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Research on the effect factors of technical performance on SMEs by industrial sectors

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  • Seok-Soo Kim

    (Hansung University, Korea, Republic of)

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This study's research question is that there will be a crucial element in improving business performance among SMEs' success variables and competencies. Significantly, there should be different variables for performance in industry sectors. 1) The success variables of SMEs vary widely, but four characteristics of technology, management, commercialization, and exit strategies were selected. 2) The mediator is a technology innovation and technology marketing function. 3) The dependent variables are technical, financial, and non-financial performance. Previous literature had problems studying only the effects of each of the three variables, so we established a hypothesis and research model that focused on causality studies linking them. According to the data group analysis result for 3330 CEOs of SMEs, the six industries' performance impact factors were different. As a result of comparative analysis of changes in performance impact by industry, it was found that the largest increase in Information Technology (IT)/Software (S/W), Life/Food, and Crafts sectors. The key research finding is that it has verified the essential elements of critical performance improvement. We provided that different success variables and competencies differ in performance across industries. The results are expected to contribute to SMEs' CEO and government policymakers' practical applications, support organizations, academia, and industry.

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  • Seok-Soo Kim, 2020. "Research on the effect factors of technical performance on SMEs by industrial sectors," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 8(2), pages 1120-1141, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ssi:jouesi:v:8:y:2020:i:2:p:1120-1141
    DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2020.8.2(67)
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    Keywords

    entrepreneurial performance; entrepreneurial competency; Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs); technical performance; effect factor; technology commercialization;
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    JEL classification:

    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • L53 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Enterprise Policy

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