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Drivers for Technology Transfer of Government-funded Research Institute: Focusing on Food Research and Development Projects

정부출연연구기관 식품연구개발사업의 기술이전 성과동인 분석

  • Mirim Jeong (Department of Convergence Management of Technology, Jeonbuk National University) ;
  • Seungwoon Kim (Department of Business Administration, Jeonbuk National University)
  • Received : 2023.08.23
  • Accepted : 2023.11.09
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

In this study, project information of government-funded research institute in the food field was collected and analyzed to systematically identify the factors affecting the process of transferring technological achievements of public research institute to the private sector. This study hypothesized that human resources, financial resources, and technological characteristics as input factors of R&D projects affect output factors, such as research papers or patents produced by R&D projects. Moreover, these outputs would serve as drivers of the technology transfer as one of the R&D outcomes. Linear Regression Analysis and Poisson Regression Analysis were conducted to empirically and sequentially investigate the relationship between input factors and output and outcome of R&D projects and the results are as follows: First, the principle investigator's career and participating researcher's size as human resource factors have an influence on both the number of SCI (science citation index) papers and patent registration. Second, the research duration and research expenses for the current year have an influence on the number of SCI papers and patent registrations, which are the main outputs of R&D projects. Third, the technology life cycle affects the number of SCI papers and patent registrations. Lastly, the higher the number of SCI papers and patent registrations, the more it affected the number of technology transfers and the amount of technology transfer contract.

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Acknowledgement

This study has been supported by MOTIE funding program "Advanced Graduate Education for Management of Convergence Technology". This study revised and summarized the author's 2020 master's thesis.

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