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http://dx.doi.org/10.9723/jksiis.2022.27.3.059

Influence of Organizational Factors on Business Performance in INNOBIZ SMEs: Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Absorption Capacity  

Sung, KiWook (한국기술교육대학교 일반대학원 산업경영학과)
Om, KiYong (한국기술교육대학교 산업경영학부)
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Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems / v.27, no.3, 2022 , pp. 59-88 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the open innovation paradigm spreads, the ability to search for new external knowledge and combine it with the organization's existing knowledge has been cosidered to play an important role in improving business performance of a company. This study empirically analyzed the influence of such organizational variables as empowering leadership, organizational learning culture, and interdepartmental cooperation on business performance of innovative technology SMEs focusing on the mediating effects of absorption capacity. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 15,227 INNOBIZ SMEs, and 326 usable questionnaires were collected and analyzed using the structural equation model. Statistical analyses showed that the direct influence of empowering leadership, organizational learning culture, and interdepartmental cooperation on business performance was not found, but indirect effects of three organizational variables on business performance proved significant using absorption capacity as a mediating variable. This result also indicates that empowering leadership, organizational learning culture, and interdepartmental cooperation are important antecedent variables of absorption capacity.
Keywords
empowering leadership; organizational learning culture; interdepartmental cooperation; absorption capacity; INNOBIZ SMEs;
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