중소기업의 구조변화 실태와 발전과제

It can be said that the upgrading of the structures of SMEs generally means a structural shift from labor-intensive industries to technology-capital intensive industries. In the process of improving the industrial structures, SMEs are leaders, at the same time, latecomers. In order for the Korean economy to continue the sustainable growth in the future, SMEs should play a leading role in industrial structure advancement. Since the 2000s, however, SMEs’R&D investment has been increased, and in recent years there has been a phenomenon, called ‘Innovation Paradox’in which SMEs’ value-added productivity records negative growth. In order for SMEs to play a leading role in the process of industrial structure advancement and sustainable growth achievement, followings are necessary: restructuring of weak competitiveness, revitalization of knowledge·technology entrepreneurship and improvement of success rate, enhancement of technology innovation capability and a higher success rate of development technology commercialization, improvement of the policy funds management method, based on the restructuring of financial structure, and the expansion of export base and measures for strengthening global competitiveness, etc.