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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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A Study on the Relationship between Branding and Business Strategies of Korean Start-ups

한국 벤처창업기업의 상표와 비즈니스 전략간 연관성 분석

  • Hyukjoon Kim (Korea Institute of Intellectual Property) ;
  • Yoo-Jin Han (School of Global Service. Sookmyung Women's University)
  • 김혁준 (한국지식재산연구원 경제산업연구실 ) ;
  • 한유진 (숙명여자대학교 글로벌서비스학부)
  • Received : 2024.01.20
  • Accepted : 2024.04.05
  • Published : 2024.04.30
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Abstract

Recently, the importance of trademarks as a core resource of corporate competitiveness to protect and differentiate products and services is increasing. Global companies are focusing hard to secure trademark rights to manage brands that reflect their core values and to respond to increasingly frequent trademark disputes, while start-ups and individuals are working hard to secure trademark to run stable businesses and attract investment funds. Meanwhile, this study conducts an empirical analysis to identify the relationship between the brand and business strategy of domestic venture startups. The analysis data used was the response data of 2,230 corporate companies from the 2021 Venture Business Precision Survey, and the propensity score matching method, structural equation model analysis, and binomial logit analysis were used as analysis methods. As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that domestic venture startups' trademark ownership does not make a significant difference in terms of the level of business strategy. This was confirmed to be because the brands of domestic venture start-ups mainly advance their business strategies only through the internal competency process, while the advancement of business strategies through the external competency process is very minimal. Meanwhile, it was confirmed that the level of cost advantage strategy among the business strategy levels of venture start-ups strengthens the tendency to hold trademarks, indicating that the higher the completeness of the cost advantage level, the more likely it is to expand trademark ownership for stable sales and supply of products and services through trademark ownership and to convert to high value-added in the future.

최근 제품과 서비스를 보호하고 차별화하기 위한 기업 경쟁력의 핵심 자원으로서 상표의 중요성이 증대되고 있다. 글로벌 기업들은 자사의 핵심가치가 투영된 브랜드 관리와 점차 빈발하고 있는 상표권 분쟁 대응을 위해 상표권 확보에 매진하고 있고, 창업기업과 개인은 안정적 사업 영위와 투자금 유치를 위해 상표권 확보에 매진하고 있다. 이러한 가운데 본 연구는 국내 벤처창업기업의 상표와 비즈니스 전략간 연관성 규명을 위한 실증분석을 실시한다. 분석데이터는 2021년 벤처기업정밀실태조사 중 2,230개의 법인기업 응답데이터가 활용되었고, 분석방법으로는 성향점수매칭법, 구조방정식모형분석, 이항로짓분석이 활용되었다. 분석 결과 국내 벤처창업기업의 상표 보유는 비즈니스 전략의 수준 측면에서 큰 차이를 만들지는 않는 것으로 확인되었다. 이는 국내 벤처창업기업의 상표는 주로 내부역량화 과정을 통해서만 비즈니스 전략을 고도화하는 반면 외부역량화 과정을 통한 비즈니스 전략 고도화는 매우 미미하기 때문인 것으로 확인되었다. 한편 벤처창업기업의 비즈니스 전략 수준 중 원가우위전략 수준이 상표 보유성향을 강화하는 것으로 확인되었는데 이는 원가우위수준의 완성도가 높아 지면 높아질수록 상표보유를 통해 제품·서비스의 안정적 판매·공급을 위해, 그리고 향후 고부가가치화로 전환하기 위해 상표보유를 확대하는 경향이 있음을 보여준다.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 특허청의 2023년 지식재산 기본연구 사업의 일환으로 수행됨

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