With rapid changes in the business environment, leading or utilizing technology standards may help firms gain better performance through competitive advantage. Such activities related to technology standards are likely to provide numerous opportunities or benefits to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the highly technological divide among firms. However, few studies have paid attention to drivers, obstacles, and results of technology standards activities in SMEs. Consequently, this study bridges this research gap by identifying the factors influencing technology standardizations, which in turn contribute to firm performance in SMEs. The analytic results of survey data collected from 250 SMEs in the Korean IT sector reveal that all technology standardizations have an effect firm performance. Benefits from standards, R&D capability, and insufficient resources are influential factors of all technology standardizations. However, support of related institutes only affects inbound standardization. This study discusses theoretical and practical implications on technology standardizations in SMEs based on these findings.

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韩国IT中小企业技术标准化的前因和后果

随着商业环境的快速变化，领先或利用技术标准可以帮助企业通过竞争优势获得更好的绩效。与技术标准有关的此类活动可能会为中小型企业（SME）在企业之间的高度技术鸿沟中提供大量机会或收益。但是，很少有研究关注中小企业的技术标准活动的驱动因素，障碍和结果。因此，本研究通过确定影响技术标准化的因素来弥合该研究差距，这些因素又有助于中小企业的公司绩效。从韩国IT部门的250家中小型企业收集的调查数据的分析结果表明，所有技术标准化都对企业绩效产生影响。受益于标准，研发能力，资源不足是所有技术标准化的影响因素。但是，相关机构的支持只会影响入站标准化。这项研究基于这些发现，讨论了对中小企业技术标准化的理论和实践意义。