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Participation in public procurement and firm growth : Focusing on the moderating effect of firm age

공공조달 참여와 기업성장: 기업연령의 조절효과를 중심으로

  • 이민철 (한양대학교 기술경영전문대학원 및 한국조달연구원) ;
  • 정태현 (한양대학교 기술경영전문대학원)
  • Received : 2021.07.27
  • Accepted : 2021.08.28
  • Published : 2021.08.31
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Abstract

The importance of industrial policy and innovation policy perspectives on public procurement has recently been highlighted. In particular, there have been discussions and studies on whether public procurement directly affects the growth and innovation of SMEs. As an extension of this study, this study analyzes whether the age of a firm moderating the effect of public procurement on growth among the characteristics of firms participating in public procurement. The analysis data was constructed by matching the financial data of about 1,247 firms designated as excellent products by the Public Procurement Service(PPS) from 2006 to 2017 and the public procurement sales. As a result of analysis through the panel regression model, firms with a greater degree of public procurement showed a higher growth rate, and this relationship was stronger with younger firms. This result not only contributes to the existing academic discussion on the effectiveness of public procurement, but also has significance in the establishment of public procurement policy.

공공조달에 대한 산업정책과 혁신정책 관점의 중요성이 최근 부각되고 있다. 특히, 공공조달이 중소기업의 성장과 혁신에 직접 영향을 끼치는지에 대한 논의와 연구가 있어 왔다. 이러한 연구의 연장선상에서, 본 연구는 공공조달에 참여하는 기업의 특성 중 기업의 연령이 성장에 대한 공공조달의 효과를 조절하는지를 분석한다. 분석 자료는 2006년부터 2017년까지 조달청 우수제품으로 지정된 약 1,247개 기업의 재무적 성과와 공공조달 매출 성과를 연계하여 구축하였다. 패널회귀모형을 통해 분석한 결과, 공공조달 참여 정도가 큰 기업일수록 높은 성장률을 보였을 뿐만 아니라, 이 관계는 젊은 기업일수록 더 강하게 나타났다. 이 결과는 공공조달의 효과에 대한 기존 학술적 논의에 기여할 뿐만 아니라 공공조달 정책 수립에 있어서도 의의를 가진다.

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