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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Impact of Small Business Entrepreneurs' Absorptive Capacity of Participating in Digital Platform on Market Response: The Moderating Effect of Vicarious Learning and Experiential Learning

디지털 플랫폼 참여 소상공인의 흡수역량이 시장 반응성에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구: 대리 학습과 경험적 학습의 조절 효과 분석

  • 김주희 (국민대학교 혁신기업연구센터) ;
  • 김영신 (서울신학대학교 글로벌비즈니스학부)
  • Received : 2022.11.15
  • Accepted : 2022.12.21
  • Published : 2022.12.31
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Abstract

As the digital economy has emerged as a means of building a new business order and creating new values, the number of small business owners participating in digital platforms is gradually increasing. This study aims to check whether small business owners participating in the digital platform are being helped to properly respond to the market environment and establish and implement strategies necessary for growth through learning within the platform. To this end, this study attempted to examine the effect of the absorptive capacity of small business owners using e-commerce platforms on market orientation and the moderating effect of vicarious learning and experiential learning, which are two types of learning within the platform. As a result of verifying the hypothesis through the survey, it was found that the absorption capacity of small business owners using digital platforms positively affected their market orientation. In addition, as a result of the moderating effect analysis, it was found that vicarious learning within the platform strengthens the relationship between absorptive capacity and market orientation. This result implies that small business owners can not only prepare for market uncertainties through indirect learning (vicarious learning) but also establish strategies to provide products and services that meet the market's needs. On the other hand, the effect of experiential learning was found to lower market orientation, which means that previous business experiences can rather lower attention to the environment. The significance and implications of the study were presented.

디지털 경제가 새로운 비즈니스 질서를 구축하고 새로운 가치 창출 수단으로 떠오르면서, 디지털 플랫폼에 참여하는 소상공인도 점차 증가하고 있다. 본 연구는 디지털 플랫폼에 참여하는 소상공인이 플랫폼 내에서 이루어지는 학습을 통해 시장 환경에 적절히 대응하고 성장에 필요한 전략 수립 및 실행하는 데에 도움을 받고 있는지 확인하고자 하는 목적을 가진다. 이를 위하여 본 연구는 이커머스 플랫폼을 이용하는 소상공인의 흡수능력이 시장 반응성에 미치는 영향과 플랫폼 내의 두 가지 학습의 유형인 대리 학습과 경험적 학습의 조절 효과에 대해 살펴보고자 하였다. 설문조사를 통해 가설을 검증한 결과, 디지털 플랫폼을 이용하는 소상공인의 흡수역량이 이들의 시장 반응성에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 조절효과 분석 결과, 플랫폼 내에서의 대리 학습이 흡수역량과 시장 반응성 간의 관계를 강화하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이는 소상공인이 대리학습을 통해 얻는 간접적인 학습을 통해 시장 불확실성에 대비할 수 있을 뿐 아니라 시장니즈에 부합하는 제품과 서비스를 제공할 수 있는 전략을 수립할 수 있다는 점을 시사한다. 한편, 경험적 학습의 효과는 시장 반응성을 낮추는 것으로 나타났는데, 이는 이전 사업 경험이 오히려 환경에 대한 주의력을 저하시킬 수 있음을 의미한다. 이에 대한 연구의 의의와 시사점을 제시하였다.

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