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The Impact of University Knowledge Capital on the Local Business Activity in Korea

대학의 지식자본이 지역의 기업활동에 미치는 영향

  • 김선재 (배재대학교 전자상거래학과)
  • Received : 2018.01.09
  • Accepted : 2018.01.19
  • Published : 2018.02.28

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of university knowledge capital on the local business activity in the Korean local governments in the year 2015. We found that the increase of the standard deviation of university patent, scientific publications, incumbent firms, and industrial property rights raised the number of new knowledge-intensive firms to 15%, 11%, 54%, and 22%, respectively, in the local economy. In addition, the coefficient which reflects the interaction effects of the knowledge capital between universities and local industries was significant in the given area in the year. On the other hand, in the control variables, the coefficients for the size of local government, population density, and percentage of 20s~40s out of the total population in the local government were significant, showing above 90% level except for the variable of the distance between a local government and Seoul. In particular, when the knowledge capital of the university and industry coexists, the synergistic effect which has influence on the foundation of knowledge-intensive firms was meaningful despite the small scale, and these two types of knowledge capital could be complementary in creating new knowledge-intensive firms in the Korean local economy.

본 연구는 대학의 지식자본이 지역의 기업활동에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 그 결과 1단위 대학보유특허 수, 대학의 과학저널 논문 수, 현재 활동기업 수, 지역보유 산업재산권 표준편차의 증가는 신생지식집약기업의 수를 각각 15%, 11%, 54%, 22% 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 뿐만 아니라 대학의 지식자본과 지역의 지식자본과의 상호작용을 보여주는 계수도 통계적으로 유의성을 보였다. 한편 지역적 특성을 반영하고 있는 통제 변수 중에서 서울로 부터의 거리를 제외한 지자체의 면적, 인구밀도, 그리고 각 지자체에 살고 있는 20~40대 비중 등은 모두 90% 이상의 통계적 유의성을 보이면서 신생지식집약기업의 창업에 영향을 끼치는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 대학의 지식자본과 지역산업의 지식자본이 동시에 존재함으로서 지식집약기업의 창업에 주는 시너지 효과는 작지만 존재하는 것으로 보이며 두 주체의 소유 지식자본은 지역의 지식집약기업의 창업에는 상호 보완재로서의 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다.

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