Abstract
With an aim to establish Taiwan as a global center for industrial innovation and R&D, Multinational Innovative R&D Centers in Taiwan Program was initiated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to encourage multinationals to set up their regional R&D centers in Taiwan. Since 2002, the program has received highly positive responses from international enterprises including HP、Sony、Dell、IBM and so on. In order to understand the program’s direct and indirect effects, MOEA set up a program evaluation which divided into three levels: projects, industy and policy evaluation. The paper focuses on the policy evaluation and presents a detailed study of the development of MNCs (Multinational Corporations) R&D center by using Delphi method. We conducted two rounds of Delphi and gathered the expert’s suggestions. The derived results of Delphi survey conclude that the policy to encourage MNCs set up R&D centers in Taiwan can help to build a research network for local companies、universities and research organizations to corporate with foreign R&D centers. Finally, we recommend guidelines for future improvement in the evaluation.