Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

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Analysis of Type and Determinants of SME Technological Innovation in Daejeon

대전 중소·벤처기업의 기술혁신 유형 현황 및 결정요인 분석

  • Kim, Min-Seok (DaejeonSejong Research Institute) ;
  • An, Gi-Don (Department of Economics, Chungnam National University)
  • 김민석 (대전세종연구원 대전세종경제교육센터) ;
  • 안기돈 (충남대학교 경제학과)
  • Received : 2020.07.13
  • Accepted : 2020.10.21
  • Published : 2020.10.31
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Abstract

Daejeon City has strived to support the SMEs to innovate technologies based on the capabilities of research and development of the Daedeok Innopolis. It is widely known that technological innovation is the key strategy of Small medium enterprises(SME) to survive and succeed in a market. This study aims to analyze the type and determinants of SME technological innovation in Daejeon. Even though most of firms are the small enterprises which employ less than 10 workers in Daejeon, the number of technology-oriented company per capita in Daejeon is highest in South Korea. The type of technological innovation is divided between product innovation and process innovation. The literature insists that technology-oriented small firm tends to implement product innovation rather than process innovation. SMEs in Daejeon also provided more output from product innovation than process innovation. The empirical analysis provided the results that the determinants of SME's technological innovation depends on its type. The scale of firm, R&D investment, and R&D employees positively influence product innovation of SMEs in Daejeon. However, the impact of R&D employees is not significant on innovating the existing product. Process innovation is positively affected by R&D investment and firm age. The study provides the policy implications to business supporting programs of Daejeon government. The business supporting policy of Daejeon government should focus on supporting each type of technological innovation to promote technological innovation by SME and consider strategies that focus on R&D investment and manpower support.

대전은 4차 산업혁명을 선도하기 위해 대덕특구의 연구개발역량을 기반으로 기업들의 기술혁신 지원을 위해 노력하고 있다. 이러한 기술혁신은 중소·벤처기업의 성장을 위한 핵심 전략이다. 본 연구의 목적은 대전 중소·벤처기업의 기술혁신 유형을 분석하고 각 유형별로 기술혁신 결정요인을 분석하는 것이다. 대전 기업의 92.8%가 10명 미만의 중소·벤처기업이고, 인구당 벤처기업 수가 전국에서 가장 높기 때문에, 대전 경제성장을 위해서는 중소·벤처기업의 기술혁신이 매우 중요하다. 기술혁신 유형은 크게 제품혁신과 공정혁신으로 구분되는데, 기존 연구에 의하면 벤처기업은 공정혁신보다는 제품혁신을 더 적극적으로 수행하는 것으로 알려지고 있다. 대전 중소·벤처기업 역시 공정혁신보다는 제품혁신을 통한 성과가 훨씬 크게 나타났다. 대전 중소·벤처기업의 기술혁신에 영향을 주는 요인은 기술혁신유형별로 다르게 나타났다. 제품혁신의 경우 기업규모, R&D 투자자금과 R&D 인력 등이 기술혁신에 정(+)의 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 다만, R&D 인력은 기존제품의 기술혁신에 유의한 영향을 주지 않았다. 공정혁신의 기술혁신은 R&D 투자자금과 기업업력에 의해서만 정(+)의 영향을 받았다. 본 연구결과는 대전 기업지원정책은 중소·벤처기업의 기술혁신 촉진을 위해 기술혁신 유형별 지원에 초점을 맞추며 R&D 투자와 인력 지원에 집중하는 전략을 고려할 필요가 있음을 시사해주고 있다.

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