중소기업 R&D지원사업의 효율성과 효과성 분석

Government R&D support for SMEs is very important and the R&D budgetis also increasing. This study suggests a new method for analyzing a performance ofR&D programs and analyzes the performance of R&D programs funded by small &medium business administration using the method. We discuss new measures "efficiency"that means short-term performance and "effectiveness" that means long-termperformance. Weights based on the R&D programs' characteristics among the varioussub-indicators of two measures were derived, and then the final scores were calculatedby combining the weights with the responses on the indicators. Finally, this study teststhe mean differences between R&D programs statistically. As a results, efficiency of R&D programs shows a significant difference between theR&D programs, while effectiveness does not. Most of the efficiency scores are low,whereas the effectiveness scores are high. The results explain that the R&D programsare managed inefficiently. However, most SMEs predict a positive impact of governmentR&D supports on effectiveness in the long term. Government needs to try to improve theefficiency of R&D supports because SMEs cannot expect sustainable performance withno improvement in efficiency.