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Investigating Service Innovation Patterns: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

퍼지셋 질적 비교 분석을 활용한 서비스 혁신 패턴 연구

  • Hyun-Sun Ryu (College of Software, SungKyunKwan University)
  • 유현선 (성균관대학교 소프트웨어 대학)
  • Received : 2017.08.02
  • Accepted : 2017.09.15
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

This study aims to identify various service innovation patterns in the service industry and understand the main differences among them. We attempt to create a new typology of service innovation by analyzing its patterns based on the four major dimensions of service innovation (i.e., service concept, service delivery, customer interaction, and technology). We then investigate whether firms pursuing different service innovation patterns significantly differ from one another in terms of their performance (high and low performance). Based on empirical data collected from 198 Korean firms in the knowledge-intensive business service sector, four major clusters composed of different service innovation dimensions are identified. These four clusters can be interpreted as specific service innovation patterns, including "technology based high customer interaction," "high technology based high service delivery," "service delivery and high customer interaction-integrated," and "strongly balanced" innovators. High firm performance does not depend on the individual service innovation dimension but on the specific configurations of such service dimensions. Customer interaction also has an important role in achieving innovation success and improving firm performance, while technology has a key role in enhancing firm performance. This study sheds new light on service innovation research by developing a new typology of service innovation, identifying four major clusters as service innovation patterns, and exploring the relationship between service innovation patterns and firm performance.

서비스와 기술 간 융합 현상이 가속화되고 있는 비즈니스 환경 속에서 서비스 혁신 활동을 간명하게 파악하고 이들 간의 관계에 대한 직관을 얻을 수 있는 새로운 패턴분류체계의 필요성이 증대하고 있다. 본 연구는 서비스의 상호연관 되고 다차원적인 특성을 고려하여, 퍼지셋 질적 비교분석 방법을 채택하여 서비스 혁신 패턴을 분석하고자 한다. 이를 위해 본 연구는 기존 연구를 기반으로 4개의 서비스 혁신 차원(i.e., 서비스 창출, 서비스 전달, 고객 상호작용, 그리고 기술)과 서비스 혁신 환경(기업 규모) 등 5개의 원인 변수들을 도출하고 기업 성과(매출성장률)를 결과 변수로 두고 분석을 시도하였다. 국내의 198개의 지식 서비스 기업들을 대상으로 데이터가 수집되었으며, 이를 기반으로 분석한 결과 높은 기업 성과를 보이는 4개의 서비스 혁신 패턴과 낮은 기업 성과를 보이는 4개의 서비스 혁신 패턴이 도출되었다. 연구결과를 종합하면 다음과 같다. 고객 상호작용 혁신은 높은 기업성과에 유의한 영향을 미치는 가장 중요한 핵심 조건이나, 단독으로 수행되기보다 기술 혁신이나 서비스 전달 혁신 활동과 상호작용을 하였을 경우 높은 기업성과를 보였다. 기술 혁신은 비기술 혁신(i.e., 서비스 창출, 서비스 전달, 고객 상호작용)과 결합하였을 경우 높은 기업성과를 가져오는 서비스 혁신의 핵심 활동인 것으로 나타났으나, 이 경우 결합되는 하나 이상의 비기술 혁신 활동이 핵심 조건으로 수행되어야만 기업성과에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 기업혁신은 서비스 혁신에서 단독으로 수행될 경우 오히려 낮은 기업성과를 가져왔다. 서비스 창출 혁신과 서비스 전달 혁신은 기술 혁신과 모두 핵심 조건으로 결합되어 수행되었을 때 높은 기업성과를 보였다.

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Acknowledgement

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

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