제조기술기반 중소기업의 유효특허권리화 활동이 신기술 및 신제품 성과에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

This study examines the effects of the acquisition activities of valid patents by manufacturing technology-based SMEs on business performance. The major finding of the study is that the acquisition activities of valid patents by afore-mentioned SMEs positively affects the performances related to new technology and new product. Specifically, first, we found that the patent development process management has a positive effect on the development capability of new technology as well as the quality of new product. The competitiveness of new technology is secured by systematically managing the patent development process. The performance is realized in terms of sales revenues. Further, we found that the application of new technology has a positive effect on securing the competitiveness of new technology. The findings support that the new technology possessed by the enterprise is a very important factor for acquiring competitive advantages in terms of technology and market performances. Lastly, it was found that fact that application for patent evasion has a positive effect on securing competitiveness of new technology, improving development ability of new technology, shortening development period of new product, and satisfying customer satisfaction of new product. The results support that patent infringement can be prevented by the patent application of the ideas derived from avoiding the problem in the design process. In addition, we discussed conceptual and managerial implications of our findings along with the limitations and future research directions.