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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Mediating Effect of Opportunity Recognition Among Entrepreneurial Alertness, Mentoring, & Number of Mentoring on New Ventures' Performance

기업가적 기민성과 멘토링 및 멘토링 횟수와 기업성과 관계에서 기회인지의 매개효과 영향

  • 박미정 (세명대학교 교양대학/ 창업지원단) ;
  • 이선호 (벤처박스) ;
  • 황보윤 (국민대학교 글로벌창업벤처대학원)
  • Received : 2021.05.10
  • Accepted : 2021.08.16
  • Published : 2021.08.31
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Abstract

The Korean government is currently expanding the business startup incubator support program and funds for new ventures with innovative technology in order to spread the second venture boom. However, despite the fact that entrepreneurial education and mentoring that entrepreneurs should have are important parts for the sustainable growth of the startup, some companies selected for government support programs are reluctant to participate in programs such as entrepreneurship education and mentoring for the sole purpose of funding commercialization. This research addressed the effects of entrepreneurial alertness with opportunity awareness as its medium and the small business mentoring service along with the number of times the mentoring has taken place, on the corporate performances. The results of empirical research are as follow: the first one is that scanning-search and evaluation-judgment can influence a company's performance (financial, non-financial) through opportunity recognition, with the exception of association-connection, which is a sub-factor of entrepreneurial alertness. Secondly, it was found to affect a company's financial and non-financial performance through opportunity recognition for financing mentoring, technical support mentoring, and management support mentoring. Thirdly, it was found that the number of mentoring also affects the financial and non-financial performance of a company through opportunity recognition. The implications of this study are that it should be revisited that program managers consider rooms that do not violate the startup founder's strategic decision-making opportunities when designing and operating the program as entrepreneurial alertness sub-factor association-connection does not affect corporate performance through opportunity recognition. This study also emphasizes the need for customized mentoring to meet the outcome goals of each startup, as it has been empirically clarified that the mentoring provided to the startup by the government's support is important. The contribution of this research is that entrepreneurial alertness and opportunity recognition that are treated as important components in research for entrepreneurship, and the factors of mentoring and mentoring frequency that are recognized as important elements in the practical aspect of startup business are clarified theoretically and empirically as an influential factor in corporate performance. And this study also provide a rationale for the startup business support agency supplying mentoring.

최근 정부는 제2 벤처 붐 확산을 위해 창업지원 프로그램을 확대하고 지원 규모도 늘리고 있다. 그러나 창업기업의 지속적인 성장을 위해서는 창업가가 갖추어야 할 기업가정신 교육이나 멘토링이 중요한 부분임에도 불구하고 정부 지원프로그램에 선정된 기업 중 일부에서는 사업화 자금만을 목적으로 하고 기업가정신 교육이나 멘토링 등의 프로그램 참여를 기피하는 현상이 나타나고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구는 정부 창업지원사업에 선정된 창업기업을 대상으로 제공되고 있는 멘토링의 내용과 횟수, 그리고 기업가적 기민성이 기회인지를 매개로 기업의 성과에 미치는 영향에 관해 연구함으로써 기업가적 기민성과 멘토링 프로그램의 중요성을 강조하고자 한다. 본 연구 실증분석에 따르면 첫째, 기업가적 기민성의 하위요인인 연합-연결력을 제외하고는 관찰-탐색력과 평가-판단력은 기회인지를 매개로 기업의 성과(재무, 비재무)에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 자금조달, 기술지원, 경영지원 멘토링은 기회인지를 매개로 기업의 재무 및 비재무성과에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 멘토링 횟수 또한 기회인지를 매개로 기업의 재무, 비재무성과에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 시사점은 기업가적 기민성 하위요인 중 연합-연결력이 기회인지를 매개로 기업성과에 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 볼 때 프로그램 운영자들이 프로그램 설계와 운영시 창업자의 전략적 의사결정 기회를 침해하지 않는 방안에 대해 고려해야 한다는 것을 재점검해 볼 필요가 있다. 또한, 정부 창업지원 사업에서 창업기업에 제공되는 멘토링이 중요하다는 것이 실증적으로 규명된 만큼 각 창업기업의 성과목표에 맞는 맞춤형 멘토링이 필요하다는 것을 강조할 수 있다. 본 연구의 기여점은 기업가정신에 관한 연구에서 핵심 구성 요소로 다루어지고 있는 기업가적 기민성과 기회 인지, 그리고 실무적 측면에서 창업기업 성과에 중요한 요소로 인식되는 멘토링과 멘토링 횟수에 대한 요인들을 기업성과 영향 요인으로 이론적 실증적으로 규명하였다는 점이다. 아울러 멘토링을 지원하는 창업기업 지원 기관들에게 논리적 근거를 제시하였다는 것이다.

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