investigates the spillover effects brought about by academic research on industry application. By assembling data from three sources including published academic articles, granted patents and industry firms’ financial performance, the academic spillover effects are confirmed to have significant influence on industry performance in both Taiwan and mainland China. Then further specified tests are also utilized to approve that the natural science research is more influential than research belonging to social science. This is because that more applied oriented research is easier for the ready usage for industry firms.

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