• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.39-55
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• 2022

Purpose - This study empirically examines the effect of the Korean government export promotion program (EPP) on small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) export performance using firm-level data. Unlike most previous studies that investigated some specific samples of firms, this study analyzes a vast amount of SME data of the Korean Small and Medium Business Administration over the period 2005 to 2008. Design/methodology - An endogeneity problem arises when a firm's probability of being selected is correlated with the likelihood of successfully implementing EPPs. To control for the endogeneity of the EPPs in a relatively short-period sample, we employ 2-Stage Residual Inclusion (2SRI) RE-Tobit and bivariate Tobit procedure. Findings - Analyses show that Korean government EPPs have positive significant effects on SME exports. Empirical results also show that SME export activities are significantly encouraged by R&D investment and capital intensity, but not obviously by labor productivity. Originality/value - This study provides evidence that SME capital intensity, R&D investment, and the number of workers are significant determinants to SME exporting activities, whereas per worker labor cost and employee education are not. These results imply that even for SMEs, firm size is a major factor in promoting exporting activities.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.93-110
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• 2022

Korea, a resource-scarce country, has been undergoing export-led economic growth in the form of processing and intermediary trade for the past several decades. In Korea, which has an export-led economic structure centered on processing trade, the export economy precedes the domestic economy, so Korea's monthly export performance has been used as an important indicator of economic indicators in itself. In recent decades, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which account for 99% of the total number of domestic enterprises, account for about 35% of exports as of 2021. In this study, from the viewpoint of emphasizing the export contribution of SMEs, the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Export Business Index is developed based on the actual export performance of SMEs, through which this paper could present alternative index differentiated from the existing Business Survey Indexes.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.179-204
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• 2022

This study examines the extent to which policy-based loans to SME exporters affect their export performance (the intensive margin of exports). We also investigate the heterogeneous export effects of policy-based loans that may depend on firm- and industry-specific characteristics, such as credit ratings, debt-to-assets ratios, firm size and age. To do so, we conduct a survey, of 1,000 Korean SMEs, that collect information on firm-level exports and policy-based loans. The main empirical findings strongly support that SMEs that receive policy-based loans tend to increase their export volumes. However, these loans' positive impact on exports are only valid for SME exporters with credit scores of 12 or greater (that is, SMEs that have difficulty accessing the external financial market). The estimation results with respect to SMEs' dependence on external financing imply that policy-based loans for SMEs in sectors that are heavily dependent on external finance are effective in that they are instrumental in increasing these firms' exports. These empirical findings emphasize the importance of the external financial market to SME exporters who face various up-front investments that are related to their exporting activities.

• 무역학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.231-248
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• 2021

This study aims to examine an effective path that links the use of export promotion programs(EPPs) to the export performance of SMEs. In particular, the study focuses on what role the export innovativeness of SMEs plays between EPPs and export performance. In order to verify the conceptual model, the structural equation modeling is applied, using the data collected from a sample of 152 Korean SME exporters. The study highlights the notion that the relationship between the use of EPPs and export performance is not direct and that higher performance can be achieved through export innovativeness, the ability to reconstruct internal resources and to respond quickly to changes in the export market. The results of the empirical analysis show that EPPs partially mediate the relationship between export market-orientation and export innovativeness, and that such mediated export innovativeness continues to fully mediate the relationship between EPPs and export performance. That is, if SMEs make good use of EPPs that meet their needs, they can be encouraged to re-bundle or strengthen their existing resources and capabilities, which in turn lead to higher export performance. The study thus helps extend understanding of EPPs and export performance literature.

• 무역학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.171-184
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of internationalized human capital on SME's export performance and to examine the moderating effects of export experience and export market diversification of SMEs that can affect the relationship between internationalized human capital and export performance of SMEs. The results of empirical analysis of 150 small and medium-sized enterprises located in Jeonnam province are as follows. First, the internationalized human capital of SMEs was found to have a positive (+) effect on export performance. Second, as a result of empirically analyzing the moderating effect of internationalized human capital on export performance, the export experience of SMEs was found to have a negative (-) moderating effect on the relationship between internationalized human capital and export performance of SMEs, and the export market diversification had a negative (-) moderating effect on the relationship between internationalized human capital and export performance of SMEs. This study provides meaningful theoretical implications in that this study identified the role of human capital by analyzing the relationship between internationalized human capital as an important source of competitive advantage of SMEs and export performance.

• 무역학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.107-125
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• 2018

본 연구는 수출 중소기업을 대상으로 개방형혁신과 제휴 유형이 수출성과에 영향을 미치는 경로를 분석하였다. 기존 연구에 따라 개방형혁신은 기술흡수형혁신과 기술활용형혁신으로 나누었다. 제휴 유형은 마케팅과 기술 제휴로 나누었다. 수출성과를 포함하여 5개 잠재변인 간에 6개의 가설을 설정하였다. 수출활동을 전개하는 중소기업 202개를 표본으로 실증분석을 시행하였다. 분석결과 기술흡수형혁신은 마케팅 제휴와 기술 제휴에 모두 유의한 영향을 주었다. 반면 기술활용형혁신은 기술 제휴에만 유의한 효과를 보였다. 제휴 유형은 수출성과에 모두 긍정적 영향을 보여주었다. 이로써 한국 중소기업의 수출활동에 개방형 혁신과 유통경로 확보 등에 필요한 마케팅 제휴의 관계를 활성화해야 함을 시사점으로 제시했다.

• 무역학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.93-112
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• 2017

본 연구는 수출 중소기업의 FTA 정보학습의 역할을 실증분석하는데 목적을 두었다. 이에 중소기업 수출성과 경로에서 FTA 정보학습의 조절효과를 포함한 통합적 모형을 구축했다. 중소기업의 현지화 전략, 제품혁신 역량, FTA 정보학습의 관계를 수출성과에 연계하여 수출 중소기업 195개를 대상으로 실증분석을 시행했다. 구조방정식모형을 사용하여 경로분석을 시행했으며, 조절효과를 포함한 6개 가설을 검정했다. 분석결과 중소기업의 현지화 전략은 제품혁신 역량에 긍정적 영향을 주었다. 반면 FTA 정보학습은 유의한 결과를 보여주지 못했다. 수출성과 선행요인으로 제품혁신 역량과 FTA 정보학습은 모두 유의한 결과를 보여주었다. 조절효과의 경우 현지화 전략과 FTA 정보학습은 제품혁신 역량에 유의한 조절효과를 나타내지 못했다. 반면 제품혁신 역량과 FTA 정보학습은 중소기업 수출성과에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.131-149
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• 2007

E-tade has the potential to accelerate existing trends and introduce new ways of conducting traditional trade. The primary purpose of this research is to investigate performance factor and analyzes influence between performance of e-Trade and implementation of company. This research will be used as a basis for examining the actual results of e-Trade usage and export productivity. In order to facilitate the process, analysis began after a research prototype was created and research thesis established.

• 무역학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.103-124
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• 2022

For venturing into international markets, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have not only emphasized internal resources but entrepreneurial orientation has also become the need of the day due to its significant role in increasing firm's competitive capabilities. Although research indicates that the competitive strategies can significantly impact export performance, minor attention is given to the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, business competitive strategy and export performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study scrutinizes the effect of each dimension of entrepreneurial orientation (i.e., innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness) and each of generic competitive strategies (i.e., cost leadership and differentiation) on the export performance of Chinese SMEs. And we investigated the moderating effect of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship between the competitive strategies and export performance. We surveyed 217 Chinese SMEs through a structured questionnaire. For the data analysis and hypotheses testing, we used AMOS. 27. The findings display that differentiation and cost leadership strategies significantly improve export performance. The innovativeness, risk-taking and proactiveness also spur Chinese SME's export performance. Further we find that adding entrepreneurial orientation significantly improves our model of the relationship between the competitive strategies and export performance. Thus, our study extends the entrepreneurial orientation literature and provides interesting new insights into how entrepreneurial orientation helps firms create more successful export operations.

• 벤처혁신연구
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.131-148
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• 2023

본 연구는 온라인 수출마케팅을 활용한 중소기업의 마케팅능력이 시장성과에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 중소기업은 시장 확대를 위해 내수시장에서 해외시장으로 시장 확대와 매출증대를 위해 노력하고 있다. 이러한 경쟁이 치열한 해외시장에서 성과를 낼 수 있는 요인들을 연구하였다. 총 400개의 수출 중소기업 설문을 수령하였고, 온라인 수출마케팅에 직접 참여한 설문대상자 159개사를 최종 대상으로 선정하였다. 설문 조사는 SMART PLS 4.0과 SPSS 26.0 통계 프로그램을 사용하여 분석하고 연구가설을 검증하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 중소기업의 마케팅능력이 온라인 수출마케팅에 긍정적인 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 온라인 수출마케팅의 매개역할을 통해 시장성과에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 주는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 수출시장에서의 경쟁강도는 온라인 수출마케팅에서 조절효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 시사점은 다음과 같다. 수출 중소기업의 마케팅능력(제품개발능력, 유통능력, 가격책정능력, 홍보능력)이 온라인 수출마케팅을 매개로 하여 해외 시장성과에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 이론적 토대를 마련할 수 있었으며, 경쟁이 심한 해외시장에서 중소기업의 온라인 수출마케팅 활용은 해외 시장개척과 성과에 중요한 수단이 될 수 있다는 점에서 시사점을 제공해 줄 수 있다. 결과적으로, 중소기업 해외시장 진출과 성과를 위해 온라인 수출 마케팅의 적극적인 활용이 필요하다.