Research Article

Is Sustainable Korean Economic Growth Centered on Small-Sized and Medium-Sized Companies Possible? Focused on Innovative Small and Medium Companies

Table 7

Analysis of relationship between experience in policy support and technical performance.

TypeVariablesModel 3-1 (Number of patents)Model 3-2 (Procurement performance)

Company characteristicsGrowth stage (Entry-growth-maturity-decline)XX
Company ageXX
Operating profit compared to salesXX
Number of regular employeesO (+)O (+)
Implementation of performance compensation system (vs. not yet implemented)O (+)O (+)
Innovative certified companies (vs. general small and medium companies)O (+)O (+)
Support experienceExperience in policy supportO (+)O (+)
Number of obs = 3,300O = significant/X = insignificant(+) = positive/(−) = negativeR2
0.01530.255

TypeVariablesModel 4-1 (Number of patents)Model 4-2 (Procurement performance)

Company characteristicsGrowth stage (Entry-growth-maturity-decline)XX
Company ageXX
Operating profit compared to salesXX
Number of regular employeesO (+)O (+)
Implementation of performance compensation system (vs. not yet implemented)O (+)O (+)
Innovative certified companies (vs. general small and medium companies)O (+)O (+)
Support experienceExperience in policy supportO (+)O (+)
Support + InnovativeSupport experience + Innovative-certified companiesXO (+)
Number of obs = 3,300O = significant/X = insignificant(+) = positive/(−) = negativeR2
0.01550.256