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The Effects of Government Support and Regulation on SMEs Technology Innovation

정부지원과 규제장벽이 국내 중소기업의 기술혁신성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • Sohn, Dongseop (Dept. of Management of Technology, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Lee, Jungsoo (Korea Institute of Robots and Convergence) ;
  • Kim, Yunbae (Dept. of Systems Management Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • 손동섭 (성균관대학교 기술경영학과) ;
  • 이정수 (한국로봇융합연구원) ;
  • 김윤배 (성균관대학교 시스템경영공학과)
  • Received : 2017.01.10
  • Accepted : 2017.04.20
  • Published : 2017.04.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the actual effect of government R&D support and regulation as a policy on technology innovation of SMEs. Because the previous studies did not consider the endogeneity of R&D support and made inconsistent conclusions in the case of regulation, the empirical research was conducted by logistic, negative binomial regression and 2SLS analysis for 1,223 SMEs. The analysis results show that government support has the effect for technology innovation even considering the endogeneity of government R&D support, and government regulation has a positive effect on technology innovation which supports Porter's theory. These results imply that government R&D support is important in inducing technology innovation because of the vulnerability of SMEs technology development environment and government should foster SMEs technology innovation through appropriate regulation policies rather than unconditional deregulation.

본 연구는 중소기업의 기술혁신을 유도하기 위한 정부의 정책 수단인 연구개발지원과 규제장벽이 실제 중소기업의 기술혁신에 미치는 영향에 대한 고찰을 목적으로 한다. 대부분의 기존 연구들은 연구개발지원에 대한 내생성을 고려하지 않았으며, 규제의 경우 연구자마다 상이한 결론을 도출하였기 때문에 이를 극복하기 위하여 실증적 연구를 추진하였다. 중소기업 1,223개를 대상으로 연구를 추진하여, 로직분석, 음이항분석, 2SLS분석을 수행하였다. 분석결과는 첫째, 정부연구개발지원의 내생성을 고려하여도 실제 기술혁신효과가 존재하는 것으로 나타났고, 둘째, 규제가 기술혁신에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 Porter의 이론을 지지하였다. 이와 같은 결과는 다음과 같은 시사점을 갖는다. 중소기업이 가지는 기술개발 환경의 취약성 때문에 정부의 연구개발지원은 기술혁신 유도에 있어 중요한 역할을 한다는 것이다. 그리고 정부는 무조건적인 규제 철폐보다는 중소기업에 대한 지원과 더불어 적절한 규제를 추진하는 정책을 통해 중소기업의 기술혁신을 육성해야 한다고 판단할 수 있다.

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