Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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An Empirical Analysis of Influence of Corporate Entrepreneurship on Business Performance from the Viewpoint of SMEs' Growth

중소기업의 성장 관점에서 사내 기업가정신이 경영성과에 미치는 영향 실증분석

  • Received : 2017.09.08
  • Accepted : 2017.10.07
  • Published : 2017.10.31
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Abstract

Entrepreneurship is an important factor not only for start-ups, but also for scale-up of businesses. In other words, the two aspects of establishment and growth of businesses must be balanced through entrepreneurship. However, it is true that entrepreneurship has been biased toward the former in previous researches and government policies. Here in this research, the causal relationships between the entrepreneurial characteristics of Korean firms and the performance of the company, which is measured by proposal, activity, and business performance are examined as a growth perspective. Based on these relationships, a model describing the operating mechanism of corporate entrepreneurship is derived and policy implications are provided. In conducting research, the hypotheses on the interrelationship of variables are builded using '2016 Entrepreneurship Situation Survey(Corporate)' data from Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation and analyzed by structural equation modeling. In addition, the moderating effect according to the firm size and the mediating effect between entrepreneurship and business performance are analyzed. As a result of this research, the fact that entrepreneurship affects business performance is identified and it is necessary to prioritize corporate vision and strategy for enhancement of entrepreneurship. In particular, necessity of operating system for SMEs is confirmed considering SMEs' entrepreneurship level. The implications of this research are expected to be applied by the government in establishing policy direction to enhance corporate entrepreneurship of SMEs in the future.

기업가정신은 창업을 위한 중요 요인이기도 하지만 창업 이후 기업의 성장(Scale-up)을 위해서도 마찬가지로 중요하며 창업과 성장이라는 두 가지 측면이 기업가정신을 통해 균형적으로 발현되어야 하는 것으로 볼 수 있다. 그러나, 그간의 연구나 정부의 정책 방향에 있어 기업가정신이 전자에 편향되어 왔던 것이 사실이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 성장 관점에서 우리나라 기업의 기업가정신 특성과 제안성과, 활동성과, 사업성과 등으로 측정된 경영성과간의 인과관계를 실증적으로 살펴보고 작동 기제를 설명하는 모형을 도출하여 이에 대한 정책적 시사점을 제공하고자 하였다. 연구를 수행함에 있어 (재)한국청년기업가정신재단에서 수행한 '2016년 기업가정신 실태조사(기업편)'의 변인간 관계에 대한 가설을 설정하고 구조방정식모델을 통하여 분석하였다. 또한, 기업 규모에 따른 조절효과와 기업가정신과 경영성과간 매개효과를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과로, 사내 기업가정신이 경영성과에 영향을 미치며 이를 위해서는 비전과 전략이 선행되어야 함을 밝혔고, 특히 중소기업의 기업가정신 수준 대비 운영체계 확보 필요성을 확인하였다. 도출된 시사점은 향후 정부가 중소기업의 기업가정신을 제고하는 데 있어 정책적 방향성을 수립하는데 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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