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The empirical study on relationship between agency problem and beneficiary's performance

대리인문제가 R&D지원사업 수혜기업성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 실증연구

  • Yang, Dong-Woo (Department of Venture Management, Graduate School of Venture, Hoseo University) ;
  • Choi, Woo-Seok (Department of Venture Management, Graduate School of Venture, Hoseo University)
  • 양동우 (호서대학교 벤처전문대학원 벤처경영학과) ;
  • 최우석 (호서대학교 벤처전문대학원 벤처경영학과)
  • Received : 2016.03.07
  • Accepted : 2016.04.07
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

This study examines whether there is agency cost in a public R&D subsidy program by applying agency theory. If there is agency cost, the composition ratio of the government subsidy and the firm's own R&D fund would have a significant (-) effect on technological performance. Companies that received a public R&D subsidy in Korea from 2000 to 2009 were selected as a sample. Frequency analysis and multiple regression analysis were used. The independent variables was the ratio of public R&D subsidy cost to the Firm's own R&D cost, and the dependent variables were the number of patent applications and the number of patents registered. The control variables were firm size and R&D cost. The results show that there are agency problems in the government-sponsored R&D system. A future study is needed to examine how much agency problems deteriorate the efficiency of the system.

본 연구는 정부R&D지원과제에서 정부R&D지원비율이 높을수록, 기업의 R&D행위와 의지에 도덕적 해이(moral hazard) 또는 대리인문제(agency cost)가 발생하여 지원단위당 기술적 성과가 낮게 산출되지 않을까 하는 의문에서 출발하였다. 본 연구에서는 정부입장에서 수혜기업의 모든 정보를 다 알 수 없어 정보비대칭이 발생하고, 기업입장에서는 총 R&D비용에서 정부지원비중이 커질수록 기업의 도덕적 해이가 발생하여 이로 인해 지원단위당 기술적 성과가 낮아질 수도 있는 개연성을 검증키 위해 정부 R&D지원과제에서 [정부R&D지원금/자기R&D비용] 비율이 기술적 성과에 유의적인 (-)의 영향을 미칠 것인가를 검증하고자 한다. 표본기업은 한국에서 '00-'09년까지 "지역공공기술개발지원사업" 수혜기업이며, 분석방법은 회귀분석 등을 사용하였다. 독립변수는 총R&D비용에서 [정부R&D지원금/자기R&D비용]비율을 사용하였고 종속변수는 출원특허건수, 등록특허건수를 사용하였다. 통제변수로 기업규모 및 총 R&D비용을 사용하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 정부 R&D지원비율이 높을수록, 지원단위당 기술적 성과와 유의적인 (-)의 관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 정부 R&D지원제도에서 수혜기업들의 R&D활동에서 대리인문제(도덕적 해이)가 발생할지도 모른다는 것을 의미하며 정부 R&D지원제도의 개선시, 이를 고려할 필요가 있다는 것이다.

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