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The Roles of Knowledge Sources in and out of the Value Chain on Radical and Incremental Innovation : Moderating Effects of Knowledge Sources on the R&D Investment-Innovation Relationship

가치사슬 내부 및 외부의 지식원천이 급진적 혁신 및 점진적 혁신에 미치는 영향 : 지식원천들의 연구개발투자-혁신성과 관계에 대한 조절효과

  • 김건식 (홍익대학교 일반대학원)
  • Received : 2017.11.03
  • Accepted : 2018.03.19
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

This paper examined the nonlinear relationships between external knowledge sources and the innovation performance of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). Using 3,218 firm-year panel data in South Korea, this study found that increasing the number of external knowledge channels out of the value chain increases radical innovation. Meanwhile, increasing the number of external knowledge channels within the value chain increases the incremental innovation. Further, the external sources of knowledge both out of and in the value chain had inverted U-shaped relationships on radical and incremental innovation respectively. This finding implies that a mechanism of diminishing returns works in the relationship between the external sources of knowledge and innovation. The study also identified the synergistic effects between the external sources of knowledge out of the value chain and within the value chain, and confirmed that the synergistic effects strengthen the linear mechanism between the external sources of knowledge and innovation. In addition, this study found that the sources of knowledge both out of and within the value chain positively moderate the relationships between R&D investment and radical innovation of SMEs.

본 연구는 중소 제조기업에서 가치사슬 외부 및 내부 지식원천들이 급진적 혁신 및 점진적 혁신에 미치는 영향과 지식원천들 간의 상호작용, 그리고 지식원천이 연구개발투자와 상호작용하여 급진적 혁신 및 점진적 혁신에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 기술혁신조사의 원자료를 바탕으로 3,218개의 종단패널데이터를 구성하여 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 중소 제조기업에서 가치사슬 외부의 지식 원천을 많이 활용할수록 급진적인 혁신성과가 증가하며, 가치사슬 내부의 지식 원천에 관한 채널이 많을수록 점진적인 혁신성과가 증가함을 확인하였다. 둘째, 가치사슬 외부 및 내부의 지식 원천은 혁신성과와 역 U자형 관계가 있음을 실증하였다. 이는 가치사슬 외부의 지식 원천과 혁신성과 간에 수확체감(diminishing returns)의 기제가 작용함을 의미한다. 셋째, 가치사슬 외부의 지식 원천과 내부의 지식원천 간에는 긍정적인 시너지 효과가 존재하여 가치사슬 외부 및 내부 지식 채널이 많아지면 지식원천-혁신성과 간의 관계에서 선형적인 기제(linear mechanism)가 더욱 강화되고 있다. 넷째, 가치사슬 외부 및 내부의 지식원천은 모두 연구개발투자와 급진적 혁신성과 간의 관계에서 시너지를 창출하여 지식원천의 채널을 많이 활용할수록 혁신성과가 더욱 증가하고 있다.

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