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The Effects of Entrepreneurship Orientation and Absorptive Capacity on Corporate Performance : Focusing on Mediating Effects of Product Innovation Performance

기업가지향성 및 흡수역량이 기업성과에 미치는 영향 : 제품혁신성과의 매개효과 중심으로

  • 임종화 (한국기술교육대학교 산업경영학과) ;
  • 김병근 (한국기술교육대학교 산업경영학부)
  • Received : 2018.08.28
  • Accepted : 2018.09.28
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

This study aims at investigating the path in which entrepreneurial orientation and absorptive capacity, which have a significant influence on the corporate performance of SMEs, are mediated through product innovation performance (product speed, product quality). For the empirical study, 233 questionnaires collected from 1775 SMEs including in Daejeon Techno Park start-ups were analyzed by using structural equation model. The empirical analysis shows that absorptive capacity and entrepreneurial orientation have a positive effect on performance through product innovation performance. Therefore, it is suggested that entrepreneurial orientation and absorptive capacity increase product innovation performance in terms of corporate strategy and external information utilization capability, and product innovation performance leads to performance. This paper suggests that entrepreneurial strategy and capacity to utilize external information are important for introducing high quality products faster than others in response to the external environment.

본 연구는 기업가지향성과 흡수역량이 중소기업의 성과에 미치는 영향을 제품혁신성과의 매개효과를 중심으로 분석한다. 구조방정식 모델을 활용하여 중소기업의 기업성과에 중요한 영향을 미치는 기업가지향성과 흡수역량이 제품혁신성과(제품속도, 제품품질)를 매개로 성과에 이르는 경로를 규명한다. 실증연구를 위해 대전테크노파크 입주기업 등 총 1,775개 중소기업을 대상으로 설문조사를 시행하여 수집한 설문지 233부의 응답 내용을 구조방정식 모형을 활용하여 분석하였다. 실증분석결과 흡수역량과 기업가지향성이 제품혁신성과를 매개로 성과에 긍정적 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 기업가지향성과 흡수역량이 높을수록 제품속도와 제품품질을 높이고 제품혁신성과가 기업의 성과로 연결되고 있음을 알 수 있다. 따라서 기업의 전략 측면과 외부 정보 활용 역량 측면에서 기업가지향성과 흡수역량이 제품혁신성과를 높이고, 제품혁신성과가 기업의 성과로 이어진다고 볼 수 있다. 이러한 분석결과는 외부환경에 대응하여 우수한 품질의 제품을 더 빠르게 창출하여 성과를 높이는 데 기업의 전략과 외부 정보를 흡수 활용하는 흡수역량이 중요함을 시사하고 있다.

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