• 품질경영학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.551-568
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• 2018

Purpose: This study addressed the relationship between technological innovation activity and management efficiency of Korean automobile firms. We tested the hypothesis of non-liner relationship of innovation activity in relation to management efficiency. Methods: We discussed prior literature in the firm innovation strategy and management efficiency studies to provide better understanding of relationships between technological innovation activity and management efficiency. As a result, we developed develop and tested a model (Inverted-U shaped) capturing the non-linear impact of technological innovation activity. While we used R&D expenditure and patent registration data for measuring firms' innovation activity, management efficiency was evaluated by using DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis). Results: Main findings of our empirical analysis indicated that the relationships between technological innovation activity and management efficiency was inverted U shaped. This implied that the relationship between technological innovation and management efficiency is inverted U-shaped non-linear, with management efficiency increasing up to a point, beyond which higher levels of R&D and patent registration activities led to a decrease in management efficiency. Conclusion: This study empirically assessed the inconclusive findings of previous research in the area of effects of innovation activities in relation to firm performance. The paper also provided theoretical and practical implications for firms who explore efficient strategy to promote the management performance through technological innovation activities. Future research directions with the limitation of the study was discussed.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.355-364
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• 2022

The effect of technological innovation on the high-quality development of the producer services industry depends on whether or not technical innovation efficiency plays a key role. This study looks at the impact of technological innovation and financial technology (fintech) on the development of high-quality producer services in Fujian Province from 2010 to 2019. The efficiency of technological innovation is measured using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist productivity index. The mean overall innovation efficiency score is 0.639, meaning that Fujian accounts for 36.1% of resource utilization inefficiencies and that there are significant differences in technological innovation efficiency between cities. The findings show that high-quality producer services industries benefited from innovation efficiency, but that the influence of technological innovation efficiency is insignificant. This demonstrates that financial innovation has not been able to completely enhance the development level of the producer services industry. This may be due to the unreasonable output structure of technological innovation and the low industrial transformation rate of technological achievements. This study advocates that the R&D fund allocation structure be optimized. That technological innovation can improve the high-quality development of the producer services industry is a consensus within the academic community.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.895-904
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• 2021

This study aims to investigate the impact of innovation on firm efficiency. Panel data of fourteen finance companies and nine technology companies from 2011 to 2019 on the Vietnam Stock Exchange Market is derived from audited financial statements, annual reports, and other crucial reports that are provided by Vietstock; macroeconomic variables are collected from the World Bank Database. A two-stage approach is used. First, use of the Data Envelopment Analysis methodology to measure firm efficiency. Second, use of the Pooled ordinary least squares, the Fixed effects model, and the Random effects model to investigate the impact of innovation on firm efficiency. Furthermore, the Generalized Method of Moments and the Tobit model are used to validate the impact of innovation on firm efficiency, and the t-test is used to confirm the difference in efficiency with and without the impact of innovation between two industries. The results show that there is a significant impact of innovation on efficiency, and innovation plays a more important in increasing the efficiency of the finance industry than the technology industry. Moreover, the relation between age and efficiency is like the U-shaped, and between size and efficiency is like the inverted U-shaped, whereas efficiency is not associated with inflation.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.125-136
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• 2016

The external R&D, which includes the adoption of the external technology and knowledge in addition to the internal R&D, is one of important factors for the innovation. Especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the external R&D has been considered as a key factor to carry out the innovation more efficiently due to the limitations of their resources and capacities. However, most of extant studies related to external R&D have focused on analyzing the influence of external R&D on innovation outputs or outcomes. Only a few studies have explored the impact of external R&D on the innovation efficiency. This study therefore investigates whether the external R&D effects the industry's innovation efficiency and productivity. On this study, we used Korean manufacturing industry data of SMEs from 2012 to 2014 and employed a global Malmquist productivity analysis technique, which is based on the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), to assess the innovation efficiency and productivity. Innovation performances of external R&D group and internal R&D group are compared. Then, the sectoral patterns of both innovation efficiency and productivity are analyzed with respect to the technological intensity, which is introduced by OECD. The results show that the gap of innovation efficiency between external and internal R&D groups has gradually decreased because of the continuous improvement of the external R&D group's performance, while the external R&D group lag behind the internal R&D group. In addition, patterns of the innovation efficiency and productivity change were different depending on the technological intensity, which means that the higher the technological intensity, the greater the effect of external R&D.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.235-250
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• 2007

The Korean Government has recently been pushing ahead with a variety of programs to support regional innovation. This paper examines whether the variety of regional innovation programs of the government are efficiently managed and effectively functioning in regions. To make the assessment, questionnaire surveys were executed targeting innovation actors in fourteen regions and evaluated the efficiency of government regional programs. Key points of assessment were the appropriateness of the program organization and the efficiency of program management for the effectiveness of program results. It was found that the appropriateness of the program organization and the efficiency of program management were related positively to performance of programs, but the performance of regional innovation programs overall was not high. Some problems were found in program organization and program management such as the overlapping of program objectives and functions, the inadequate synergy among programs, insufficient reflection of the needs of industry in planning, the overlapping investment in facilities and equipment, and low effectiveness of evaluation.

• 산업공학
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.336-346
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• 2009

One of primary assumptions on DEA is that all DMUs for evaluation should be homogeneous. In comparative analysis among DMUs with relative efficiency measurement, it should be evaluated under identical conditions by ruling out external environmental influences. In this study, a measurement of innovation efficiency using the three-stage approach is performed. The approach employs DEA to measure relative efficiency and Tobit regressions to control external variables affecting innovation activity. The approach applied to firms in Korean Innovation Survey: Service Sector 2003 and 2006. Final efficiency scores of the approach represent net efficiency of the innovation. This study found that there is a increasing on technical efficiency of third stage, and it has difference with first stage significantly. Besides, a decrease on standard deviation of third stage is found. It means DMUs biased lower due to unfavorable condition and ones biased higher due to favorable condition are fallen into an identical operating environment through the approach. A measurement of net efficiency, excluding external effects, ensures the homogeneity of DMUs so that improves the reliability in terms of its analysis results. This study is expected to provide a direction and to be a valuable reference to further evaluation of innovation performance in Korean service sector.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.1-28
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• 2020

본 연구는 혁신효율성이 기업의 기업성과에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 분석하였다. 여기서 혁신효율성은 연구개발지출 또는 연구개발스톡에 대한 특허 출원수의 비율로 측정하였으며, 영업성과는 영업이익률과 영업현금흐름비율로 측정하였다. 2014년부터 2017년까지 한국거래소에 상장된 제조기업 1,880개(기업-연도)의 표본을 Hirshleifer et al(2013)의 분석 모형을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석결과, 혁신효율성과 영업이익률 간의 유의한 양(+)의 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 영업현금흐름비율로 측정한 성과 역시 혁신효율성과 유의한 양(+)의 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 연구개발투자 대비 더 많은 특허 출원을 달성한, 즉 혁신효율성이 높은 기업들이 더 높은 기업성과를 달성하는 것을 의미한다. 추가적으로 R&D 집약기업과 R&D 비집약기업으로 나누어 분석하였다. 분석결과, R&D 집약기업에서는 혁신효율성이 영업이익률과 영업현금흐름비율에 유의한 양(+)의 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, R&D 비집약기업에서는 혁신효율성이 영업현금흐름비율에 유의한 양(+)의 관련성이 나타났다. 또한 전체 표본의 특허 출원 수 평균보다 많은 산업과 적은 산업으로 구분하여 추가분석을 실시한 결과, 특허 출원 수가 많은 산업에서는 혁신효율성이 영업이익률과 영업현금흐름비율에 유의한 양(+)의 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특허 출원 수가 적은 산업에서는 혁신효율성이 영업이익률에 유의한 양(+)의 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 추가분석을 통해 기업의 R&D 집약도를 고려하고 산업별 특허 출원 수를 고려하여도 혁신효율성의 효과가 본 분석의 결과와 일관되게 나타나, 혁신효율성의 유용성이 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 공헌점은 각 기업의 연구개발투자의 혁신효율성을 고려하였다는 데에 있다. 또한 본 연구의 결과는 투자자들이 기업의 평가할 때 단순히 연구개발지출만을 고려할 것이 아니라, 혁신효율성도 고려해야 한다는 시사점을 제시하고 있다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.19-40
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• 2021

Purpose - This paper's purpose is to investigate how foreign ownership and innovation affect firm value. Design/methodology - Firm innovation is defined as operational efficiency, which is calculated by adopting data envelopment analysis (DEA). Additionally, R&D intensity is included as a measure of innovation in the analysis. We used firm-level data from manufacturing companies in Korea. The sample comprised 3,753 firm-year observations for every year in the period 2003-2017. Findings - We found that foreign ownership and innovation are positively related to firm value (Tobin's Q). Foreign ownership moderates innovation's contribution to firm value, implying that foreign ownership may enhance the value relevance of firm innovation. In addition, we found that firm innovation partially mediates the relationship between foreign ownership and firm value. Originality/value - This highlights the important role of foreign investors' monitoring; wherein foreign investors enhance firm value by facilitating firm innovation. Our results suggest that foreign ownership can be crucial for innovation and may serve to address weak ownership structures.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.369-379
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• 2022

과학기술과 문화산업의 융합이 심화되면서 중국의 디지털 문화산업이 부상하고 있다. 디지털 문화산업은 디지털 경제 시대에 문화소비에 대한 새로운 욕구를 충족시켜 소비자들에게 신선한 경험을 선사하고 있다. 본 논문은 중국 A주 36개 디지털 문화 상장기업의 2018년~2019년의 공개 데이터를 이용하여 중국 디지털 문화산업 상장기업의 기술혁신 효율성 평가지표체계를 구축했다. 자료포락분석(DEA)을 활용하여 36개 중국 디지털 문화산업 상장기업의 기술혁신 효율성을 평가했다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 중국 상장기업 36곳은 기술혁신 효율성이 낮다. 둘째, 상장기업의 연구개발 자원의 배치가 불합리하다. 셋째, 상장기업 간 기술혁신 효율성의 차이가 크다. 따라서 연구개발 자금 투입의 확대, 연구개발 자원의 합리적 배치, 연구개발 인력 도입과 육성 확대, 효과적인 동적 인센티브 메커니즘 구축, '정산학연용(政产学研用)'의 긴밀한 결합 촉진 및 정부 정책의 충분한 발휘 등의 조치를 통해 중국 디지털 문화산업 상장기업의 기술혁신 효율성을 제고해야 한다.

• 산업진흥연구
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.97-108
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• 2022

본 논문은 2010년부터 2020년까지 중국 중소기업협회에 등재된 중소기업의 패널 데이터를 연구 표본으로 하고, 계량경제학 모형을 이용하여 금융구조가 중소기업의 혁신효율성에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 확률 변경 분석법(SFA)에 의해 측정된 중소기업의 혁신효율성을 측정하고, Tobit 모형으로 중소기업의 자금조달구조와 혁신효율성의 관계를 살펴보고, 이에 상응하는 이질성 분석을 하였다. 마지막으로, 모델의 견고성을 테스트하였다. 부채와 주식금융이 혁신의 양적 효율성에 미치는 영향은 비선형적이고, 주로 반전된 "U"자형 관계를 나타낸다는 결론이 나왔다. 혁신의 질적 효율성을 위한 채권재무는 긍정적으로 기여한 반면에 주식재무는 부정적으로 나타났다.