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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.10.233

The Mediating Effects of the Manufacturing Capability and the Testing and Inspection Capability on the Relation between Small and Medium Venture Firms' External Information Network Heterogeneity and Technology Commercialization Capability  

Hau, Yong Sauk (School of Business, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.10, 2017 , pp. 233-241 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study has attempted to empirically analyze the mediating effects of small and medium venture firms' manufacturing capability and testing and inspection capability on the relation between their external information network heterogeneity and technology commercialization capability with a view to diversifying the research stream on the influential factors to small and medium firms' technology commercialization capability. By performing the ordinary least squares regression analysis, the Sobel test, and the Baron and Kenny test based on the 683 data of South Korean small and medium venture firms with the IBM SPSS version 23, this study provides the three empirical findings to be useful for future studies on the roles of small and medium venture firms' the manufacturing capability and testing and inspection capability. First, small and medium venture firms' manufacturing capability partially mediates the positive effect of their external information network heterogeneity on their technology commercialization capability. Second, their testing and inspection capability partially mediates this positive effect. Third, their manufacturing capability and testing and inspection capability jointly and partially mediates this positive effect.
Keywords
Small and Medium Venture Firm; External Information Network Heterogeneity; Technology Commercialization Capability; Testing and Inspection Capability; Manufacturing Capability; Technology Convergence;
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