상황요인과 기술혁신: 내부요인의 조절효과

Many researchers have investigated variables related to determinants of technological innovation, but the results have not been united. In addition, previous studies do not classify major companies and SMEs. The effort to investigate interaction between determinants of technological innovation is very insufficient in domestic and foreign studies. In this study to complement the limit in those previous studies, we drew technological innovation determinants of SMEs on the basis of the review of previous studies, actual condition survey results in Korean SMEs. Derived variables were classified into independence factors (government’s policy supports, external networks, technological opportunity) and moderating factors (entrepreneurship, innovative differentiation strategy, organizational structure) to design a study model and set up a hypothesis. To test the hypotheses, data were collected from the small and medium-sized firms. The survey data of 274 firms were collected and integrated as the empirical base for testing the hypotheses. First, external networks and technological opportunity were positively related to technological innovation of SMEs. But, government’s policy supports did not related to technological innovation significantly. Second, moderating effects of entrepreneurship with the relation between government’s policy supports, external networks, technological opportunity and technological innovation were all significant. Third, moderating effects of innovative differentiation strategy with the relation between government’s policy supports, external networks, technological opportunity and technological innovation were all significant. Fourth, moderating effects of organizational structure with the relation between government’s policy supports, external networks, technological opportunity and technological innovation were all significant. The implications of these findings, limitations, and future research directions were also discussed.