• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.261-276
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• 2017

One of the main objectives of this paper is to identify the mediating effects of both social and intellectual capitals in the relations between entrepreneurship and innovation performance in Small and Medium Businesses. Based on the previous literatures on their relationships, we set our research model and test our hypotheses through a questionnaire survey. The main results of our analyses are as followings: first, entrepreneurship has a significant effect on innovation performance; second, social capital has a significant mediating effect between entrepreneurship and innovation performance; and finally, there exists a significant mediating effect between intellectual capital and entrepreneurship. One of the main policy implications of this study would be that the level of both social and intellectual capitals, coupled with entrepreneurship, should be reinforced in order to improve innovation performance.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.161-176
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• 2005

Ever since Parkland corporation went into domestic men's fashion market with his own brand 'Parkland' in 1988, the company accomplished enormous sales increase compared to competitors and attained steadfast positioning as a leading brand with competence. This case study deals with the parkland's systematic efforts mainly focused on integrated business innovation such as production, distribution, and management innovation, and shows Parkland's differentiated marketing strategy which leads to outstanding business performance. And, strategic implications to succeed in the long run are followed.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.55-70
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• 2014

Recent research on organizational innovation, such as. new managerial processes, practices, suggests it can be an important source of firm's competitive advantage. The challenge is not only offering new products and services, but also changing the nature of management within organizations. In this study, we focus on management innovation at the organization level and investigate the role of transformational leadership behavior as a key antecedent. Transformational leadership may complement an organization''s increasing rigidity by maintaining a sense of meaningfulness in members of the organization, which may be more flourishing to organizational innovation. Due to its prominent role within organizations, CEO has the ability to greatly influence management innovation. In particular, we focus on leadership behavior and examine transformational leadership of CEO. Additionally, as contextual variables like organizational structure(complexity, formalization, centralization) may influence the impact of transformational leadership, we investigate its moderating role. Findings show that transformational leadership behaviors positively contribute to organizational innovation. In addition, our study indicate that less complex, less formal and less central, organizations have benefit more from transactional leadership in strengthening organizational innovation.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2009.12a
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• pp.912-915
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 중소기업 기술혁신에 대한 각각의 개념을 살펴보고 기술혁신에 대한 국내연구 및 선행연구를 통하여 기존연구를 살펴 보고 기술혁신 현황, 국내 기술혁신 제도, 중소기업의 기술혁신 및 기술개발관련 문제점에 대하여 살 펴 보았고 기술혁신 단계별 지원방안, 혁신형 중소기업의 기술혁신 방안을 수립하고, 기술혁신 활성화를 위한 방안을 정립하여 정부의 정책 적 측면과 중소기업의 경영적 측면의 제언을 마련 함.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.115-154
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• 2017

This article offers a review of the major literature about sectoral innovation studies of Korea and its implications over the past 30 years. The literature on the sectoral innovation studies in Korea has focused on analysing successful technological catch-up from an evolutionary perspective and most of research has centered on the issues about entry strategies, learning mechanisms. Recently "Emerging economies" like Korea in the 2000s face major challenges as they make a transition from (a) a phase of economic development characterised by 'catching up' with the global technological frontier, involving technological "imitation", to (b) a phase of continuing development based on the development of new knowledge for globally leading (post catch-up) product and process innovation. This paper reviews those bodies of literature of patterns of sectoral innovation, technological capability accumulation and catch-up process, catch-up innovation and institutions, and patterns of growth dynamics. Finally, given the importance of sectoral innovation studies, we suggest that industrial upgrading, transition towards leadership, dark side of catch-up issues are needed for future research directions.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.221-229
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• 2024

As the level of economic development increases, interest in human capital is also increasing. This paper estimates and compares innovative human capital by region for 31 regions in China between 2002 and 2019. The innovative human capital in this paper consists of education-type human capital, thesis-type human capital, and patent-type human capital. In particular, unlike previous studies, this study assumes that the weight of patent-type human capital and paper-type human capital is higher than that of education-type human capital. This is because patents and thesis will have a relatively greater impact on a region's innovation capacity than simple education background. The analysis results of this paper can be summarized in three points. First, China's regional innovative human capital shows regional disparities. Second, innovative human capital by region is changing dynamically. Third, regional concentration is accelerating, especially in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, and Jiangsu. Therefore, the results of this paper emphasize the importance of the role of innovative human capital in regional economic development.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.151-165
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• 2009

The objective of this case study is to analyze how effectively KIA SOUL, which is a leading Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV) brand, has created a new market space through innovative product strategy. Up until now, most car manufacturers have focused only on the traditional product market segments missing out on the opportunity of the crossover segment market. KIA SOUL found a new market space by identifying the high crossover utility demand and filling the gap between the current product category values and the emerging crossover product category values. This case study illustrates that an innovative product strategy can be effectively employed to create a new market space in the saturated car manufacturing industry. The case summarizes that the innovative product strategy of KIA SOUL is comprised of four primary pillars: design innovation, market frontier in CUV, the first company to launch customizing service brand-TUON, and functional innovation. The KIA SOUL case study provides valuable insights and implications for many other companies that are planning to find "blue oceans" for their own business.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.131-145
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of the fit between innovation strategy and firm characteristics on innovation performance. We conducted surveys for venture companies in the Southeast region, The results of multiple regression analysis based on 135 questionnaires are as follows : First, the higher the fitness between innovation strategy and social network level, the higher the innovation performance. Second, the higher the fitness between innovation strategy and management control system level, the more positive effect on innovation performance. Finally, the higher the fitness between innovation strategy and innovation culture, the higher the innovation performance. This result implies that the enterprise characteristics should be designed and operated in accordance with the innovation strategy implementation.

• Korean small business review
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.1-22
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• 2019

The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of the partner types (supplier, customer, competitor, research institution, more than one partner type) for SMEs on radical and incremental innovation. Another purpose was to examine how the relation varies according to the technological intensity of an industry to which the focal firm belongs. To test the hypotheses, we used the 'KIS(Korean Innovation Survey) 2014' data and the empirical analysis was done with the effective survey from 3,846 Korean SMEs. We employed STATA 14 for validity, confirmatory factor analysis, and binary logistic regression analysis. The results revealed that, when viewed the entire manufacturing SMEs, cooperation with suppliers, customers and research institutes has all been shown to have a positive effect on the radical and gradual innovations of SMEs. However, The relationship between partner type and radical innovation has been significantly different depending on the technical intensity of the industry. When cooperating with suppliers, the impact on radical innovation of SMEs was significant only in low-tech and medium-low tech industries. In contrast, when working with customers, the impact on the radical innovation of SMEs was significant only in the high-tech, medium-high tech, and medium-low tech industries, except for low tech industries. Meanwhile, although cooperation with competitors has a positive effect on radical innovation, this has been only significant in the medium-high tech industries.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.999-1005
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• 2002

오늘날의 기업들은 글로벌화 경쟁체제 속에서 생존을 위하여 여러 가지 경영혁신의 기법들을 사용하거나 활용하고 있다 이러한 새로운 경영혁신 기법들은 기존의 기업환경에 많은 변화를 주고 있다. 그러나 단순한 경영혁신의 도입만으로 기업이 효과적이며 효율적인 변화와 혁신이 이루어지리라는 기대를 해서는 안 된다. 혁신적이고 창의적인 경영혁신의 기법들은 기업의 필요욕구에 의한 자발적인 도입이 있어야 한다. 이는 경영혁신이 기업전체에서 이루어 져야 하며 더불어 기업내 조직구성원들의 적극적이며 긍정적인 사고와 경영자들의 강력한 리더십이 기반 되어야 한다는 것이다. 이에 본 논문에서는 기업의 최고 경영자들이 지니고 있는 여러 가지 리더십의 특성과 유형을 통하여 최근의 경영혁신의 화두로 대두되는 6시그마의 도입시 요구되는 리더십을 살펴보고자 한다. 또한 이를 바탕으로 요구되어진 6시그마의 리더십 관리가 어떻게 이루어져야 하는가에 중점을 두고 연구하고자 한다.