台灣中小企業曾是帶動台灣經濟發展最重要的動力，更是台灣出口創匯的主要功 臣，這與中小企業和國外商社的合作模式息息相關，但隨著國際貿易環境與國內生產 環境的改變，中小企業的合作模式也發生了轉變。本文從理論探討、產業個案研究， 以及透過訪談與座談等質性資料的分析，發現隨著科技的進步與全球化的發展，面臨 日益激烈的競爭，使得企業的合作行為越來越具有明確的策略意圖，以及更緊密的合 作。綜觀台灣中小企業的合作模式，約歷經三階段的演變：第一階段為依附國外商社 的訂單，專注於低階產品代工、外包之產業網絡模式；第二階段則與國內大型製造商 合作，發展出上、中、下游整合的中衛體系，致力於品質與成本改善；第三階段則擺 脫對大企業的依賴，建立自主行銷、設計與自有品牌的合作模式。新的合作模式也提 供政府有關中小企業輔導政策新的輔導方向之參考。

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were once the most important driving force and main contribution to foreign exchange for economic development in Taiwan. However, with the change of international trading environment and domestic production environment, it makes the cooperative patterns of SMEs change too. This paper probes into the theory and industry's case study, and finds that under the fast progress of technology and the wave of globalization, the cooperative behaviors of enterprises have a clear tactical intention with increased and closer cooperation. The evolution of cooperative patterns of Taiwan's SMEs goes through three stages: In the first stage, SMEs depend on the outsourcing orders from foreign enterprises to produce low technology products in the industry networks; The second stage, SMEs cooperate with big enterprises in center-satellite factory systems and upgrade production technology and quality; The third stage, SMEs cooperate with each other to build up independent marketing ability and brand names. The new cooperative pattern offers government a new direction of SMEs policy.