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A Study on the Determinants of Success in Technology Commercialization of Innovative Technology SMEs : With a Focus on the New Excellent Technology(NET) Certification System

기술혁신형 중소기업의 기술사업화 성공 결정요인에 관한 연구: 신기술(NET) 인증제도를 중심으로

  • Ma, Changwhan (The Graduate School of Technology & Innovation Management of Hanyang Univercity) ;
  • Choi, Gyung-hyun (The Graduate School of Technology & Innovation Management of Hanyang Univercity)
  • 마창환 (한양대학교 기술경영전문대학원) ;
  • 최경현 (한양대학교 기술경영전문대학원)
  • Received : 2021.03.03
  • Accepted : 2021.04.28
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

Technology innovation activities are very important for companies to secure technological competitiveness and continue to grow. Korea operates a certification system at the national level to promote corporate innovation activities, and strives to enhance SMEs' global technological competitiveness. Among these, the representative system related to technological innovation is the New Excellent Technology (NET) certification. NET is certified through a strict three-stage screening process, and is operated for the purpose of commercialization of new technology, technology trading, and promotion of early market entry by companies. Acquiring NET certification means that the company has a certain level of technological competitiveness. Therefore, this study attempted to conduct an empirical analysis on which technology innovation activities of companies affect the success of R&D projects and improvement of management performance, centering on NET certification system. To verify this, technology strategy, technology planning, systematic R&D process, internal cooperation, and external cooperation activities were set as major variables. As a result of the empirical analysis, it was confirmed that all variables set in this study individually contributed to the success of the R&D project and improvement of management performance. However, when looking at a comprehensive level that considers all variables, it was analyzed that systematic R&D process management and cooperation activities with external organizations have a statistically significant effect on R&D project success, and technology strategy establishment and technology planning activities, which are the initial stages of R&D, have a statistically significant effect on management performance. This study was conducted on innovation-oriented SMEs that have established and operated corporate R&D centers and are actively conducting R&D activities, and multiple regression analysis was used as an analysis method.

기술혁신 활동은 기업이 기술경쟁력을 확보하고 지속적으로 성장하기 위해 매우 중요한 활동이다. 우리나라는 기업의 혁신활동을 촉진하기 위하여 국가차원에서 인증제도를 운영하며, 중소기업의 글로벌 기술경쟁력 제고를 위해 노력하고 있다. 이 가운데 기술혁신과 관련된 대표적인 제도가 신기술(NET) 인증이다. 신기술 인증제도는 엄격한 3단계 심사과정을 거쳐 인증하고 있으며, 기업의 신기술 상용화, 기술거래 및 초기시장 진출 촉진 등을 목적으로 운영되고 있다. 신기술 인증을 획득했다는 것은 해당 기업이 일정 수준 이상의 기술경쟁력을 확보하고 있다는 것을 의미한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 신기술 인증제도를 중심으로 기업의 어떠한 기술혁신활동이 R&D프로젝트 성공과 경영성과 제고에 영향을 미치는 지에 대한 실증분석을 수행하고자 하였다. 이를 검증하기 위해 주요변수로 기술전략, 기술기획, 체계화된 R&D프로세스, 내부협력, 외부협력 활동을 설정하였다. 실증분석 결과, 본 연구에서 설정한 변수 모두 개별적으로 R&D프로젝트 성공과 경영성과 제고에 기여함을 확인하였다. 다만, 모든 변수를 고려한 종합적인 차원에서 살펴보면, R&D프로젝트 성공을 위해서는 체계화된 R&D프로세스 관리와 외부기관과의 협력 활동이, 경영성과 제고를 위해서는 연구개발 초기 단계인 기술전략 수립과 기술기획 활동이 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 기업부설연구소를 설립·운영하고 있으며, 활발히 연구개발(R&D) 활동을 수행하고 있는 혁신지향적인 중소기업을 대상으로 하였으며, 분석방법으로는 다중회귀분석을 활용하였다.

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