• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.119-146
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• 2006

This paper attempts to identify variables which affect Korean technology innovation-driven SMEs' performance in comparison with IT and BT industries. Technology development strategy, marketing capability, intellectual capital managerial ability are included to generate variables for the empirical research. The results of this study show that technology development strategy, marketing capability, intellectual capital managerial ability influence on the sales growth of technology-based SME in IT and BT industries. It also discusses some implications of Korean technology innovation-driven SMEs' strategy and management.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.215-228
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• 2019

This study micro-analyzed the impact of innovation capabilities on innovation performance by type of CEO, with innovative SMEs being subject to research. In addition, the impact of CEO type on innovative capabilities and the impact of innovative capabilities on innovation performance were studied together. In order to achieve the research objective, we conducted an empirical analysis of 250 innovative small and medium-sized enterprises registered in the medium-term department as research targets and the results are as follows. First, the analysis of the impact of the type of CEO on the capacity of innovation shows that market-oriented, technology-driven and consultant-type CEOs have a significant impact on the amount of technology change reduction, but managed CEOs do not see any statistically significant differences in the amount of technology change reduction areas. Managed CEOs did not see statistically significant differences in the amount of technology change-sensitive areas. In addition, it was analyzed that the current type of CEO of small businesses does not affect the R&D technology digestion capacity of technological innovation capabilities. Second, the analysis of the relationship between innovation capabilities and innovation performance did not have a statistically significant effect. Third, the analysis of the adjustment effect between the type of CEO and the capacity of innovation according to the growth stage of small businesses shows that the technology and the consultant-type CEO affect the amount of the area of technology change, but the managed and market-type CEOs did not have the adjustment effect. Fourth, the analysis of the capacity of innovation and the effect of adjustment between innovation and innovation in the growth phase of innovative SMEs did not have a statistically significant effect.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.156-166
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• 2019

For this study, a survey was conducted with the employees of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) located in Seoul and in Gyeonggi province. In the end, a total of 328 valid questionnaires were received and used in the analysis. The data of this study were analyzed using two statistics programs: SPSS Statistics 22.0 and AMOS 22.0. As for the method to verify the hypothesis, we used a structural equation model. The key findings of this study are as follows. First, the results of correlation analysis between management strategy factors, innovation activities, and business performance showed that the factors that were at a higher level of correlation were the technology differentiation strategies, marketing differentiation strategies, and the cost-driven strategy. Second, the strategic management factors that influenced innovation activities were in the following order: marketing differentiation, technology differentiation, and the cost-driven strategy, while the valid factors that affected business performance with significance were only the marketing differentiation strategy and the cost-driven strategy. Third, while the analysis showed that the technology differentiation strategy did not have a direct effect on business performance, it was shown that the relationship between the technology differentiation strategy and business performance was completely mediated by innovation activities.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.146-172
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• 2018

In the Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) sector, research has shown an increasing trend due to changes in industrial society and policy. Therefore, the interrelationship between academic research and policy is relatively high. In this study, we analyzed the trends of academic research related to SMEs innovation policy. Moreover, we examined the interrelationships. By using text mining techniques, we have identified key themes and changes in domestic policy papers published since the announcement of the "Five-Year Plan for Innovation of SMEs". Also, we compared them with "Five-Year Plan for Innovation of SMEs" of each period. The result shows that the gap between academic research and policy has been closing over time. This study shows that there is an increasing number of research studies that verify policies at the relevant time from an academic point of view, and that policy issues are in turn influencing academic research due to government-driven policies. Also, it was confirmed that there was a time gap between academic research and policy. Academic research tended to increase compared to the previous year's level, when the policy had been implemented. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the establishment of the "2019~2023 five-year plan for Small and Medium Enterprises" which will be announced in the future, and this study will demonstrate the possibility of devising evidence-based policy.

• Journal of Convergence Society for SMB
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.27-34
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• 2012

This study aims to achieve the following goal. Goal is to do the comparative analysis through the in-depth investigation of global technology commercialization agencies and program. In the era of global competition, The change to the innovation-driven economy through the creation and diffusion of technology is accelerating in the world. For the global technology and market changes and efficient information management, systematic support system for local SMEs is required. To this end, we researched and analyzed the level of technology and commercialization trends in major foreign countries, and major domestic and international institutes, and technology commercialization programs. Based on this, we draw the domestic SMEs' expansion strategy and information support plan to enter the global market.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.48-79
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• 2016

Recently, to overcome the global economic recession and stimulate the sluggish economy, Korea government has adopted various policies designed to strengthen the innovative capabilities of its small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs). With our focus on ICT technology companies, this study empirically analyzes both the potentials and the limitations of the R&D information support programs which are part of these governmental efforts. Our goal is to generate insights and help develop policies based on evidence. In this study, we used statistics from 2014 on small or medium business technologies to analyze the effect that the government's R&D information support policy has had on the technological or economic performance of small or medium businesses. According to these research results, R&D support programs (assistance with R&D planning and provision of technological information) made available to small or medium businesses did have a significant correlation to technological investment. By contrast, R&D information supporting programs were found to have no direct, significant correlation to technological or economic performance. One exception was that programs that gained the benefits of R&D planning support did have a significant correlation to technological performance in the case of companies engaged in ICT research. The results of this study will provide various insights for policymakers designing policies to support technologically-driven small or medium businesses, including ICT-based companies. We anticipate that this study will be a particularly helpful guide to policy development for corporations or researchers that provide supportive information to small or medium businesses.