隨著台灣國際市場的開拓，台灣廠商已漸將生產重心移至海外。當廠商接獲一筆外銷訂單時，在面臨國內外皆有生產地時，如何決定廠商生產區位的配置，是選擇在國內生產、海外生產還是國內外皆有生產？同時，在面對國際經濟情勢變動下，影響廠商區位配置之因素是否會有不同，皆是探討的重點。另外，在文章中，嘗試以理論模型為架構，探討影響廠商生產區位配置之影響因素，作為實證模型設定之依據。

在實證上，將資料依全體、產業及階段來觀察，實證結果如下：

(1)從全體來看，影響廠商區位配置之因素為接單來源集中度、產品多樣性、接單旺季、接獲長期訂單、匯率變動、時間及高科技產業。其中高科技產業廠商相較非高科技產業廠商從事國內生產的可能性較大，同時也發現國際成熟的高低並非影響高科技產業廠商生產區位配置之因素。

(2)從兩階段來看(84-86及87-88)，影響廠商生產區位配置之因素，從84-86階段到87-88階段減少了接單比重及國際成熟度，但增加了接獲長期訂單及匯率變動兩項因素。此一結果顯示，面對不同經濟情勢下，廠商生產區位配置之影響因素則有所不同，但在接單集中度、產品多樣性及接單旺季此三項因素，無論在經濟情勢平穩或是波動時，皆是影響廠商區位配置之決定因素。

(3)從高科技產業及傳統產業來看，傳統產業廠商相較高科技產業廠商認為匯率變動此項因素在影響生產區位之配置有顯著性的相關。同時，高科技產業及傳統產業在面臨不同經濟情勢下，影響廠商區位配置之因素也會有所不同。

(4)針對東南亞金融風暴後之民國87年來看，從接單比重觀察，發現面對經濟情勢的不穩定，廠商並不會將重心放在海外，廠商還是會回到熟悉且易於掌握的國內從事生產。同時在這一年中，面對經濟情勢的不穩定，廠商國際成熟度愈高，應變解決的能力愈高，則是廠商從事海外生產優勢條件。

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