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The Effect of Innovation Activities on Innovation Performance according to the size of SMEs in the Field of Electronics and Communication Industry

전자.통신 분야에서 중소기업 규모에 따른 내.외부 혁신활동이 혁신성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • Shin, Sunah (School of Management of Technology, Korea University of Technology and Education) ;
  • Lee, Moonsu (School of Management of Technology, Korea University of Technology and Education)
  • 신선아 (한국기술교육대학교 기술경영) ;
  • 이문수 (한국기술교육대학교 기술경영)
  • Received : 2014.01.11
  • Accepted : 2014.01.19
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

The Purpose of this study is to empirically examine the impact of various internal and external innovation activities of SMEs on their innovation performances in the field of electronics and communication industry. Drawing upon the literature review, internal and external innovation activities are defined and conceptualized, and independent, dependent and moderator variables are developed. We have used survey-based data for this study from the survey of technology innovation activities in manufacturing industry, which was conducted by the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) in 2010. The main result of this study shows that there were no significant differences in the impact of innovation activities on market performance according to the size of SMEs. On the other hands, we found that there were significant differences in the impact of innovation activities on technological innovation performance according to the size of SMEs. Therefore, in order to make high technological innovation performance, companies in the field of electronics and communication industry need to properly implement the internal and external innovation activities by considering their size.

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