산업재산권이 서비스업 매출 성과에 미치는 영향 분석

The service industry is an industry that provides intangible goods, and its share in the value-added of South Korea has significantly increased from 48% in 1980 to 63.5% in 2022. Despite rapid growth, efforts to enhance productivity and create high added value are still required. In this context, research has been conducted to understand innovation activities-recognized as key drivers of growth in the service industry-and their outcomes. This study aimed to examine the impact of intellectual property rights, particularly industrial property rights, on the economic performance of the service industry. Data on industrial statistics at the mid-classification level of the service industry and the number of owned industrial property rights were collected. Data were collected over a nine-year period from 2012 to 2020, comprising 234 datasets across 26 industries, and panel regression analysis was conducted. The results showed that industrial property right in the service industry has a positive impacts on revenue. By type of right, trademark, patent, and design all contributed to improving revenue. This suggests that utilizing industrial property rights to improve the appropriation of service industry innovations-which are often vulnerable to imitation-can be beneficial. It is expected that our empirical findings will support firms' decision-makers in developing strategies to enhance their competitiveness.