• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.15-34
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• 2024

This study aims to analyze the effect of absorptive capacity on technology collaboration performance and the moderating effect of innovation intermediaries. We set absorptive capacity (potential, realized) as independent variables and technology collaboration performance (relative technology level, development period, cost savings, new product development, collaboration satisfaction) as dependent variables, with innovation intermediaries as a moderating variable. We conducted a survey of 145 ICT companies that experienced technology collaboration and analyzed the data using 101 valid responses. The results show that potential absorptive capacity has a significant effect on new product development and collaboration satisfaction, while realized absorptive capacity has a significant effect on relative technology level, cost savings, and new product development. Furthermore, innovation intermediaries have a moderating effect between realized absorptive capacity and new product development. The contribution of this study to academia and industry is that it highlights absorptive capacity as a key factor influencing technology collaboration performance. The limitations of this study include the lack of accurate measurement of absorptive capacity and innovation intermediaries, as well as a lack of control over external factors. These limitations should be addressed through more in-depth research by systematically defining and measuring them in future follow-up studies.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.191-209
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• 2023

4차 산업혁명과 COVID-19의 영향으로 기술 혁신이 급속도로 변화하는 가운데, 이러한 불확실한 환경 속에서 한국 기술창업기업의 기술 혁신을 촉진하기 위한 흡수역량 및 특허활동 관련 연구는 중요한 의미를 갖는다. 본 연구는 스타트업을 기준으로 한 BT, ICT 등 신기술 기반의 7년 미만 기술창업기업을 대상으로 조직역량인 흡수역량을 잠재적 흡수역량과 실현적 흡수역량으로 재구성하여 창업성과에 미치는 영향과 특허활동에 관한 연구를 수행하고, 이론적 연구모형을 개발하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 215개의 기술 스타트업의 CEO를 포함한 관리직 임원을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였으며, 다음과 같이 가설을 검증하였다. 첫째, 잠재적 흡수역량은 특허활동에 유의미한 영향을 주었지만, 실현적 흡수역량은 유의미한 영향을 주지 않았다. 둘째, 잠재적 흡수역량은 기술성과에 유의미한 영향을 주었지만, 실현적 흡수역량은 유의미한 영향을 주지 않았다. 셋째, 잠재적 흡수역량과 실현적 흡수역량 모두 재무적 성과와 비재무적 성과에 유의미한 영향을 주었다. 넷째, 특허활동은 잠재적 흡수역량과 기술성과에 간접적인 영향을 미치고, 실현적 흡수역량은 영향을 미치지 않았다. 다섯째, 특허활동은 잠재적 흡수역량과 재무적 성과에 간접적인 영향을 미치고, 실현적 흡수역량은 영향을 미치지 않았다. 여섯째, 특허활동은 잠재적 흡수역량과 비재무적 성과에 간접적인 영향을 미치고, 실현적 흡수역량은 영향을 미치지 않았다. 본 연구의 시사점으로는 흡수역량과 특허활동의 변수가 조직의 핵심 능력을 구축하는 데 있어 유용한 지침을 제공한다는 점에서 실무적 의의가 있다. 또한, 특허활동에 대한 흡수역량 형성 과정을 중요하게 인식하지 않은 스타트업은 흡수능력 형성 메커니즘을 새롭게 인식하고, 향후 잠재적이고 실현적인 흡수역량을 통해 경영 전략에 상당한 관심을 가질 것으로 예상된다. 이는 급변하는 기술 변화와 창업생태계의 대응 및 지속 가능한 경쟁우위 확보에 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 기대된다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.187-197
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• 2018

본 연구는 조직의 창의적인 성과를 높이고 외부 지식의 활용 능력을 높이기 위한 방안으로 기업가정신과 흡수역량(잠재흡수역량, 실현흡수역량), 창의성과의 관계를 실증 분석하고, 그 효과를 밝히고자 한다. 이러한 변수간의 관계를 밝히기 위해 문헌 연구를 통해 연구모형 및 가설을 설정하였고, 경북지역 전자 산업 종사자를 대상으로 설문조사를 통해 487부의 설문지를 활용하여 실증분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 기업가정신은 창의성과에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 기업가정신이 잠재흡수역량, 실현흡수역량을 통해 창의성과에 영향을 미치는 절차적인 효과를 확인하였다. 이러한 연구결과는 외부 지식의 활용을 통해 조직 내 창의성과를 제고하는데 가이드라인을 제공할 수 있을 것이다.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.277-306
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• 2008

Knowledge1 is considered to be a key element of understanding how organizations gain and sustain competitive advantages. But very few firms are capable of creating the requisite knowledge and thus, firms should acquire and exploit new knowledge through knowledge transfer processes. The empirical part of this study involves examining relationships among adaptability of knowledge and knowledge transfer and marketing performance and testing the moderating roles of absorptive capacity, socialization and local marketing knowledge. This study is organized as follows: (1) Previous literature on knowledge, knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity is summarized, followed by the development of hypotheses derived from the knowledge-based view and absorptive capacity. (2) The hypotheses are tested with data collected from MNCs' subsidiaries performing marketing activities in Korea.Thestudyisclosedwithfindings,implications,andconclusions. Following six research hypotheses are drawn from literature review in related areas: H1: Adaptability of knowledge transferred from the MNCs' headquarters and other subsidiaries is positively associated with knowledge inflows into the receiving subsidiary. H2: The level of marketing knowledge transferred from the MNCs' headquarters and other subsidiaries is positively associated with marketing performance of the receiving subsidiary. H3: Increases in potential absorptive capacity will enhance the relationship between adaptability of knowledge and the level of marketing knowledge transfer. H4: Increases in realized absorptive capacity will enhance the relationship between the level of knowledge transfer and marketing performance of the receiving subsidiary. H5: Increases in socialization activity among the headquarters and subsidiaries will enhance the relationship between adaptability of knowledge and the level of marketing knowledge transfer. H6: Increases in the level of locally developed marketing knowledge will enhance the relationship between the level of knowledge transfer and marketing performance of the receiving subsidiary. The research framework that illustrates the proposed hypotheses is presented in figure 1. The unit of analysis for this study is knowledge transfer from the MNCs' headquarters and other subsidiaries to their subsidiaries operating in South Korea. The population for this study consists of subsidiaries established either as joint ventures or as wholly-owned subsidiaries. A group of 603 foreign firms were drawn from diverse industry organizations and business societies. After personal contact, telephone, fax, and e-mail to request that the respondents complete the questionnaire, 282 valid questionnaires from 133 initial sample companies were collected. The results of the empirical analyses significantly support all of the proposed hypotheses except hypothesis 3. Adaptability of external knowledge promotes knowledge transfer and the relationship is moderated by a firm's potential knowledge absorptive capacity. On the other hand, knowledge transfer improves a firm's marketing performance and a firm's realized knowledge absorptive capacity and local marketing knowledge moderate the relationship. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings in this study are as follows: (1) firms must take seeking, transferring, sharing and exploiting of external knowledge into serious consideration, while simultaneously creating knowledge to support the necessary business operations, remain competitive, and achieve superior performance. (2) Firms should continuously seek to develop their knowledge absorptive capacity (both potential and realized capacity) to absorb, learn and utilize valuable external knowledge. (3) Firms should emphasize not only absorptive capacity, but also development of local knowledge. Firms with strong absorptive capability and local knowledge can learn and transfer more external knowledge, which can be translated into greater levels of competence and performance.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.2506-2514
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• 2011

본 연구는 기술사업화 교육의 성공적인 결과를 가져오기 위해서는 흡수역량의 단계별 프로세스가 유용하다는 것을 제시하면서 이를 위해 흡수역량과 교육성과와의 관계를 파악하기 위해 기술사업화 교육에 참여한 교육생을 대상으로 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 흡수역량의 단계별 과정인 잠재흡수능력이 실현흡수능력에 긍정적인 영향을 미치고, 실현흡수역량은 교육성과에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 흡수역량의 단계별 과정을 통해 기술사업화 교육을 실시할 때 비로소 기술사업화 교육이 성공할 수 있는 가능성이 높아짐을 의미한다. 즉, 기술사업화 교육은 기능별 교육이 아닌 과정중심의 교육이 이루어져야 하며, 실제적, 집중적, 학제적, 반복적이어야 할 것이다,

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.139-149
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• 2022

The article investigates the impact mechanism of absorption capacity (potential absorptive capacity - PAC and realized absorptive capacity - RAC) on the innovation efficiency of enterprises through the intermediate variable of dual innovation (exploratory innovation- INOR and exploitative innovation- INOI), based on the actual situation of Vietnam's small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A survey of Vietnam's SMEs was conducted from August 2020 to April 2021. The data was collected through interviews and questionnaires, and 146 valid questionnaires were received. The following results were acquired using SPSS 20.0 software to do correlation and regression analysis of data results.: The results show that the absorptive capacity of enterprises has a positive impact on innovation performance and dual innovation acts as a mediator in how absorptive capacity affects innovation performance. This study deepens the understanding of how absorptive capacity affects innovation performance and provides important new evidence for developing absorptive capacity and dual innovation in both theories and practice in Vietnam's SMEs. The study also proposes several solutions and recommendations to help Vietnam's small and medium enterprises improve their innovation capacity, competitiveness, and performance.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.77-98
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• 2018

The purpose of this paper is examine the existing relations structure and IT use for collaboration activities on supply chain and their impacts on the performance of supply chain. This study made a design of the research model that was further constructed by integrating the relationship structure, IT exploration, IT exploitation, supply chain collaboration, absorptive capacity, and knowledge creation, efficiency and efficient. The survey data were collected from 378 companies, where firms are facing increased global competitive pressure and heavily utilize SCM to retain their competitive advantages. The authors validated a measurement model with structural equation modelling and tested eight hypotheses. As a result, the absorptive capacity was closely related to trust, IT exploitation and IT exploration, but supply chain collaboration. Examining the effect of supply chain collaboration with two types of absorptive capacity, the authors found positive effect on potential absorptive capacity, but a non-significant effect on realized absorptive capacity. This finding suggests that the improving performance of supply chain not only is related to the relations structure and IT use on supply chain, but also is closely related to the absorptive capacity.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.105-117
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• 2024

This study conducted in-depth interviews with 8 ICT companies experienced in technology transfer and collaboration with government-funded research institutions, employing Grounded Theory methodology. From these interviews, 139 episodes were extracted and categorized into 29 sub-categories across the companies. Validation by independent coders further classified these into 5 categories: potential absorptive capacity, realized absorptive capacity, technology collaboration activities, technology collaboration performance, and innovation intermediaries. The validation results suggest that companies with higher absorptive capacity are more actively involved in technology collaboration. Moreover, companies utilizing innovation intermediaries demonstrate increased collaboration frequencies. The study contributes to academia and industry by providing insights for companies to improve competitiveness and foster smooth technology collaboration, enhancing collaborative outcomes. Future research should focus on quantitatively validating these findings.

• STI Policy Review
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.55-73
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• 2011

Intermediaries are presenting not only transactional information that orchestrates electronic transaction, but also market related information and knowledge useful for sellers' understanding of the market status. However, we do not have strong evidence that the market related information and knowledge is properly utilized by sellers and that it has an actual influence on sellers' performance. According to the research result, absorptive capacity and the pattern of information system utilization is statistically significant to sellers' performance mediated by operational efficiency and market knowledge creation. Especially, explorative utilization of information system and realized absorptive capacity has a stronger influence on sellers' performance mediated by market knowledge creation. With this research result, this study maintains that sellers are required to absorb and utilize market related information and knowledge more actively through explorative utilization of information system to achieve better performance in the e-marketplace. On the other hand, intermediaries are recommended to provide abundant and valuable market related information and knowledge for the sellers to build up better e-marketplaces.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.61-72
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• 2017

우리나라의 중소기업들이 4차 산업혁명과 개방형혁신 등의 중요한 트렌드에 직면하고 있음에도 불구하고, 이러한 트렌드에 대응하고 제품경쟁력을 높이기 위한 흡수역량과 기업가정신과의 관계와 같은 분야의 연구가 미흡한 상황이다. 본 연구는 중소기업의 흡수역량이 제품경쟁력에 미치는 영향과 이에 대한 조절변수로서 기업가정신의 역할을 실증하는 것이 목적이다. 이를 위해 본 연구는 수도권 및 충청권 소재의 22개 중소기업의 조직구성원 313명을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였으며, 위계적 회귀분석방법을 사용하여 분석을 수행하였다. 가설검증 결과, 첫째, 중소기업의 흡수역량과 제품경쟁력은 정(+)의 영향관계가 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 중소기업CEO의 기업가정신과 제품경쟁력 또한 정(+)의 영향관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 함께 조절효과와 관련, 독립변수인 흡수역량 중 잠재적 흡수 역량이 종속변수인 제품경쟁력에 미치는 영향에 있어 조절변수인 기업가정신 중 혁신성과 진취성에 의해 조절되는 것으로 나타났으며, 독립변수인 흡수역량 중 실현된 흡수 역량은 조절변수인 기업가정신 중 위험감수성에 의해 조절되는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석결과는 중소기업에게 외부자원 및 정보를 학습하여 성과를 만들어내는 데 기여하는 개방형 혁신과 기술적 측면의 기업가정신이 필요함을 시사하고 있다. 이상의 연구 결론 및 시사점을 논의한 후, 후속연구를 위한 연구의 방향을 제시하였다.