企業創業很關鍵的因素在於獲取資源，而對於資源的獲取必須是透過和資源有接觸的機會，才能獲得資源。獲取資源之策略很多，也各有不同的理論支持，但很多學者都強調社會資本的重要性，社會資本是獲取資源的媒介，能促進創業行動。在此，本研究擷取社會資本理論的觀點，認為創業者的社會關係會使創業者獲取機會、受到激勵及取得能力，而社會資本便來自於網絡成員間的社會關係，因此創業者可利用鑲嵌在人際交往關係之中的社會資本，以開創一個新企業，進而對於個人與社會福利有所貢獻。在實際應用上，本研究採用比較個案研究方法，探討趨勢科技和台積電二家企業個案之社會資本運用，說明他們如何透過社會資本，以取得創業所需的資源，進而開創一個新企業。本文最後討論理論、實務意涵，以及未來研究建議。

To invoke entrepreneurship is to utilize resources to discover, identify and exploit emerging market and technological opportunities. Accounts of the resources vary widely, yet one of the most critical concerns the embeddedness of social capital in the social relations of the entrepreneur. Three factors derived from social relations that create social capital are emphasized: opportunity, motivation and ability. Based on a comparative case study of Trend Micro (an anti-virus firm) and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a foundry business), this paper shows how access to opportunity, motivation and ability is important to explaining entrepreneurship. It concludes with implications for theory, practice and research.

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