• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.41-62
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• 2013

중소기업청에서는 중소기업의 연구개발을 촉진하고 혁신형 중소기업을 육성하기 위해, 정책적 부합성을 우선적으로 고려하여 선정된 중점지원분야를 중심으로 연구개발 자금을 지원하고 있다. 이러한 하향식 중점지원분야 선정의 실효성을 파악하기 위해 각 분야별 종사 중소기업의 분포, 과제 지원 중소기업의 분포, 선정 과제 분포 사이의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 그 결과 종사 중소기업 수와 과제 지원 중소기업 수가 각 분야별로 큰 편차를 보였으며, 선정된 중점지원분야가 중소기업의 기술개발 수요를 정확히 반영하지 못하고 있었다. 또한 지원 중소기업의 분포가 종사 중소기업의 분포에 강한 의존성을 보여, 중소기업들은 주로 정책적 방향에 따르기 보다는 현재 종사하고 있는 사업 분야에서 연구개발을 기획하려는 경향이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 아울러 선정과제 분포가 지원 중소기업 분포에 강한 상관관계를 보여, 중점지원분야들이 전략적으로 고르게 육성되기 보다는 단순히 지원업체의 분포에 따라 지원자금이 배분되고 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 하향식 중점지원분야 선정의 한계를 보완하기 위해, 중소기업의 기술개발 니즈를 우선 반영하는 상향식 중점지원분야 선정 방안을 제안하였다. 상향식 선정 방식에서는 기술개발 수요, 기술개발 역량, 기술성 및 시장성, 정책적 중요도의 순서로 고려되는 것이 바람직하며, 이는 다양한 사업 기획에 더욱 유연하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 기업가정신과 벤처연구
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2018

중소기업은 제4차 산업 혁명의 글로벌 비즈니스 환경의 급속한 변화에 대응하는 전략이 필요하다. 이러한 사업 환경을 극복하기 위해 중소기업은 핵심 역량 분야에 집중해야 한다. 중소기업의 구조적 특성으로 인해 중소기업이 전체 공급사슬의 역할을 수행하는 것은 어렵기 때문에 정부의 지원은 매우 중요하다. 최근 중소기업의 사업 확대를 위한 중소기업 네트워크의 구축이 요구되고 있다. 중소기업들이 네트워크를 형성함으로써 시너지 효과를 유발 할 수 있다. 상호 협력하는 네트워크의 장점을 활용하여 중소기업의 경쟁력을 확보하기 위해 중소기업 네트워크의 협력의 필요성이 높아지고 있다. 정부는 네트워크의 협력을 지원하기 위해 다양한 지원 프로그램을 제시하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 중소기업 지원 프로그램의 효과적인 전략을 도출하기 위해 출연(연)의 지원 프로그램의 필요성과 만족도의 차이를 분석하였다. 중소기업에 대한 정부의 정책과 인식의 차이를 분석하고, 중소기업의 발전을 위한 체계적인 출연(연)의 중소기업 지원 전략을 도출하고자 한다. 중소기업을 활성화하기 위한 연구가 부족한 상황에서 중소기업의 시장 수요를 고려하여 현행 제도의 문제점을 파악하고 개선 전략을 이끌어 내고자 한다. 또한 중소기업에 대한 지원 전략을 도출하고 활용할 수 있는 구체적인 방법을 고안하고자 하였다. 장기적인 관점에서 학문적이고 실질적인 연구를 장기적인 관점에서 진행되어야 하고 지속 가능한 중소기업에 대한 지원 프로그램을 개발해야한다.

• 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.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.527-536
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• 2020

International business research presents a broad consensus on the importance of dynamic capabilities in the internationalization of SMEs. However, there is a lack of research on assessing the impact of dynamic capabilities and the level of SMEs' internationalization operating in a turbulent and dynamic business environment. This study examines the impact of environmental dynamism and three sets of dynamic capabilities, namely, sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring capabilities on internationalized SMEs' geographic scope. In addition, this research examines the association between internationalized SMEs' characteristics: SME's age, size, and SME owner/manager's international experience and SMEs' geographic scope. This study used a quantitative research and employed survey questionnaires to collect data from 305 internationalized Malaysian manufacturing SMEs. Anova tests and Chi Square tests were employed to analyze data collected from respondents using SPSS. Research findings revealed that environmental dynamism and dynamic capabilities have a significant impact on internationalized SMEs' geographic scope, however, none of the internationalized SMEs' characteristics had a significant relationship with their geographic scope. The result of this research suggest internationalized SMEs owner/managers need to possess sensing, seizing and reconfiguring capabilities, and monitor business environmental dynamism to increase their geographic scope. This paper ends with drawing a set of concluding remarks and recommendations.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2020

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the interaction effect of customers relationship management (CRM) on the competitive advantage (CA) of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Yemen. Research design, data and methodology: This study applied a quantitative approach in dealing with the interaction effect of CRM dimensions and SMEs' competitive advantage in Yemen. The research uses a sample of 247 manufacturing SMEs surveyed in Yemen. Results: The results indicate that only three dimensions of CRM, namely (TCM), (KM) and (CRMO), have a significant effect on SMEs' competitive advantage, but not that between (KCF) and SMEs' competitive advantage. Conclusions: The findings of this study offer important insights for owners and managers of SMEs, researchers and policymakers to further understand the effects of CRM on SMEs' competitive advantage. SMEs should also be encouraged to develop their CRM to improve their competitive advantage. Lastly, this study makes several contributions to the literature, the first of which is the provision of evidence concerning the major role of CRM as a dependent variable and competitive advantage as an independent variable. The second contribution pertains to its pioneering status in examining the direct relationship between CRM dimensions and the competitive advantage of SMEs in a Middle Eastern country.

• 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.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권10호
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• pp.959-968
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• 2020

Research underlined that Small and Medium Enterprises' performance is enhanced by different types of innovation capabilities. This research tends to present a comprehensive model to explain the relationship between innovation capabilities and SMEs' financial and operational performance. Specifically, this study tends to achieve three objectives: explores the set of product, process, organizational and marketing innovation capabilities possessed by owners/managers of SMEs and their impact on Chinese manufacturing SMEs' operational and financial performance dimensions, identify the determinants of innovation capabilities, and determine the contextual factors that moderate innovation capabilities and SMEs' performance. This research employed a qualitative research method using in-depth interviews with eight owners/managers of Chinese manufacturing SMEs. Research findings revealed that product and marketing innovation capabilities have a significant impact on SMEs' financial performance while process and organizational innovation capabilities positively influence SMEs' operational performance. The major determinants of innovation capabilities involved availability of sufficient organizational resources, entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge development and external networks. The contextual moderating factors on the relationship between innovation capabilities and SMEs' performance involved internal factors which are: SME size, SMEs' owner/manager work experience, entrepreneurial mindset; and external factors: market dynamism and cooperation strategies. This paper ends by drawing some concluding remarks and proposing future research avenues.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.411-422
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• 2021

Technological adaption and innovative activities foster small and medium enterprises (SMEs) growth, especially women-owned SMEs in Pakistan, However, the impact of technological adaption and innovative activities on SMEs growth in the context of Pakistan has been examined by very researchers. This study aims to identify the effect of technology and open innovation policies on the growth of women-owned SMEs and the present trends and management challenges for successful full implementation of open innovation. The study considered a sample of 693 women enterprises located in different cities in Pakistan. Open innovation is measured through eight innovative practices, reflecting the exploration and exploitation of technology in SMEs. Study findings revealed that women enterprises were involved in several open innovation policies during the last five years. Moreover, the study indicated no significant differences between manufacturing and service SMEs regarding open innovation practices; however, women enterprises are more impressively engaged in open innovation practices. Findings also reveal that women-owned SMEs follow open innovation, mainly for market-related intentions, to compete with competitors and meet customers' demands. Thus, it is suggested that government policy relating to thriving SMEs owned by women should be innovation-oriented. The study contributes to the theoretical and practical implications. Further, the study is helpful for SMEs, researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.179-192
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• 2021

Purpose - This study is aim to stimulate ESG management of SMEs in Korea with SWOT analysis. Presently, ESG is also affecting a company's supply chain and sales. We tried to make the complementary point of Korea SMEs through domestic and foreign cases. Design/methodology/approach - We divide foreign cases into three countries, and in Korea, also divide into three groups of government, major companies, SMEs to conduct SWOT analysis. Findings - We confirmed that ESG activities were delayed in Korea compared to overseas, but the government and major companies were responding quickly. However, SMEs are complaining of difficulties in ESG activities due to cost issues and limited information. Nevertheless, some SMEs companies show the possibility by carrying out ESG activities based on their own strengths. Research implications or Originality - We suggested the need for SMEs' ESG management. The SMEs are inevitably vulnerable to ESG management compared to other groups. Therefore, We suggested the direction of SMEs ESG management expansion, that are R&D and distribution of eco-friendly activities through collaboration with universities(E), social program to improve working places(S), and expansion of governance that guarantees autonomy(G).

• 무역학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2020

This study explores the role of relationship banking for the exports of SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) in Korea. Using a sample of SMEs listed on the Korean stock markets between 2004 and 2018, I find that relationship banking has a positive impact on exporting behaviors of SMEs. This result indicates that relationship banking is suitable for SMEs to raise their funds in the export decision-making since the incentive for banks to obtain soft information enhances SMEs' access to external finance. In particular, through further analysis considering financial constraints, I find that the positive impact of relationship banking on exports is amplified for financially constrained SMEs. In addition, the positive impact on exports is also amplified for export starters. Finally, relationship banking provides benefits for SMEs' export decision-making regardless of the financial crisis. To sum up, relationship banking may be useful means of financing for Korean SMEs whose creditworthiness cannot be assessed only by hard information. As the role of finance in international trade has recently been highlighted, this study provides insightful evidence that relationship banking may enhance exports of SMEs as a source of trade finance.