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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2021.21.04.404

Analysis for Impact of Individual Cooperation Activity on Small and Medium sized Firms' Innovation Performance in Daegu : The Moderating Effect of Technological Capability  

Kang, Seok-Min (계명대학교 경영학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.21, no.4, 2021 , pp. 404-413 More about this Journal
Abstract
Small and medium sized firms(SMFs) would form the technology cooperation network with external firms and institutions of owning a variety of technology and knowledge, and according to resource based theory, forming cooperation network is another resource in uncertain business environment. Unlike the related studies, this study examined the effect of individual cooperation activity on innovation performance for SMFs located in Taegu region, and investigated the moderating effect of technology capability in the relationships between individual cooperation activity and innovation performance. In the empirical results, only cooperation research development positively affected innovation performance, and technology capability moderated the relationships between individual cooperation activity and innovation performance. The empirical findings imply that SMFs should do cooperation research development as an intangible asset to overcome the obstacle of development resulted from limited resources, and that SMFs should increase the impact of individual cooperation activity as promoting technology capability.
Keywords
Small and Medium Sized Firms; Cooperation Activity; Technology Capability; Moderating Effect;
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