The Effects of Six Sigma Success Factors and Innovation Capability on Innovation Performance

Lee, Yong Keon; Ryu, Tae Soo

Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management > Volume 42(3); 2014 > Article

Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management 2014;42(3): 509-.

6시그마 성공요인과 혁신역량이 혁신성과에 미치는 영향

이용건¹, 류태수²

¹한국표준협회
²한양대학교 경영학부

The Effects of Six Sigma Success Factors and Innovation Capability on Innovation Performance

Yong Keon Lee¹, Tae Soo Ryu²

¹Korean Standards Association
²Department of Business administration, Hanyang University

ABSTRACT

Purpose:
The purpose of this paper is to identify Six Sigma success factors and analyse the effects of Six Sigma success factors and innovation capability on innovation performance.
Methods:
The study build a research framework which include the variables of Six Sigma success factors, innovation capability, and innovation performance. A sample of 127 survey questionnaires is taken to test the proposal theoretical model through structural equations modeling using AMOS 20.0.
Results:
This study proves that there are the positive relationship between Six Sigma success factors, innovation capability, and innovation performance. It also confirms that there are the partial mediating effects of innovation capability between Six Sigma success factors and innovation performance.
Conclusion:
There are various factors affecting innovation performance of firms. This study provide the mechanism transformed from Sig Sigma to innovation performance.

Key Words: Six Sigma Sucess Factors;Innovation Capability;Innovation Performance;