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Investigating the Effect of Technology on Service Innovation and Innovation Performance: Based on Korean Knowledge Intensive Business Service Firms

기술이 서비스 혁신과 기업 성과에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구: 국내 지식 서비스 기업을 중심으로

  • Hyun-Sun Ryu (College of Software, SungKyunKwan University)
  • 유현선 (성균관대학교 소프트웨어 대학)
  • Received : 2016.07.28
  • Accepted : 2016.11.11
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

Although many studies have stressed the importance of technology in service innovation, the roles of technology in service innovation are at the center of debates in the service innovation literature. One major research stream regards technology as a trigger for other innovation based on resource advantage theory. Conversely, another major stream considers it as an enabler of other innovations based on complementary theory. The contradictory situation induces the necessity to better understand the role of technology in service innovation. Therefore, this study aims to identify the role of technology in service innovation. This study investigates the role of technology in service innovation based on a service innovation orientation framework. Four service innovation orientations (i.e., service creation, service delivery, customer interaction, and technology) are identified on the basis of Den Hertog's 4D model. This study proposes a research model that examines the indirect effect of technology orientation on innovation performance through the service creation and service delivery orientations, and the effect of technology orientation on firm performance as a moderator between customer interaction orientation and firm performance. Based on empirical data from 193 knowledge-intensive business service firms in Korea, we explain the role of technology in service innovation. The results indicate that technology orientation influences both service creation and service delivery orientations as an antecedent but customer interaction orientation as an enabler. The three service innovation orientations, which are directly and indirectly influenced by technology orientation, positively affect firm performance. The findings also show that the role of technology is different depending on the type of service innovation orientation in this study.

서비스와 기술 간 융합 현상이 가속화되고 있는 비즈니스 환경 속에서 서비스 분야에서 기술의 역할은 점차 확대되고 있다. 지난 30년 동안 많은 연구에서 서비스 혁신에서 기술의 중요성을 강조해 왔음에도 불구하고, 서비스 혁신에서 기술의 역할이 무엇이고 어떻게 기업 성과에 영향을 미치는지에 대한 논의는 아직까지 진행 중에 있다. 기존 문헌에서는 서비스 혁신 성공과 기업성과에 중요한 영향을 미치는 기술에 대해 다양한 역할들을 제시하고 있으나, 아직까지 서비스 혁신에서 기술의 명확한 역할에 대해 이론적으로 실증적으로 명확하게 규명한 연구는 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 따라서 기업이 기술을 활용을 통해 성공적으로 서비스 혁신을 수행하기 위해서는, 기술이 서비스 혁신과 기업성과에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구가 선행될 필요가 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 서비스 혁신에서 기술의 역할이 무엇인지 규명하고자 하며, 기술, 서비스 혁신, 그리고 기업 성과 간의 인과 관계를 이론적이고 실증적으로 규명하고자 한다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 다음과 같다: 1) 서비스 혁신에서 기술의 역할을 파악하고자 한다: 2) 기술, 서비스 혁신, 그리고 기업성과 간의 관계를 분석하고자 한다. 이를 위해 본 연구는 통합적인 관점을 기반으로 기존 연구를 통해 4개의 서비스 혁신 지향성(예, 서비스 창출, 서비스 전달, 고객 상호작용, 그리고 기술)을 도출하고, 국내의 193개의 지식 서비스 기업을 대상으로 수집된 데이터를 기반으로 기술, 서비스 혁신 그리고 기업 성과 간의 인과 관계를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과, 기술 지향성은 서비스 창출 지향성과 서비스 전달 지향성에는 선행자로서 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타난 반면, 고객 상호작용 지향성에는 촉진자로서 상호작용하여 기업성과에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 기술 지향성에 선행적으로 그리고 조절적으로 영향을 받은 모든 서비스 혁신 활동은 기업 성과에 긍정적이고 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 미래창조과학부 및 정보통신기술진흥센터의 SW중심대학지원사업의 연구결과로 수행되었음(R2215-16-1005).

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