An Exploratory Study on the Characteristics of Complex System Product Innovation in Korea: Telecommunication Industry Case

우리 나라 복합시스템 제품의 기술혁신 특성에 대한 탐색적 연구 - 통신시스템 사례를 중심으로 -

This study aims at investigating the stylized facts of the complex system products innovation in Korea. It reviewed the preceeding studies on the innovation patterns of complex system products and selected the issues to be examined in investigating Korean case. In addition, the stylized facts of innovation patterns of Korean complex system products were suggested. The peculiar characteristics of Korean cases are as follows: Korea has succeeded in integrating foreign technologies and components into commercial complex system products and in substituting the foreign system products in the domestic market. However, it faces a great difficulty in upgrading the products to the next generation. It lacks capabilities which facilitate the evolution of system products competing in the world market.