Journal of Industrial Convergence (산업융합연구)

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Effect of SMEs' Network Capabilities and Characteristics on Market Performance and Financial Performance

중소기업의 네트워크 역량과 특성이 시장성과와 재무성과에 미치는 영향

  • Sang-Wan Bae (Dept. of Advanced Industry Fusion, Konkuk University) ;
  • Dong-Myung Lee (Dept. of Advanced Industry Fusion, Konkuk University)
  • 배상완 (건국대학교 신산업융합학과) ;
  • 이동명 (건국대학교 신산업융합학과)
  • Received : 2024.04.09
  • Accepted : 2024.06.20
  • Published : 2024.06.28
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Abstract

Because small and medium-sized businesses lack capabilities and resources, they must effectively procure, share, and utilize scarce resources from outside, and as a result, the importance of networks with external organizations is gradually increasing. In this study, we verified the influence of small and medium-sized enterprises' network capabilities and network characteristics on market performance and financial performance. As a result of testing the hypothesis through a structural equation model, network capabilities were found to have a significant partial impact on financial performance, and all sub-factors of network characteristics such as strength, size, and diversity were found to affect financial performance. Additionally, network capabilities and network characteristics were found to have a significant partial effect on market performance. Market performance was found to have a partial mediating effect in the relationship between network capabilities and financial performance, and a partial mediating effect in the relationship between network characteristics and financial performance. Unlike previous studies, this study simultaneously analyzed the impact of two factors, network capabilities and network characteristics, on corporate performance and presented a new research perspective by analyzing the mediating effect of market performance, which is recognized as a leading factor in financial performance.

중소기업은 보유한 역량과 자원이 부족하기 때문에 외부에서 부족한 자원을 효과적으로 조달, 공유, 활용하여야 하며 이로 인해 외부 기관과의 네트워크의 중요성이 점차 커지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 중소기업의 네트워크 역량 및 네트워크 특성이 시장성과 및 재무성과에 미치는 영향을 검증하였다. 구조방정식 모형을 통해 가설을 검증한 결과 네트워크 역량은 부분적으로 재무성과에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 강도, 규모, 다양성 등 네트워크 특성의 모든 하위요인이 재무성과에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 네트워크 역량과 네트워크 특성은 시장성과에 부분적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 시장성과는 네트워크 역량과 재무성과의 관계에서 부분적으로 매개효과가 있고 네트워크 특성과 재무성과와 관계에서도 부분적으로 매개효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 기존 연구와 달리 네트워크 역량과 네트워크 특성이라는 두 가지 요인이 기업 성과에 미치는 영향을 동시에 분석하고, 재무성과의 선행요인으로 인식되고 있는 시장성과의 매개효과를 분석하여 새로운 연구 관점을 제시하였다.

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