• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2021

Purpose - In this study, we explore the relationship between the degree of internationalization (DOI) and firm performance (DOI-P) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector. Specifically, we investigate whether the costs and benefits dynamics concerning the internationalization of SMEs differ between high-tech and non-high-tech industries. Design/methodology - We extend the prior literature on this relationship by employing 5-year data on 589 Korean SMEs in the manufacturing sector and examining the moderating impact of the industry characteristics. Our findings reveal a U-shaped relationship between the DOI and SME performance. High-tech SMEs demonstrate an inverted U-shaped relationship, whereas non-hightech SMEs exhibit a U-shaped relationship. Findings - Our findings illustrate the importance of the industry factor in testing the performance impact of the internationalization of Korean SMEs. By incorporating industry dynamics, our results indicate that the DOI-P relationship depends on the context of the industry in which an SME operates. High-tech SMEs also display a higher DOI but are outperformed by non-high-tech SMEs for the entire internationalization path, which implies that high-tech SMEs face more challenges than non-high-tech SMEs while seeking internationalization. Originality/value - The findings strongly validate that significant benefits exist for SMEs undertaking internationalization. We also employ the contextual framework contributing to increasing the understanding of the intrinsic value of internationalization and resolving the mixed results issue on the DOI-P relationship, by illustrating that the industry factor leads to different dynamics of costs and benefits of SME internationalization; it also determines the shape and direction of the relationship.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aims at investigating how high-tech SMEs can enhance innovation performance through the application and distribution of social media strategic capability and whether entrepreneurial orientation moderates the relationship between social media strategic capability and innovation. Research design, data, and methodology: The study followed a deductive approach based on the quantitative design in investigating the proposed relationships. The data was collected using a questionnaire, and the proposed relationships were examined based on a sample of 221 high-tech SMEs through the application of structural equation modeling (SEM). By applying SEM, this study accounted for hidden and unobservable factors as well as reconciled the potential measurement errors. Results: As hypothesized, it was confirmed that social media strategic capability positively influences innovation performance. Besides, the findings supported the moderating effect of three dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking) toward the relationship between social media strategic capability and innovation performance. Conclusions: According to the results, high-tech SMEs can enhance their innovation performance through social media by distributing and applying social media strategic capability along with entrepreneurial orientation. This study thereby enriches the literature of innovation on high-tech SMEs for implementing social media strategies as well as stimulating future social media research for entrepreneurship.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2022

High temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets for large-capacity energy storage system need to be composed of toroid magnets with high energy density, low leakage magnetic fields, and easy installation. To realize such a large capacity of a toroid HTS magnet, an HTS cable with large current capacity would be preferred because of the limited DC link voltage and instantaneous high power required for compensation of the disturbance in the power grid. In this paper, the optimal operating strategies of the SMES for peak load reduction of the microgrid system were calculated according to the load variation characteristics, and the effect of compensation of the frequency change in microgrid with a SMES were also simulated. Based on the result of the simulation, key design parameters of SMES coil were presented for two cases to define the specification of the HTS cable with large current capacities for winding of HTS toroid coils, which will be need for development of the HTS cable as a future work.

• 중소기업연구
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2019

중소기업은 혁신의 중요한 원천으로 꼽히지만 소규모의 한계로 인해 독자적으로 혁신활동을 수행하기 어렵기 때문에 다른 기업 및 연구기관과의 협력을 통해 혁신성을 향상시키는 것이 중요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 중소기업이 선정한 파트너의 유형(공급자, 고객, 경쟁자, 연구기관, 여러 유형의 파트너)이 급진적 혁신과 점진적 혁신성과에 미치는 영향을 종합적으로 살펴보고, 그 관계가 중소기업이 속한 산업의 기술집약도에 따라 어떻게 달라지는지 밝히고자 하였다. 실증분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 중소기업의 협력 파트너의 유형과 급진적 혁신간 관계가 중소기업이 속한 산업의 기술집약도에 따라 상당한 차이가 나타났다. 즉, 중소기업의 급진적 혁신에 미치는 영향이 공급자와의 협력의 경우 저기술 및 중저기술 산업에서만 유의미하게 나타난 반면, 고객과의 협력은 고기술, 중고기술 및 중저기술 산업에서 유의미하게 나타났다. 둘째, 경쟁자와의 협력이 제한적인 범위 즉 중고기술 산업에서만 급진적 혁신에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 선행연구와 마찬가지로 공급자, 고객, 연구기관과의 협력은 중소기업의 급진적 혁신과 점진적 혁신에 모두 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 중소기업의 협력 파트너 유형이 혁신에 미치는 영향을 급진적 혁신과 점진적 혁신으로 나누어 살펴보고, 그 관계를 4가지 기술집약도 (저기술, 중저기술, 중고기술, 고기술)에 따라 차이를 분석하여 급진적 혁신에 상당한 차이가 있다는 것을 밝혔다는 점에서 기존 연구와 차별점을 갖는다.

• 융합경영연구
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

Purpose: This study aims to examine the effect of SMEs' R&D competence on management performance. Research design, data, and methodology: The empirical data of this study are derived from 2,375 SMEs that participated in the material, parts, and equipment research and development support project conducted from 2014 to 2018. Among them, 2,230 data were analyzed by classifying them into high-tech and low-tech fields. SPSS 24.0 was used for statistical analysis and correlation analysis and T-TEST were applied. Results: It was analyzed that the level of R&D organization, research personnel, and the number of patent registrations all affected operating profit and sales. In particular, it has been proven that research personnel have a greater impact on management performance among the level of R&D organization, research personnel, and the number of patent registrations. In addition, there was a difference between high-tech and low-tech industries in the impact on operating profit and sales, which are indicators of management performance. Conclusions: This study suggests that R&D competence are strengthened to advance the material, parts, and equipment industries and to promote future growth, while differentiated support is needed according to each company's R&D competence and technology level.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.15-32
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• 2016

This study examines the relationship between dynamic capabilities and operational capabilities as well as investigates the effect of these capabilities and performance. We also test these relationships on two industry groups categorized into high-tech industries and low-tech industries. We collected 221 firms' data from a questionnaire survey of small and medium-sized enterprises in Korea. Empirical results show that dynamic capabilities and operational capabilities influence performance positively. In high-tech industries dynamic capabilities directly affect performance while marketing capabilities appear to mediate the relationship between dynamic capabilities and performance. Dynamic capabilities show no significant effect on performance for low-tech industries; however, operational capabilities do mediate the relationship between dynamic capabilities and performance.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 1998년도 Proceedings ICPE 98 1998 International Conference on Power Electronics
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• pp.56-61
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• 1998

A soft-switching three-level chopper-inverter system was built for high-power applications like Power Conditioning System (PCS) for Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES). The system can handle 1800-VDC, 200-A peak, and 250-kW output power. The system was designed to operate with 20-KHz PWM operation with the aid of state-of-the-art zero-current transition type soft-switching. The system is based on the Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB) concept.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.157-175
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• 2021

본 연구는 기술보증기금이 2017년부터 2019년까지 기술평가를 통하여 보증 지원한 기술 중소기업 중 3,214개 기업을 대상으로 4차 산업혁명 기업과 일반 중소기업으로 구분한 후 경영 특성이 고성장 기업 결정에 미치는 영향을 실증 분석하였다. 고성장 기업 판단은 OECD(2007)의 정의를 적용하여 최근 2년간 매출액 증가율이 연간 평균 20% 이상인 기업이다. 표본 대상의 두집단이 비정규분포를 따르고 있어 Mann-Whitney U test 비모수 검증으로 평균치 차이 분석을 하였다. 또한 정규성 가정이 덜 엄격한 이변량 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 독립변수는 대표자 역량, 인적자본 역량, 기술혁신 역량, 기본 특성, 지역더미, 기술수준 더미이다. 이에 대응하는 하위변수는 대표자 학력, 대표자 동업종 경험 수준, 상시 종업원, 연구 인력, 지식 재산권 수, 연구개발 투자금액, 기업 업력, 총자산, 지역_수도권, 지역_중부권, 기술수준_첨단기술, 기술수준_중기술이다. 분석결과, 4차 산업혁명 기업은 대표자 동업종 경험수준, 상시종업원, 기업업력, 총자산, 기술수준_첨단기술의 연구가설이 지지되었다. 일반 중소기업은 대표자 동업종 경험수준, 연구인력, 총자산, 지역_수도권의 연구가설이 지지되었다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.65-88
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• 2008

과학기술의 발전과 정보화와의 급진전을 토대로 기술적 지식이 가치창출의 핵심요소로 대두됨으로써 기업환경이 급속한 변화하고 있다. 이러한 환경 하에서 생존하고 성장하고 있는 혁신 형 중소기업에 대하여 관심을 갖고 이들의 생존과 성공비결을 연구하는 것은 중요한 연구과제가 아닐 수 없다. 본 연구는 이러한 혁신 형 중소기업의 성공요인에 대한 선행 연구를 고찰하면서 많은 선행 연구들의 이론적 고찰을 경험하였다. 이러한 선행연구를 바탕으로 사례연구를 위한 이론적 모형을 설정하고, 이를 바탕으로 실제 사례를 통해 검증해 봄으로써 혁신 형 중소기업의 성공요인에 대해 보다 깊이 있게 접근할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 선행연구의 검토결과와 연구 과제를 토대로 도출된 주요 성공요인들인 기업가의 특성, 환경특성, 전략특성 조직의 자원과 역량특성 등을 중심으로, 재경부산하 신용보증기관에서 신용보증 받은 기업 중 안정된 성장세를 시현하고 있는 세 개 기업의 사례조사를 통해 검증함으로써 혁신 형 중소기업의 경영성과에 미치는 요인들을 탐색적으로 규명함으로써 혁신 형 중소기업 창업자 및 정책지원업무 관련자에게 시사점을 제공하고자 하였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.957-958
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• 2007

The conduction-cooled HTS SMES magnet is operated in cryogenic temperature. The insulation design at cryogenic temperature is an important element that should be established to accomplish miniaturization that is a big advantage of HTS SMES. However, the behaviors of insulators for cryogenic conditions in air or vacuum are virtually unknown. Therefore, we need active research and development of insulation concerning application of the conduction-cooled HTS SMES. Specially, this paper was studied about high vacuum and cryogenic temperature breakdown and flashover discharge characteristics between cryocooler and magnet-coil. The breakdown and surface flashover discharge characteristics were experimented at cryogenic temperature and vacuum. Also, we were experimented about mechanical properties of 4-point bending test. From the results, we confirmed that about research between cryocooler and magnet-coil established basic data in the insulation design.