Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
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An empirical analysis of the influence of external knowledge network on SMEs' new technology development and technology commercialization capabilities in the perspective of open innovation

개방형 혁신의 관점에서 외부 지식네트워크가 중소기업의 신기술 개발 역량 및 기술 사업화 역량에 미치는 영향에 대한 실증분석

  • Received : 2016.02.29
  • Accepted : 2016.05.20
  • Published : 2016.05.28
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Abstract

In today's rapidly-changing business context with technology convergence among various fields, new technology development and technology commercialization capabilities are very important to the survival and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This study develops the research model based on the open innovation perspective and empirically tests it by using 2,000 data from SMEs in South Korea. The empirical analysis result reveals that SMEs' external technology collaboration network and external information network diversities have positive effects on their technology commercialization capability, and these effects are fully mediated by their new technology development capability. Based on these results, the study provides meaningful implications especially in terms of SMEs' managers who pursue entrepreneurship.

다양한 분야 간 기술 융복합화와 함께 빠르게 변화하고 있는 오늘날의 사업 환경에서, 신기술 개발 및 기술 사업화 역량은 중소기업의 생존과 성장에 매우 중요하다. 본 연구는 한국의 중소기업으로부터 수집된 2,000개의 데이터를 사용하여 개방형 혁신의 관점을 기반으로 개발된 연구 모형을 실증적으로 검증한다. 본 연구의 실증 분석 결과는 중소기업의 외부 기술협력 네트워크와 외부 정보 네트워크의 다양성이 중소기업의 기술 사업화 역량에 정(+)의 영향을 미치며, 이러한 정(+)의 영향은 중소기업의 신기술 개발 역량에 의하여 완전 매개 된다는 것을 보여준다. 이러한 실증 분석 결과를 바탕으로, 본 연구는 특히 기업가정신을 추구하는 중소기업의 경영자들의 관점에서 의미 있는 시사점을 제공한다.

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