중견기업과 기업활력제고법 -중견기업 지원법으로서 기업활력제고법의 가능성에 관한 모색-

Abstract

Currently, there is no support law for midsize businesses, which only targets midsize business. The Corporate Vitalization Act (CVA) is a law aimed at supporting pre-emptive business restructuring of normal companies, and the subject of application is regardless of the size of the company. Therefore, if the requirements of the CVA are met, midsize businesses can also receive various support from the CVA. However, the function of CVA was reduced to a law that supports small businesses by limiting the scope of application to companies in the over-supplied industries. As a result, midsize businesses cannot receive various support from the CVA, unless they are an entity in an over-supplied industry. Fortunately, the 2019 Revised Act allowed companies that belong to new industries or major industries in the industrial crisis areas to be subject to the CAV. However, if it is not such an entity, it still needs to be an entity in the over-supplied industries to be subject to the Act. In addition, in order to be subject to the Act, productivity must be improved through business restructuring and business innovation, and it is not practically easy to meet all of these requirements. To fulfill its role and function as a law supporting midsize businesses that are the backbone of the industrial ecosystem, we will first have to eliminate the over-supply requirements and ease the application requirements. In addition, we should diversify the scope and contents of support, along with the improvement of support methods, so that midsiz businesses can actively cope with changes in the economic environment symbolized by the fourth industrial revolution and the low birthrate and aging population.