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An Exploratory Study on Factors Impacting the Public Technology Commercialization in Korean SMEs

우리나라 중소기업의 공공기술 사업화 영향요인에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2016.08.19
  • Accepted : 2016.09.15
  • Published : 2016.09.30
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Abstract

This paper investigates the success and failure factors of technology commercialization for SMEs developing public sector technologies. The 2014 Korea Technology Transfer Commercialization Status Report states that only 30% of the technologies that are transferred are being used and the rest are neglected. The objective of this paper is to determine the relationship between quantitative variables and the success rate of technology commercialization of 1,222 SMEs in Korea by using three analyzes (cross tabulation, process and logistic) methodologies to increase the success of public technology commercialization. The outcome shows that the number of successful technology deployment cases and the number of IPR registration cases have a positive impact on the success rate of public technology commercialization. The statistical outcome also verifies that unnecessary technology development, more attempts and failures of technology development, and longer lead time in the planning phase have a negative impact on the success rate of the public technology development and commercialization. For policy implications, the government should be selective in supporting public technology commercialization and development for SMEs as not all technology attempts exert positive effects.

본 연구는 우리나라에서 공공부문으로부터 기술이전을 받은 중소기업에 대한 사업화 성과와 이에 대한 영향에 관한 연구이다. 2014년 기술이전사업화조사분석자료집에 따르면 공공부문에서 기술이전을 받은 기술 중 약30%만이 활용되고 있고 나머지 70%는 미활용되거나 방치상태이다. 상대적으로 대학 및 출연연 등 공공기관의 기술사업화 지원 역량 또한 발전이 더딘 상황이다. 이에 따라 공공부문 기술사업화를 통해 중소기업의 발전을 추동하고, 혁신 성과를 확산하기 위해서는 지속적이고 체계적인 정책적인 지원이 필요한 상황이다. 본 논문에서는 공공부문 기술이전 이후 중소기업의 활용 및 사업화 등에 관한 전주기적 분석을 통해 사업화 성공과 실패 요인을 조사하였다. 최근 3년간 진행된 중소기업기술통계조사를 기반으로 하여 기술사업화 성공기업을 도출하고, 기술사업화의 활용형태에 따라 성과에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 분석을 하였다. 통계 분석 결과, 공공기술을 기반으로 한 사업화 성공 중소기업은 기술개발 성공건수 및 지식재산 등록건수가 많아질수록 사업화 성공률에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 또한 불필요하게 많은 기술개발, 계획 단계에서 긴 리드 타임 등의 경우 사업화 실패가능성이 높다는 것을 확인했다. 이러한 분석결과는 최근 양적인 차원에서 지원되는 중소기업의 기술개발 시도가 모두 긍정적인 효과를 발휘하기 어렵다는 정책 함의를 도출 할 수 있다. 또한 이를 위해 효율성 및 성공 가능성이 높은 기술사업화에 대한 선택적 지원이 필요하다는 것을 정책 함의로 도출할 수 있다.

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