• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.76-104
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• 2012

중소기업의 성장은 국가혁신체제(National Innovation System: NIS)에서 핵심적인 요소로서 그 중요성이 지속적으로 강조되고 있다. 최근, 작지만 강한 기업인 히든챔피언에 대한 관심이 증대되고, 이에 대한 성공모델을 제시함으로써 중소기업의 성공을 도모하려는 연구들이 확산되고 있다. 그러나 히든챔피언에 대한 정성적인 연구는 많은 반면, 정량적으로 분석한 연구는 미흡하기 때문에, 본 연구에서는 그와 유사한 세계선도 중소기업을 선정하여 기술혁신활동조사 자료를 통해 정량적인 방법으로 다른 유형의 중소기업과의 차이점을 분석하고, 혁신 성공요인을 도출하고자 한다. 이를 위해 첫째, 선행연구들을 통해 세계선도 중소기업의 혁신 성공요인 변수를 도출하고, 둘째, t검정, 카이스퀘어검정, 그리고 로지스틱회귀분석을 통해 정량적인 성공요인을 도출한다. 결과적으로, 중소기업은 정부기관과 박람회 같은 외부정보를 활용하여 시장추세와 비즈니스 기회를 파악하고, 정부에서는 중소기업 지원을 활발히 하여 세계선도 중소기업을 육성할 수 있을 것이다.

• 규제연구
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.63-91
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• 2018

본 연구는 규제와 중소기업의 기술혁신 및 성과의 관계를 실증적으로 분석하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 우리나라 중소기업 총 286개를 대상으로 한 설문조사 자료를 활용하여 3단계 매개회귀분석을 시행한 결과, 중소기업이 전반적으로 인식하는 규제의 기술혁신 저해 수준은 기업의 R&D투자나 제품 공정혁신에 부정적인 효과를 미치는 것은 물론 기업의 성과에도 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 실증분석 결과를 통해 도출할 수 있는 시사점은 다음과 같다. 우선, 기술규제로 인해 중소기업의 R&D투자 감소 혹은 제품 공정혁신 저해가 발생할 수 있으므로, 기업활동을 저해하는 규제를 식별하고 그 부정적 영향을 최소화할 수 있는 규제정책이 요구된다. 이와 같은 규제개선을 통해 기업의 기술혁신이 이루어질 경우 해당 기업이 보유한 기술혁신 수준에 따라, 기업의 외부적 환경요인으로서의 규제가 기업 구성원이 인식하는 주관적 성과에 미치는 부정적 효과는 완화되거나 상쇄될 수도 있다. 나아가 기술규제가 기업의 성과에 영향을 미치는 다양한 경로를 파악하고, 기업의 성과 향상에 긍정적인 효과를 주는 규제정책을 추진할 필요가 있다. 이는 규제가 직접적으로 기업성과에 미치는 경로만 존재하는 것이 아니라, 기업의 기술혁신 수준을 매개하여 성과에 영향을 줄 수도 있으며, 기업의 주관적 성과와 객관적 성과에 미치는 규제의 영향은 상반될 수도 있기 때문이다. 특히 기업의 재무지표로 측정된 객관적 성과의 경우 복합적인 영향요인이 작용하기 때문에, 단순히 기술규제의 개선만으로 향상시킬 수 있는 것은 아니므로, 중소기업의 상황적 조건과 자원의 제약을 고려한 지원정책이 병행될 필요가 있다.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.61-72
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• 2013

This research aims to identify promising IT items from the perspectives of Korean SMEs and further to development a policy for SMEs in the IT industry. For this purpose, we adopted a bottom-up approach by discovering IT items on high demand by SMEs as their now growth engines and thus used a survey method. We also analyzed the ecosystem characteristics for the items to help policy-makers establish customized strategy to support their growth. We believe that this research is timely when the concept of ecosystem has emerged and the role of SMEs is emphasized in the IT industry. And the research results are expected to produce valuable information to make a policy for promoting IT items for SMEs and ultimately leading to balanced growth of large firms and SMEs.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.47-66
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• 2013

Recently, with the diffusion of a new paradigm named as the creative economy, the government's interests and efforts regarding support of SMEs' R&D have been concentrated. In particular, due to the dominant perception that the fundamental science and original technology from government-funded research institutes can further enhance the capabilities of SMEs' R&D, the importance of performance's diffusion on national R&D is further emphasized. In fact, the domestic SMEs don't have enough budget and workforce, so that all of self-contained technologies, product's competitiveness as well as the R&D capabilities, are very vulnerable, and thereby SMEs' commercialization is very likely to fail. For this end, SMEs need to adopt the concept of open innovation as the use of external R&D resources by licensing. In this study, we conducted a survey on a total of 286 domestic IT SMEs, and analyzed empirically to compare the degree of their acceptance on technological innovation between two groups divided by open/not-open innovation. As a result, we drew some of the key factors influencing the acceptance of the SMEs' open technological innovation, and found a variety of implications through them.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.335-343
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• 2021

Profit generation is one of the main goals of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs have deployed a number of solutions to increase profits, including solutions to improve their financial advantage. The question is how to help SMEs make better and more effective decisions to improve their competitive advantage in order to improve their financial performance. The aim of this research is to examine the impact of competitive advantage on financial performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hanoi. A survey of 120 accountants, sales staff and boards of directors of SMEs was conducted to collect data. Through quantity methodology, we used Cronbach's Alpha, EFA and correlation analysis to determine the relationship between competitive advantage and dependent variable - financial performance. The results showed that the competitive advantage had a positive relationship with financial performance. There is not, statistically, significant difference in the level of financial performance in SMEs in Hanoi in terms of genders and between the mentioned three groups of job descriptions. From the findings, this study suggests several recommendations to improve financial performance such as increase sales and increase profits. The results are considered as a useful reference for establishing policies to attract customers toward sustainable development of firms.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2022

Purpose - In this paper, we aim to analyze to what extent entrepreneurial orientation (EO) can help overcome Korean SMEs' liabilities of foreignness in overseas markets. In this end, we examined three sub-dimensions of EO (proactiveness, innovativeness, risk-taking) and examine their individual effects on NPD performance of exporting SMEs. Research design, data, and methodology - We collected survey questionnaires from Korean exporting SMEs that are certified with Inno-biz by the Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS 26 and AMOS to create an integrated model. Result - As a result of the analysis, we found that proactiveness and innovativeness dimension of EO have positive effect on new product performance of exporting SMEs. Furthermore, technological uncertainty has negative moderating effect between innovativeness and new product performance of SMEs. Conclusion - While proactive attitude and innovativeness of EO positively affected the performance of new products of SMEs, the tendency to take risks and pursue opportunities with bold behaviors did not have a positive effect on NPD performance in foreign nations.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2023

The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) performance in the context of subcontracting buyer-supplier relation. Specifically, we seek to examine whether the power dynamics between buyer and supplier either support or hamper subcontracting SMEs' ability to effectively pursue EO for enhancing their performance. Research design, data, and methodology: We collected survey questionnaires from Korean SMEs that are certified with Inno-biz by the Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS 26 and AMOS to create an integrated model. Result: Based on the analysis, our findings indicate that the proactiveness and innovativeness dimensions of EO have a positive effect on the SMEs' performance. However, the risk-taking dimension of EO has a negative effect on performance. Additionally, buyer dependency exhibit both positive and negative moderating effects on different dimensions of EO. Conclusion: For SMEs that rely heavily on a particular buyer in terms of sale, pursuing innovativeness dimension of EO could lead to positive performance, while pursuing proactiveness dimension of EO had a negative moderating effect on performance.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.451-461
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• 2014

This paper analyzed the degree of perception and performance of technology-humanities convergence in Korean SMEs. First, the meaning and activities of technology-humanities convergence were defined. Second, a survey data was collected from 277 Korean SMEs and analyzed from two perspectives-degree of performance and degree of perceived importance. Finally, based on the results, this paper signposted the important points to activate the technology-humanities convergence in SMEs.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.3-21
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• 2008

This study analyzed the effect of degree of using online trade process services provided by e-Trade companies on the degree of user satisfaction and the online export performance in Korean small and medium-sized exporting firms(SMEs). According to the empirical survey results based on 130 sample firms, there were positive relationship among the frequency of using e-Trade companies' services, the degree of user satisfaction and the online export performance. Furthermore, the results of the moderated regression analysis showed that there were significant moderation effect of the organizational characteristics on the relationships between the degree of user satisfaction and the SMEs' online export performances. This study provides several useful implications to Korean SMEs, e-Trade companies and government policy makers.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2022

The paper aims to examine the impact of exports on the growth of Vietnamese manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by exploring the information of 36,053 enterprises across 24 manufacturing sectors from the Vietnam Annual Enterprise Survey (VAES) in the period 2014-2019. To deal with the problem of variable variance, autocorrelation, and endogeneity of the model, the paper uses the OLS regression method with a strong standard error method and system GMM. Export participation by SMEs is positively associated with business growth in terms of sales and total assets, according to the findings. The GMM estimate shows that the rate of sales growth among exporters is 36.5 percent greater than that of non-exporting enterprises in the case of the sales growth measure. Exporters' average total asset growth rate is 19% greater than the rate estimated for non-exporting businesses. The study's findings indicate the need of adopting policies that promote SMEs in transition economies like Vietnam to engage in exporting activities. Furthermore, the findings show that financial assistance and suitable ownership would enable SMEs to take advantage of export opportunities to increase sales and total assets.