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Impact of Innovation Cluster Activating Factors on Business Performance: Focusing on the SMEs Case of Daedeok Innopolis

혁신클러스터 활성화 요인이 기업의 경영성과에 미치는 영향: 대덕연구개발특구 중소기업을 중심으로

  • 박후근 (연구개발특구진흥재단) ;
  • 배관표 (충남대학교 국가정책대학원)
  • Received : 2023.07.12
  • Accepted : 2023.08.28
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

The policy of promoting innovation clusters aims to enhance the competitiveness of industries by strengthening the linkages between industry sectors and research sectors in specific regions. In Korea, after the concept of innovation clusters was introduced by the OECD in 1997, Korean government actively pursued policies based on this concept in the fields of industry, region, and science and technology. Previous policies and research on the activation of innovation clusters have tended to focus on the exchange and collaboration among members. However, this study focused on enhancing the competitiveness of industries and regions, in other words, strengthening the competitiveness of companies, which is the fundamental reason for fostering innovative clusters. Accordingly, this study aimed to analyze the impact of factors activating innovation clusters on the business performance of SMEs located in the Daedeok Innopolis. To achieve this, based on the essential concept of innovation clusters such as industrial agglomeration factors, networking factors, innovation generation factors, the study derived factors for activating innovation clusters and verified hypotheses using the survey results of 175 companies. Among the factors activating innovation clusters, industrial agglomeration and innovation generation were found to have a positive impact on the business performance of companies. However, networking factors were analyzed to have no significant influence on the business performance of companies. This study differentiates itself by addressing the factors for activating innovation clusters through empirical analysis, unlike previous case-based studies. Furthermore, considering the difference between intuitive judgments on networking factors in innovation clusters and their actual impact on business performance, the study raised the practical significance of conducting a comprehensive examination from various perspectives, such as the socially and culturally embedded structures in the region, the characteristics of specialized industries, and the needs of cluster members, to develop more effective policies for innovation clusters.

혁신클러스터 정책은 특정 지역에 산업부문과 연구부문의 연계를 강화하여 산업의 경쟁력을 확보하는 것을 목적으로 한다. OECD(1997)에서 첨단 중소기업을 중심으로 산업 재구조화를 통해 지역발전을 유도하는 혁신클러스터 개념이 제시된 후 산업과 지역, 과학기술 분야에서 혁신클러스터 개념을 적용하여 적극적으로 정책을 추진하기 시작했다. 혁신클러스터 활성화 차원에서 그간의 정책 및 연구에서는 구성원 간 교류·협력에 집중하는 경향이 뚜렷했으나, 본 연구에서는 혁신클러스터를 육성하고자 하는 근본적인 이유인 산업 및 지역의 경쟁력 강화, 즉 기업의 경쟁력 강화에 집중하여 연구를 진행하였다. 이에 따라, 본 연구는 혁신클러스터 활성화 요인이 대덕연구개발구에 입주한 중소기업의 경영성과에 미치는 영향을 분석하는 것을 목적으로 진행하였다. 이를 위해 혁신클러스터가 가지는 본질적인 개념인 산업집적 요인, 네트워킹 요인, 혁신창출 요인 등 혁신클러스터 활성화 요인 도출 후 175개 기업의 설문조사 결과를 활용하여 가설을 검증하였다. 혁신클러스터 활성화 요인 중 산업집적 요인과 혁신창출 요인은 기업의 경영성과에 긍정적으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 네트워킹 요인은 기업의 경영성과에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 이전에 수행된 사례 중심의 연구들과 달리 실증분석을 통해 혁신클러스터의 활성화 요인을 다루었다는 점에서 차별성을 가진다. 또한, 혁신클러스터에서 네트워킹 요인에 대한 직관적 판단과 실제 기업의 경영성과에 미치는 영향 간 차이를 고려하여, 보다 효과적인 혁신클러스터 정책을 위해서는 지역에 뿌리내려진 사회적·문화적 구조, 특화 산업의 특성, 구성원의 니즈 등 다각적인 관점에서 혁신클러스터에 대한 입체적 검토의 필요성을 제기했다는 측면에서 실무적인 의의도 존재한다.

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