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An Exploratory Study on the Success Factors of Silicon Valley Platform Business Ecosystem: Focusing on IPA Analysis and Qualitative Analysis

실리콘밸리 플랫폼 기업생태계의 성공요인에 관한 탐색적 연구: IPA 분석과 질적 분석을 중심으로

  • Yeonsung, Jung (Business Administration, Dankook University) ;
  • Seong Ho, Lee (Department of Convergence Business Administration, Hanbat National University)
  • 정연승 (단국대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 이성호 (한밭대학교 융합경영학과)
  • Received : 2023.01.06
  • Accepted : 2023.02.21
  • Published : 2023.02.28
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Abstract

Recently, the platform industry is rapidly growing in the global market, and competition is intensifying at the same time. Therefore, in order for domestic platform companies to have global competitiveness in the platform market, it is necessary to study the platform business ecosystem and success factors. However, most of the recent platform-related studies have been theoretical studies on the characteristics of platform business status analysis, platform economy, and indirect network externalities of platforms. Therefore, this study comprehensively analyzed the success factors of Silicon Valley's business ecosystem proposed in previous studies, and at the same time analyzed the success factors extracted from stakeholders in the actual Silicon Valley platform business ecosystem. And based on these factors, an IPA analysis was conducted as a way to propose a success plan to stakeholders in the platform business ecosystem. As a result of the analysis, among the success factors collected through previous studies, manpower, capital, and challenge culture were identified as factors that are relatively well maintained in both importance and satisfaction in Silicon Valley. In the end, it can be seen that the creation of an environment and culture in which Silicon Valley can use it to challenge itself based on excellent human resources and abundant capital contributes the most to the success of Silicon Valley's platform business. On the other hand, although it is of high importance to Silicon Valley's platform corporate ecosystem, the factors that show relatively low satisfaction among stakeholders are 'learning and benchmarking among active companies' and 'strong ties and cooperation between members', and it is analyzed that interest and effort are needed to strengthen these factors in the future. Finally, the systems and policies necessary for market autonomous competition, 'business support service industry', 'name value', and 'spin-off start-up' were important factors in literature research, but the importance and satisfaction of these factors were lowered due to changes in the times and environment. This study has academic implications in that it comprehensively analyzes the success factors of Silicon Valley's business ecosystem proposed in previous studies, and at the same time analyzes the success factors extracted from stakeholders in the actual Silicon Valley platform business ecosystem. In addition, there is another academic implications that importance and satisfaction were simultaneously examined through IPA analysis based on these various extracted factors. As for academic implications, it is meaningful in that it contributed to the formation of the domestic platform ecosystem by providing the government and companies with concrete information on the success factors of the platform business ecosystem and the theoretical grounds for the growth of domestic platform businesses.

최근 글로벌 시장에서 플랫폼 산업이 급격히 성장함과 동시에 경쟁이 심화되고 있으며, 향후 다양한 산업분야와 접목하여 플랫폼 산업의 영역과 범위는 더욱 확대될 전망이다. 따라서 플랫폼 시장에서 국내 플랫폼 기업들이 글로벌 경쟁력을 갖추기 위해서는 플랫폼 비즈니스 생태계 및 성공요인에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 그러나 최근 플랫폼 관련 연구는 플랫폼 비즈니스 현황분석, 플랫폼 경제, 플랫폼의 간접 네트워크 외부성 등의 특성에 관한 이론적 연구가 대부분을 차지했다. 따라서 본 연구는 기존 선행연구들에서 제안되고 있는 실리콘밸리 기업생태계의 성공요인들을 통합적으로 분석하고, 동시에 실제 실리콘밸리 플랫폼 기업생태계의 이해관계자들을 대상으로 추출된 성공요인들을 분석하였다. 그리고 이러한 요인들을 기반으로 플랫폼 기업생태계 이해관계자들에게 성공방안을 제안하기 위한 방안으로 IPA분석과 심층인터뷰(in-depth interview)를 진행하였다. 분석 결과, 선행연구들을 통해 수집한 성공요인들 중 비교적 현재 실리콘밸리에서 중요도와 만족도가 모두 잘 유지되고 있는 요인은 인력, 자본, 도전문화가 확인되었다. 결국 현재의 실리콘밸리가 우수한 인적자원과 풍부한 자본을 바탕으로 이를 활용해 마음껏 도전해볼 수 있는 환경과 문화가 조성된 것이 실리콘밸리의 플랫폼 비즈니스의 성공에 가장 크게 기여하고 있다는 것을 알 수 있다. 한편, 실리콘밸리의 플랫폼 기업생태계에 있어서 중요도는 높지만, 현재 이해관계자들의 만족도가 상대적으로 낮게 나타나는 요인으로는 '활발한 기업 간의 학습과 벤치마킹', '구성원 간의 강한 유대감과 협력관계'임을 확인되었고, 향후 해당 요인들을 강화하기 위한 관심과 노력이 필요한 것으로 분석되었다. 마지막으로 최소한의 관리만이 필요한 요인들은 시장의 자율경쟁에 필요한 제도 및 정책들과 '기업지원 서비스 산업', '네임밸류', '분사창업' 등이었으며, 이러한 요인들은 문헌조사에서는 중요하게 지적되었지만, 시대와 환경의 변화로 인해 그 중요도와 만족도에 있어서 우선순위가 낮아졌다는 연구결과가 도출되었다. 본 연구는 기존 선행연구들에서 제안되고 있는 실리콘밸리 기업생태계의 성공요인들을 통합적으로 분석하고, 동시에 실제 실리콘밸리 플랫폼 기업생태계의 이해관계자들을 대상으로 추출된 성공요인들을 분석하였다는데 이론적 의의를 찾을 수 있다. 또한, 추출된 다양한 요인들을 기반으로 IPA 분석을 통해 중요도 및 만족도를 동시에 살펴보았다는 점에서 또 다른 학문적 의의가 있다 하겠다. 실무적인 시사점으로는 정부 및 기업에게 국내 플랫폼 기업의 성장을 위한 이론적 근거와 플랫폼 기업 생태계의 성공요인에 대한 구체적인 정보를 제공함으로써 국내 플랫폼 생태계 형성에 기여하였다는 점에서 의의를 가진다.

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