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The Comparative Analysis about the Firm Growth Between Large Enterprises and SMEs in the IT Companies located in Gyeonggi-do

경기지역 IT산업의 대·중소기업간 성장성 분석

  • Received : 2013.11.27
  • Accepted : 2014.04.10
  • Published : 2014.04.30

Abstract

The necessity for co-prosperity between large and small businesses has emerged as a top policy priority as economic polarization has been exacerbated since the 2008 global financial crisis. Against this background this paper makes a detailed analysis of differences between SMEs (Small and Medium sized businesses) and large enterprises located in Gyeong-do, in respect of growth. The data set used in the analysis is the 15 year(1996-2010) panel data of IT companies (large enterprises: 80 data and SMEs: 437 data) collected from the KISVALUE database. The estimation results of Pooled OLS indicate that the coefficients representing corporate size are less than 1, which implies that the Gibrat's law, no correlation between the size of a firm and its growth rate, is not supported by the data. In the meantime, the estimated coefficients representing corporate age are negative, which implies that Jovanovic hypothesis, inverse correlation between the age and the growth rate of a firm, is consistent with the data. In short, SMEs, which are generally younger than big enterprises can achieve higher growth rate than the latter ones which are usually believed to be older. In addition, the more export- and innovation-oriented the firm, the higher its growth rates.

2008년 글로벌금융위기 이후 더욱 심화된 기업간 양극화 문제의 해소와 관련하여 현재 대중소기업간 동반성장의 필요성이 그 어느 때보다 크게 대두되고 있다. 이에 본고는 KISVALUE를 통해 517개(대기업 80개, 중소기업 437개) 경기지역 소재 IT기업의 15년(1996~2010년)간의 기업패널 자료를 구축하고 pooled OLS 기법을 이용하여 Gibrat 법칙 및 Jovanovich 가설의 성립여부에 대한 엄밀한 분석을 시도하였다. 실증분석 결과, 기업의 규모를 대리하는 추정계수 값이 1보다 작게 나타나 기업의 규모와 성장률간에는 상관관계가 없다는 Gibrat법칙은 성립하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 기업의 업력을 대리하는 추정계수 값이 유의하게 음(-)의 값을 나타내고 있어 기업의 업력과 성장률간에는 역의 상관관계가 있다는 Jovanovic 가설은 성립하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 분석결과는 대체로 기업의 업력이 짧은 중소기업은 업력이 긴 대기업보다 성장률이 높을 수 있음을 의미하고, 또한 수출 및 기술혁신 지향적인 기업일수록 기업의 성장률이 높은 것으로 나타났다.

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