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The Study on the Characteristics of Technology Innovation Activities of High Growth Firms

고성장기업의 기술혁신활동 특성에 대한 연구

  • Received : 2018.10.01
  • Accepted : 2018.12.17
  • Published : 2019.02.28
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Abstract

This paper explores the characteristics of innovation activities in high growth firms that contribute to national and regional economic growth and job creation. The analysis is based on the 2016 KIS data to analyze the difference in innovation activities between high growth firms and general firms. The main results are as follows: First, high growth firms have a higher proportion of R&D personnel than general firms. Second, high growth firms are actively introducing product innovation, process innovation, and organizational innovation as compared to general firms. In the innovation activities related to product innovation and process innovation, there is no statistically significant difference between high growth companies and general companies except for external R&D. Third, High growth firms are more likely to cooperate with other technology partners than general firms. But, there is no statistically significant difference between high growth firms and general firms in the external knowledge search and the diversity of cooperating partners. Fourth, in terms of protecting innovation, high growth firms are more likely to use all kinds of innovation protection method, such as 'utilizing intellectual property rights', 'maintaining confidentiality', 'adopting complex design methods', 'market preemption ahead of competitors', and the most important means is the intellectual property rights. Fifth, government innovation policies that high growth firms chose as important are 'innovation subsidies and loans', 'acquirement, utilization and protection of intellectual property rights' and 'human resource support'.

본 연구는 국가 및 지역의 경제성장과 일자리 창출에 기여도가 큰 고성장기업을 대상으로 혁신활동의 특성을 분석하고자 한다. 매년 평균 20% 이상의 매출액 또는 근로자수의 성장을 보이는 고성장기업과 그렇지 않은 일반기업의 혁신활동을 비교 분석하고자 2016년 기술혁신조사 제조업 데이터를 활용하였다. 주요 연구결과로는 첫째, 고성장기업은 일반기업에 비해 R&D인력 비중이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 고성장기업은 일반기업에 비해 혁신을 적극적으로 도입하고 있다. 고성장기업은 4개 유형별 혁신에서 마케팅 혁신을 제외하고, 제품혁신, 공정혁신, 조직혁신을 적극 도입하고 있다. 다만, 제품혁신과 공정혁신과 관련된 혁신활동에 있어 외부 R&D를 제외하고 고성장기업과 일반기업은 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 셋째, 개방형 혁신에 있어 제품/공정혁신과 관련된 외부 정보원천의 활용으로 나타나는 '외부지식 탐색' 활동은 고성장기업과 일반기업 간의 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었고, '혁신 협력'에 있어서 타기업 및 타기관과 협력 여부는 고성장기업이 일반기업에 비해 더 많다고 할 수 있지만, 협력파트너의 다양성에 있어서는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 넷째, 혁신을 보호하는 방법에 있어서 고성장기업이 일반기업에 비해 '지식재산권 활용', '사내 기밀로 유지', '복잡한 설계방식을 채택', '경쟁기업에 앞서 시장 선점' 등 모든 유형의 보호방법에 대해서 더 중요하다고 판단하고 있고, 특히 지식재산권 활용이 가장 중요한 수단인 것으로 나타났다. 다섯째, 정부의 혁신정책이 혁신활동에 기여하는 정도에 대해서 고성장기업은 '연구개발 보조금 및 투 융자', '지식재산권 획득 활용 보호', '인력난 해소' 등의 순으로 중요하다고 응답하였고, 이 3가지 항목은 일반기업이 응답한 기여도보다 더 크게 나타났고 이는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이고 있다.

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