Organizational Capacity and Performance of Ethiopian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises = 에티오피아 중소기업의 조직역량과 성과

국문 초록 (Abstract)

많은 국가에서 중소기업은 고용을 창출하면서 혁신과 경쟁력을 높이는 역할을 수행한다. 따라서 중소기업의 경쟁력 제고가 개발도상국가 경제성장의 지름길로 여겨지고 있으며 경제적 혁신을 촉진하고 사회적 영향력을 키우며 취약한 계층에게 많은 일자리를 제공하는데 기여한다. 이 논문의 연구대상 국가인 에티오피아에서도 중소기업은 빠른 속도로 성장하고 있으며 그들의 혁신과 기업가정신을 통해서 도시지역의 실업문제를 해소하는데 많은 기여를 하는 것으로 인식되고 있다. 그러나 많은 기존연구가 중소기업의 고용창출효과에 초점을 맞추고 있는 반면 그들의 조직역량과 성과에 대한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 중소기업의 조직역량과 성과는 생존과 지속가능성에 영향을 주는 중요한 요인인 만큼 이 논문의 저자들은 에티오피아 중소기업의 조직역량과 성과를 측정하고 그들의 관계를 실증적으로 분석하고자 한다. 이 목적을 달성하기 위해 중소기업의 중요성, 조직역량, 성과 등에 대한 이론적 배경을 제시한 후, 에티오피아 아디스아바바 지역에 소재한 214개 중소기업을 대상으로 조사한 자료를 바탕으로 평균값 분석과 회귀분석을 활용한 실증분석을 진행한다. 마지막으로 분석결과를 토대로 연구의 함의와 향후 연구의 방향을 제시하였다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) outnumber large companies worldwide by a wide margin, employ many more people and drive innovation and competition in many economic sectors. The move toward promoting more SMEs is often associated with their ability to lead socio-economic development through economic innovation and social impacts, thus creating more jobs for the vulnerable. In Ethiopia, the recent growth in SMEs has proven to be an innovative way to challenge high urban unemployment by advocating more entrepreneurship. However, many studies concentrate on the SMEs’ role of job creation rather than their organizational capacity and performance which leads to their sustainability and survival. In this paper, we empirically analyze the impact of organization capacity and management system of SMEs on their economic performance, using mean comparison followed by a regression analysis. Specifically, we identify which element of organizational capacity has the most significant impact on SME economic performance. Therefore, the paper presents a theoretical argument that supports the importance of SMEs in a local economy, their organizational capacity and their performance and shows the statistical results of the mean comparison and linear regression analysis. Finally, a discussion of the results and conclusion are presented with final remarks.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Backgrounds and Related Literature
• 3. Research Methods
• 4. Results
• 5. Conclusion
• 〈References〉
• Abstract
• 국문초록

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