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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2018.16.3.181

The Impact of the External Technology R&D Collaboration Network Heterogeneity on the Employment Increase of Small and Medium Companies: The Mediating Effect of Export Growth  

Hau, Yong Sauk (School of Business, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.16, no.3, 2018 , pp. 181-187 More about this Journal
Abstract
With a view to deepening the research stream on the factors positively influencing the export growth and the employment increase of South Korean small and medium companies, this research has developed the research model about the impact of small and medium companies' external technology R&D collaboration network heterogeneity on their export growth and employment increase, and has empirically tested the research model with the 2,200 data collected from the small and medium companies in the South Korea. This study illuminates the two points from the empirical testing results. One point is that small and medium companies' external technology R&D collaboration network heterogeneity significantly and positively influences their employment increase from technology development. The other point is that small and medium companies' export growth from technology R&D partially mediates the impact of the external technology R&D collaboration network heterogeneity on their employment increase from technology R&D.
Keywords
External Technology R&D Collaboration Network; Small and Medium Companies; Export Growth; Employment Increase; Technology Convergence;
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