Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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The Impact of Entrepreneurship on Corporate Performance: Focusing on the Effects of Technological Innovation and Marketing Competence

기업가정신과 기업성과간 관계에서 기술혁신성과 마케팅역량의 영향

  • Jeon, In-oh (Graduate School of Venture at Hoseo University)
  • 전인오 (호서대학교 벤처대학원)
  • Received : 2017.02.06
  • Accepted : 2017.06.23
  • Published : 2017.06.30
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Abstract

This study investigates the effect of entrepreneurship on corporate performance highlighting the mediating role of technological innovation and the moderating role of marketing competence. By identifying the role of technological innovation and marketing competence within the relationship between the entrepreneurship and corporate's business performance, this study aims to improve SMBs' competence. Special attention was given to the fact that while there are some technology-based SMBs which have achieved positive outcomes through innovation, there are some other firms which have not been able to deliver expected outcomes despite of their technological competence. The data used in this study came from CEO or chief research executives of SMBs. Results of the data analysis show that the innovative sprit which is an important factor of entrepreneurship has an positive effect on technological performance, financial performance and non-financial performance. However, risk- taking tendency has an positive effect on technological performance but negative effects on financial and non- financial performance of the firms. This study also has examined the mediating effect of technological innovation on the relationship between entrepreneurship and corporate's performance and the result reveals that technological innovation plays a mediating role within the relationship. Specially, innovative spirit plays a full mediating role within the relationship between technological commercialization capacity and financial and non-financial performances of SMEs'. Also, risk taking tendency has a full mediating effect on the positive relationship between strategic planning capability and both financial and non-financial performance. Regarding the moderating role of marketing capability within the relationship between the entrepreneurship and the performance of the firms, results of data analysis shows as follows. Marketing professional capability plays a moderating role between risk taking tendency and performance of the firm and marketing structural capability plays a moderating role between innovative spirit and the performance of the firms. Based on these results, this study confirms that SMEs' business performance is effected by entrepreneurship. Innovative spirit plays a mediating role within the relationship entrepreneurship and business performance. However, Marketing capability has a partial moderating effect on the relationship between the entrepreneurship and the business performance.

본 연구는 중소기업 경영자 또는 연구책임자를 대상으로 기업가정신과 기업성과 사이에 기술혁신성과 마케팅역량이 미치는 영향을 실증조사 하는데 목적이 있다. 각 변수의 세부요인별로 기존의 연구에서 검증된 설문항목을 발췌하여 검증하였으며 기술혁신을 통해 다양한 성과를 획득하는 기술기반 중소기업이 있는 반면에 기술혁신활동을 했음에도 불구하고 기술혁신에 많은 투자와 기대한 만큼의 성과를 도출하지 못하는 기업들이 있음에 주목하여 연구를 시작하였다. 본 연구는 중소 규모의 신생 기업이나 벤처기업에 마케팅역량 차원과 기술혁신성 차원을 적용하였고, 기술혁신성과 마케팅역량이 기업성과에 미치는 영향을 분석하여 다양하고 전문성 있는 지속적인 성장에 관한 시사점을 제공하고자 하였다. 기업가정신이 만들어내는 기업성과는 독특한 환경과 복잡한 기술마케팅 관계 속에서 기업이 경험해 얻은 자사 기업만의 중요한 자원이므로 이를 마케팅역량이 조절할 것이라는 관점에서 접근하였다. 그 결과 기업가정신 중 혁신성과 진취성은 투자와 특허개발등록을 중심으로 신사업계획과 중장기 발전방향을 세우는 기술성과에 중요한 영향을 미치나 불확실한 환경에서 도전하는 위험감수성은 재무적 성과와 비재무적인 성과에 부정적인 영향을 미친 것으로 나타났다. 또한 기술혁신성의 매개효과가 기업가정신과 기업성과 사이에 완전매개 또는 부분매개역할을 한다는 것이 확인되어 기업가정신이 기술혁신성의 매개효과를 통해 기업성과에 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였다. 아울러 마케팅역량의 조절효과 역시 혁신성과 위험감수성이 부분적으로 영향관계를 보여주고 있어 마케팅역량을 이용한 효과적인 마케팅기법을 재고하기 위한 노력과 관심을 가져야 할 것이다.

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