• 지식경영연구
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.113-137
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• 2015

Many scholars have addressed the technological convergence of small-medium sized firms in Korea and their impact on the economic growth of nation. Nevertheless, most studies have been investigated the relationship between entrepreneurship and venture creation, and a few studies have analyzed the innovation and technological convergence of SMEs. The purpose of this research is to gain industrial insight into the technological convergence and to suggest a dynamic growth policy for entrepreneurs of SMEs to improve their convergence performance based on IT and BT. Therefore, we intend to propose solutions to these key questions in convergence such as; what are the key patterns in the process of technological convergence of SMEs on IT and BT, and what kinds of strategy do their need? In order to answer these research questions, we adopt network analysis using patent citation information. Results of network analysis revealed that building ecosystem based on government and universities is one of the most important factors for the future growth of SMEs in Korea. Also, the fit between technological convergence direction of SMEs and division of convergence structure of government and universities will be positively associated with dynamic growth of SMEs in Korea. In conclusion, this research extends the current studies on important aspects of SMEs in the technological convergence process by proposing their growth in convergence process to a newly converging context, IT and BT, and shed light on the integrative perspectives of crucial roles of SMEs on innovation performance in the IT and BT technological convergence.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2020

The paper investigates the factors that affect the demand for a voluntary audit of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. A structured questionnaire survey of 284 SMEs was employed, preceded by in-depth interviews with auditors and SMEs' managers. The research used logistic regression estimator to address econometric issues and to improve the accuracy of the regression coefficients. The results show that the degree of director's view on voluntary audit, related stakeholder, degree of recommendation, and firm size have a statistically significant positive effect on audit decisions of SMEs while degree of audit fee has a statistically significant negative effect, and degree of subjective norm does not affect. This indicated that SMEs are more likely to have an external audit if they have some typical features: it is becoming larger in terms of size, and the directors consider that the audit has a relative benefit outweighing its cost. The research results suggested that Vietnam Government should make a statutory audit of SMEs' financial statements rather than make it an option for SMEs. The auditing firms were also recommended to actively take their audit services to SMEs rather than waiting for the SMEs' managers to contact them for their services.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.257-267
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• 2022

혁신인증(벤처인증, 이노비즈인증, 메인비즈인증) 중소기업과 일반 중소기업의 고용효과를 비교·분석하였다. 성향점수매칭을 통해 각 혁신인증별 중소기업과 유사한 성향을 갖는 일반 중소기업을 선별하여 분석을 수행하였으며, 고용효과는 절대적 고용효과인 고용증가율과 상대적 고용효과인 매출액 고용계수의 두 가지 관점에서 접근하였다. 분석 결과 기술혁신형 인증인 벤처인증 기업과 이노비즈인증 기업은 절대적 고용효과에 우위가 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 혁신인증 중소기업은 고용증가 이상의 매출액 성장을 달성하여 일반 중소기업 대비 고용에 여력이 있다는 결론을 도출하였다. 따라서 혁신인증 중소기업에 대한 고용 관련 인센티브의 강화를 통해 혁신인증 중소기업의 고용효과를 제고할 가능성이 있다.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2021

Purpose-This study examines how financial slack resources and subcontracting of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affect their internationalization. To identify slack resources, subcontracting, and internationalization of SMEs, 1,062 SME samples in the electronics industry are used in the logistic regression analysis to analyze their relationship with SMEs' export. Research design, data, and methodology-This study conducted the empirical analysis on 1,062 SMEs in the electronics industry using the sample survey method. The samples were based on data selected and distributed by the Ministry SMEs and Startups. The data analysis methods were descriptive, correlation analysis, and logistics regression analysis. Result-The analysis shows that only available resources are negatively related to SMEs' internationalization. It can be interpreted as a high tendency for SMEs to avoid relatively risky choices such as entering overseas markets if they have enough financial resources. Moreover, subcontracting has a negative relationship with internationalization. Conclusion-This study broadened the scope of SME research by analyzing subcontracting and slack resources together and provides practical implications for policymakers and managers.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.47-66
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• 2013

Recently, with the diffusion of a new paradigm named as the creative economy, the government's interests and efforts regarding support of SMEs' R&D have been concentrated. In particular, due to the dominant perception that the fundamental science and original technology from government-funded research institutes can further enhance the capabilities of SMEs' R&D, the importance of performance's diffusion on national R&D is further emphasized. In fact, the domestic SMEs don't have enough budget and workforce, so that all of self-contained technologies, product's competitiveness as well as the R&D capabilities, are very vulnerable, and thereby SMEs' commercialization is very likely to fail. For this end, SMEs need to adopt the concept of open innovation as the use of external R&D resources by licensing. In this study, we conducted a survey on a total of 286 domestic IT SMEs, and analyzed empirically to compare the degree of their acceptance on technological innovation between two groups divided by open/not-open innovation. As a result, we drew some of the key factors influencing the acceptance of the SMEs' open technological innovation, and found a variety of implications through them.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.461-488
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• 2018

This paper explores the relationship between network cooperation, innovation, internationalization and economic performance of manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of engineering goods industry located in Bangalore city, India. At the outset, it is observed that SMEs receive the maximum assistance in the realm of product specifications. Moreover, they do not resort to manufacturing new products as much as they resort to product modifications or process improvements. Further, it is found (using Chi-square test of independence) that higher the network assistance received from an external network, greater is the innovation performance of SMEs. Subsequently, using analysis of variance (ANOVA), export intensity (proxy for internationalization performance) of SMEs is found to have a significant positive association with both the degree of their network cooperation and of their innovation performance. Lastly, it is observed that higher the degree of each of network cooperation, innovation performance and internationalization performance, better is the economic performance (measured by total sales turnover) of SMEs. These results have significant implications for the policy makers of the country to give due attention to network cooperation, innovation and internationalization as the means of enhancing the economic performance of SMEs.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2001

For several decades researches and development on superconducting magnetic energy storage(SMES) system have been done for efficient electric power management. Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) have developed of a 1MJ , 300kVA SMES System for improving power quality in sensitive electric loads. It consists of an IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) based power conversion module. NbTi mixed matrix conductor superconducting magnet and a cryostat with HTS current leads. We developed the code fro design of a SMES magnet. Which could find the parameters of the SMES magnet having minimum amount of superconductors for the same store denerby. and designed the 1 MJ SMES magnet by using it . And we have design and fabricated cryostat with kA class HTS current leads for a 1 MJ SMES System. This paper describes the design fabrication and test results for a 1MJ SMES System.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2022

A systematic support system that develops technology support policies for SMEs (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) and solves technical problems faced by SMEs will increase the productivity and competitiveness of SMEs. To this end, it is necessary to identify the types and level of technology required for SMEs, and to find ways to utilize the technologies possessed by government-funded research institutes leading technology development. It is important to develop a new production technology and to establish a cooperation system between SMEs and government- funded research institutes to solve various pending problems.

• 무역학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.285-304
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• 2016

본 연구는 국제무역에 있어서 전자상거래가 중소기업의 성공에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를, 중국 전자상거래 기업들의 설문조사를 통하여 실증적으로 분석한다. 또한 구조방정식 모형을 통하여 중국 기업의 전자상거래 핵심 성공요인을 추출, 분석하여 중국 중소기업의 전자상거래 발전 핵심요인으로 최고경영자의 혁신성, 최고경영자의 IT지원 및 기업 전략의 세 가지 요인을 통계적으로 유의미하게 도출하였고, 중국 중소기업 맞춤형 해외진출 플랫폼이 필요하다는 정책적 시사점을 함께 제언한다.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2018

The Korean fisheries industry is a traditional business, the majority of which are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It has played an important role in the South Korean economies in the past several decades, but it currently faces the limitations of growth potential and profitability due to declining workforce, aging populations, deteriorating fishery environments, climate changes, and rapid changes in the global industrial ecosystem. Many studies have suggested solutions for the fisheries industry in macro perspective, but there are rarely any studies taking the strategic approaches for the problem. If it is possible for governments to support the companies that are likely to increase their value-added selectively, it will break through the current situation more effectively. This paper introduces a study on the selection method utilizing data envelopment analysis (DEA) to find SMEs with potentials to increase profits and growth. We suggest selecting SMEs with high management efficiency and ability to utilize intangible assets as the target companies. We also suggest policy objectives for SMEs in the domestic fisheries industry based on the results of DEA analysis and propose a data-based method for the policy decisions.