The Impact of ICT Capability on the Competitive Advantages of Chinese Small and Medium Logistics Enterprises* -Based on the Mediating Effect of Dynamic Capability-

Abstract

세계 경제통합의 배경하에 지속적인 혁신을 추진하고 있는 중국 물류기업은 비약적으로 성장하고 있다. 물류기업은 중국 경제 발전의 중요한 추진체계로 기회와 도전에 직면하고 있으며 이제는 글로벌 경쟁력 향상 및 경쟁우위를 추구하고 있다. 본 연구는 중국의 물류기업이 보유한 ICT역량이 기업의 경쟁우위에 긍정적으로 영향을 미치고, 동태능력이 ICT역량과 경쟁우위에 매개역할을 할 것으로 가설을 수립 하였다. 중국 물류기업을 대상으로 수집한 데이터를 이용하여 SPSS와 AMOS분석을 진행한 결과 첫째, 물류 기업의 ICT역량이 동태능력에 중요한 영향을 미치는 것으로 파악되었고, 둘째, 기업의 ICT역량은 경쟁우위에 직접적인 영향을 미치지 않았고, 셋째, 기업의 동태능력은 ICT역량과 경쟁우위 간 긍정적인 매개효과를 미치는 것으로 파악되었다. 본 논문은 물류기업의 ICT역량이 기업의 경쟁우위에 미치는 영향 에서 기업의 동태능력이 매우 중요하다는 이론적인 토대를 제공하였으며, 물류기업의 ICT역량이 기업의 경쟁우위에 긍정적인 영향을 미치게 하기 위해서는 기업의 동태능력을 포함한 전사적인 전략차원의 역량을 강화해야할 필요가 있음을 제시하였다.Under the strategic background of world economic integration, information and communication technologies have gained strong momentum in continuous integration and innovation, making Chinese logistics enterprises develop in leaps and bounds. Logistics enterprises, as an important driving force of China’s economic development, are facing both opportunities and challenges. Chinese logistics enterprises urgently need to heighten their international competitiveness and enhance their own competitive advantages. This paper studies the impact of ICT capability of Chinese logistics enterprises on their competitive advantages by using dynamic capability as the Mediating Effect, and puts forward the hypothesis that the ICT capability of Chinese logistics enterprises has a positive impact on the dynamic capability of enterprises, and the dynamic capability has a positive impact on their competitive advantages. By collecting data through a questionnaire survey, it analyzes the reliability and validity of ICT capability, dynamic capability and competitive advantages of Chinese logistics enterprises as well as the relationship among various dimensions, and studies the path model of ICT capability and dynamic capability affecting competitive advantages. By means of SPSS and AMOS analysis, the results turn out that ICT capability of logistics enterprises has a significant impact on dynamic capability; dynamic capability has a significant impact on competitive advantages; ICT capability has no direct impact on competitive advantages, but it has a significant impact on competitive advantages with dynamic capability as the Mediating Effect. This paper verifies the impact of ICT capability of logistics enterprises on their competitive advantages as well as the mediatioin effect of dynamic capability, which provides an important theoretical basis for sharpening the competitive advantages of logistics enterprises. Therefore, logistics enterprises should give full play to and use ICT capabilities to enhance their dynamic capabilities and then upgrade their competitive advantages.