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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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In Search of Corporate Growth and Scale-up in the Entrepreneurial Context: What Affects the Growth of Enterprise Value, the Pace of Growth, and the Effectiveness of Growth.

기업가적 컨텍스트에서 기업 성장과 스케일업 연구: 기업가치의 성장, 성장의 속도, 성장의 효과성에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Lee, Young-Dal (DGIST, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology) ;
  • Oh, Soyoung (Baruch College of the City University of New York)
  • 이영달 (대구경북과학기술원) ;
  • 오소영 (뉴욕시립대학교 버룩칼리지)
  • Received : 2021.05.10
  • Accepted : 2021.08.24
  • Published : 2021.08.31
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Abstract

This study investigated the corporate growth with more emphasis on longitudinal characteristics, not the results of companies with relatively more emphasis on cross-sectional, in the 21st-century entrepreneurial context. As of the end of 2019, sampled 479 global unicorn companies, and 333 high-growth companies with revenue of more than $100 million among 5,000 private companies in the U.S. with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) exceeding 15% for the past three years. They were examined with 3 perspectives in terms of corporate growth that 1) the growth of enterprise value, 2) the pace of growth, and 3) the effectiveness of growth. As a result of our study, the corporate growth of the perspective of creating enterprise value had a relatively higher relationship with the characteristics of industries and markets. The pace of growth was more fully explained by the characteristics of the industry and the market environment and the choice of strategies that make up a valid combination. In addition, growth in terms of the effectiveness of corporate performance was influenced by the choice of strategy, the characteristics of the industry and market environment, and its business age, the proxy variable of resource accumulation, comprehensively. This study through a sample based on companies with an enterprise value of more than $1 billion and annual revenue of more than $100 million can be a valid reference in terms of creating milestones and roadmaps for scale-up of early-stage startups, particularly in terms of practitioners' point of view. It also provides a critical reference for overcoming the limitations of mainstream theories of the 20th century and developing the theory of corporate growth that fits the 21st-century entrepreneurial context.

본 연구는 주로 횡단적 측정에 의해 설명되는 기업의 성과와 달리, 종단적 측정과 성격이 더 강조되는 기업의 성장을 '스타트업 및 스케일업 생태계'로 대변되는 21세기 기업가적 컨텍스트에서 살펴보았다. 2019년 기준 글로벌 유니콘 기업 479개, 최근 3년간 연평균복합성장률(CAGR)이 15%를 초과하는 미국의 5천 개 비상장 기업 중 매출액 1억달러 이상인 333개의 고성장 기업을 대상으로, 이들 기업의 고성장을, 1)기업가치의 성장, 2)성장의 속도, 3)성장의 효과성 관점에서 전략의 선택, 산업 및 시장환경, 그리고 업력(자원축적의 대위 변수)과의 상호관계를 살펴보았다. 연구 결과, 기업가치의 성장은 상대적으로 산업 및 시장 특성과 영향 관계가 더 높았다. 성장의 속도는 산업 및 시장환경의 특성과 유효 조합을 이루는 전략의 선택에 따라 더 충실히 설명되었다. 그리고 기업 성장의 효과성은 전략의 선택, 산업 및 시장환경의 특성, 그리고 업력(자원축적의 대위 변수) 모두로부터 영향을 받는 특성을 지니고 있었다. 기업가치 10억 달러 이상, 연간 매출액 1억 달러 이상의 조건을 가진 주식회사 기반의 샘플을 통한 본 연구는, 특히 실무적인 관점에서 초기 스타트업이 향후 스케일업을 위한 일련의 방향을 모색 과정에 유효한 참고가 될 수 있을 것이다. 특히 기업가치, 성장 속도, 성장의 효과성 관점에서 개별 기업이 추구하는 방향성과 정합성을 이루는 성장 동인과 요인을 조합하는데 실효적 참고를 제공하고 있다. 또한 20세기 주류 이론들이 지닌 한계점을 극복하고, 21세기 기업가적 컨텍스트에 부합하는 기업 성장 이론을 개발하는 데 그 기초 참고를 제공하고 있다.

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