Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
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External Information Network Diversity and Production Management Capability in IT SMEs in the Age of Digital Convergence: The Mediating Effect of Manufacturing Capability

디지털 융합시대에 IT 중소기업의 외부정보네트워크의 다양성과 생산관리능력: 제조능력의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • Received : 2015.07.23
  • Accepted : 2015.09.20
  • Published : 2015.09.28
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Abstract

The production management is one of the essential capabilities of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the information technology sector (IT). Therefore, this study empirically analyzed the effects of such important factors as external information network diversity and manufacturing capability on IT SMEs' production management capability. Based on the 310 data collected from Korean SMEs in the IT sector, the ordinary least squares regression results from this study by using the SPSS version 22 have empirically shown that IT SMEs' external information network diversity has a positive and significant effect on their production management capability and this effect is fully mediated by their manufacturing capability. These findings provide a meaningful implication that the positive impact of IT SMEs' external information network diversity is linked to their production management capability through their manufacturing capability.

생산관리능력은 IT 중소기업의 가장 필수적인 역량 중 하나이다. 따라서, 본 연구는 외부정보네트워크의 다양성 및 제조능력과 같은 주요 요인들이 IT 중소기업의 생산관리능력에 미치는 영향을 실증 분석하였다. 한국의 310개 IT 중소기업으로부터 수집된 데이터를 바탕으로 SPSS 버전 22를 사용한 최소자승 회귀분석 결과, 외부정보네트워크의 다양성은 IT 중소기업의 생산관리능력에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 주며, 이러한 정(+)의 영향은 IT 중소기업의 제조능력에 의해서 완전 매개 되는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 실증 분석 결과는 IT 중소기업의 외부정보네트워크의 다양성이 제조능력을 통해 생산관리능력에 정(+)의 영향을 미친다는 의미 있는 시사점을 제공한다.

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