• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.95-108
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• 2021

Technology innovation activities are very important for companies to secure technological competitiveness and continue to grow. Korea operates a certification system at the national level to promote corporate innovation activities, and strives to enhance SMEs' global technological competitiveness. Among these, the representative system related to technological innovation is the New Excellent Technology (NET) certification. NET is certified through a strict three-stage screening process, and is operated for the purpose of commercialization of new technology, technology trading, and promotion of early market entry by companies. Acquiring NET certification means that the company has a certain level of technological competitiveness. Therefore, this study attempted to conduct an empirical analysis on which technology innovation activities of companies affect the success of R&D projects and improvement of management performance, centering on NET certification system. To verify this, technology strategy, technology planning, systematic R&D process, internal cooperation, and external cooperation activities were set as major variables. As a result of the empirical analysis, it was confirmed that all variables set in this study individually contributed to the success of the R&D project and improvement of management performance. However, when looking at a comprehensive level that considers all variables, it was analyzed that systematic R&D process management and cooperation activities with external organizations have a statistically significant effect on R&D project success, and technology strategy establishment and technology planning activities, which are the initial stages of R&D, have a statistically significant effect on management performance. This study was conducted on innovation-oriented SMEs that have established and operated corporate R&D centers and are actively conducting R&D activities, and multiple regression analysis was used as an analysis method.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.1-35
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• 2013

The aim of this article is to criticize the discourses and practices of the appropriate technology for international development cooperation in Korea which focus narrowly on the technologies and are oriented to the providers of technologies. To present an alternative, we will discuss the appropriate technology by the insights from 'socio-technical system' studies which underline not only technological side but also the social, institutional and user's side, and analyze the interactions between them. This research deals with several cases mainly regarding small scale's renewable energy from Laos, Thailand, Bangladesh, Mongolia and Nepal. We put out some suggestions to improve the discourse and practices of appropriate technology in field of international cooperation by Korea.

• Proceedings of the Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.33-45
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• 2005

현재 지역산업진흥계획이 수립되기까지 수도권 억제와 지역경제 활성화를 위한 다양한 정책 및 법령들이 수립${\sim}$제정되어 왔으나, 그 성과는 미흡하였고, 첨단산업과 지역의 발전을 함께 추구한 과학기술 집적지 조성정책도 연구기관과 산업체간의 기술개발에 대한 수급의 불일치, 지역별 특성화와 차별화 미흡, 사업간 연계성 부족 등으로 성과는 미약하였다. 중앙 부처에서 다양한 지역산업 관련 기술개발 지원사업도 전개해 왔으나, 부처별로 독자적으로 사업을 추진하여, 정책 상호간의 연계성이 부족하고 투자 효율성이 저조하여, 산업자원부에서 산업발전법에 근거하여 2002년 '지역산업진흥계획'을 수립하였다. 이 계획은 지역별 전략산업을 중심으로 한 지역혁신체제 구축에 초점을 두고 있으며, 지역의 내생적 성장을 위한 네트워크 형성, 투입요소 증대에서 지역 산업경쟁력 강화로의 전환, 중앙정부와 지자체의 공동 계획입안 등에서 기존의 정책들과 차이를 보인다. 지역산업정책의 최종목표는 '지역균형발전'이며, 중간목표는 '지역산업의 활성화'라고 할 수 있다. '지역산업의 활성화'를 위한 기본전략으로 '3개 권역별 전략산업 집중 육성'과 '제도적 기반 구축'을 제시하고 있다. 이러한 기본전략은 매우 포괄적이어서 정책수단으로 보기에는 무리가 있다. 따라서 이러한 기본전략 하에 추진하고자하는 사업들을 검토하고 평가의 목적에 맞게 유형화함으로써 동지역균형발전과 지역경쟁력의 강화이며, 그 기본전략으로는 지자체의 역할제고를 바탕으로 한 전략산업 중심의 지역혁신체제(Regional Innovation System : RIS) 구축을 제안하고 있다. 지역 내에서는 각 조직 간의 역할분담이나 연계가 이루어지지 않아 인력과 재원 및 특정분야에 대한 중복투자 문제가 지적되고 있으며 각각 소규모여서 규모의 경제효과를 꾀할 수 없고 경제적 효과가 가시화되는 데에는 오랜 시일이 걸리고 있고, 지역의 산업발전을 체계적으로 기획하고 지역내 다양한 이해관계를 조정하는 총괄 추진기구가 없어 효율적인 지역산업육성에 한계가 있었다. 지방정부의 과학기술예산 및 전담조직, 산업경제예산 및 전담 조직의 부족과 미 정착으로 독자적인 지역과학기술정책이나 지역산업정책은 물론이고 지역혁신정책을 수행하기 어려웠으나, 지역의 특성과 잠재력에 맞는 사업을 발굴하여 중앙정부에 건의하고 지역 내 각 프로젝트를 총괄 조정하는 중개자 역할을 지역전략산업기획단이 그 역할을 수행하고 있다. 지역혁신체제의 중심기관으로 중개기관과 협력 프로그램에 의한 플랫폼 구축 및 지역산업발전의 기획${\sim}$조정기구로서, 선진국의 지역발전기구(Regional Development Agency : RDA)인 지역전략산업기획단이 2002년도부터 산업자원부와 9개 시도에 의해 설립되어 지역네트워크의 활성화와 클러스터의 형성 촉진을 하게 되었고 2004년도에는 13개시도로 확대${\sim}$운영되고 있고, 지역특화사업(H/W)과 지역산업기술개발과제(S/W)와 함께 패케지 형태로 지원되며, 주요역할은 크게 지역산업의 정책기획 분야와 평가관리, 지역혁신역량 조사 및 DB구축 등으로 구분된다. 그중에서도 권역별, 지역별, 지역산업진흥사업 육성과 중장기 산업발전계획을 수립하기 위하여 지역혁신역량을 바탕으로 한 지역 Technology Road Map(TRM)작성사업은 전국공통의 1단계 사업으로 실시 ?榮쨉?, 2005년 3월 기준으로 9개 지역(강원, 대전, 충남, 충북, 경북, 울산, 전남, 전북, 제주) 26개 산업분야를 대상으로 23개가 완료된 상황이다. 이를 근거로 한 지역정책과 R&D 과제 및 필요 인프라의 도출이 체계적으로 구축되어 지역산업 발전을 위한 기술역량이 강화될 것이다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.5-11
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• 2014

정보통신 방송기술(ICT)은 경제성장을 주도하고 타산업과의 융합을 통해 새로운 일자리를 창출하는 창조경제 실현의 핵심 수단으로 주목받고 있다. 이에 미래부는 미래 환경변화에 대비한 ICT 분야의 혁신적 전략적 기술개발 추진 및 R&D 성과확산을 강화하고, ICT 기반의 신시장과 신산업 창출을 가속화하기 위한 2015년도 과학기술 ICT 분야 연구개발사업 종합시행 계획을 최근 확정하여 발표하였다. 본고에서는 기술개발, 표준화, 인재양성, 기반조성 등 2015년도 ICT 분야 연구개발 사업의 추진방향 및 세부 추진과제에 대해서 소개한다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.235-252
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• 2022

This study empirically identified how technological innovation capability and technological commercialization capability affect management performance in the metropolitan area of Ppuri corporation. As results of the research analysis, First the average company performance in the field of new materials and platform processing technology was higher than that of the metal-oriented processing technology field. Second, technological innovation capability variables are included as R&D capability, technological innovation regime, and technological accumulation capability are shown the statistically significant on non-financial performance. Commercialization capability, producing capability, and marketing capability variable are statistically significant on financial performance.

• Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.13-38
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• 2006

This study is concerned with the factors that influence the radicalness of new product development by firms. The innovativeness of firms' new product development differs in their frequency and radicalness. Based on previous research on product innovations, this study provides a hypothetical model that links firms' internal variables and external relations variables to the radicalness of product innovation, which in turn is linked to marketing performance. For an empirical analysis, the data were collected from South Korean firms. The result of this study provides evidence that the stronger is firms' management attitude toward risk taking, marketing competency, and technical competency, the higher is the possibility of radical product innovation. It also shows that, contrarily to the hypothesis, firms with collective reward system rather than individual reward system are more likely to develop radically new products. This study also shows that the better are firms' R & D collaboration with suppliers and interfaces with customers, the higher is the possibility of radical product innovation.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.430-456
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• 2009

The industrial Technology Development Program enables the recipient to set up technology infrastructure and to facilitate technology diffusion. In return, government charges royalties to the program recipient. However, the current royalty system is not effective form. This study analyzes the various aspects of royalty collection methods applied to the Industrial Technology Development Program and recommends the following: a) to establish a royalty collection system with appropriate charges for both fixed royalties and running royalties, dependent upon type of technology development b) to seek a method to setup different collection periods for industrial categories in consideration of product life cycle c) to review on ownership of intangible property. In addition, in order to manage the entire royalty process effectively, prompt establishment is needed in order for a responsible evaluation institute to create task forces to evaluate technology value, to transfer technology, to support technology commercialization, to collect and manage royalty and expand and report result.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.711-735
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• 2011

This study examines whether firms' openness to external knowledge improves their innovative performance and what factors make openness more effective in generating innovation. Using 2008 Korean Innovation Survey in manufacturing sector, this study tests whether openness improves innovative performance and how absorptive capacity, small size and use of appropriation methods to a high degree influence the effect of openness on innovation in Korean manufacturing industries. This study finds the followings: First, the effect of openness varies depending on type of innovation. Openness is more effective for incremental innovation than for radical innovation. Second, there exists complementarity between openness and the R&D intensity when innovation is incremental. When the R&D intensity level is high, the effect of openness on incremental innovation is stronger than on radical innovation. Third, openness is more effective for small firms to perform radical innovation than incremental innovation. Fourth, when a firm uses appropriation methods to a high degree, openness is not effective for incremental innovation.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.60-84
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• 2011

This study accomplished technology improvement assessment of Gashydrate R&D project using ANP method which can deal with the sophisticated decisions involving a variety of interactions and dependencies. Criteria were selected by consultation and questionnaires with experts in four technology parts of gas hydrate project, and then the network was formed from relation with criteria and alternatives. As the result of analysis, the weight matrix was derived and the various relation in the network was able to be verified. The analysis was accomplished with four technology parts - geophysical exploration technology, geological and geochemical technology, analysis of deep-drill cores and stability technology, production technology - and the 'reliability' criterion ranked the highest of all parts. The rank of other criteria and the result of technology improvement assessment reflected the level of each technology. Thus, the result of this study will contribute to policy decision-making for developing and evaluating gas hydrate technology and other R&D projects.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.292-317
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• 2015

As modern science and technology and warfare become to be advanced and precise, the weapon systems becomes more complex based on state-of-the-art technology. Therefore, firms in the defense industry continue to accelerate research and development for up-to-date weapon systems with high complexity which urge the firms to collaborate with the external organizations to obtain the knowledge required and eventually to reduce costs and risk. This study tries an empirical study about the effect of collaboration on the innovation performances from the network analysis perspective. By surveying collaboration relationships among 530 firms in the Korean defense industry, we analyzed the alliance network of the defense industry. Network centrality including degree, closeness, and betweenness centralities is investigated and then the relationship among the network centrality property, internal R&D capabilities and innovation is analysed. The results show that firms with high internal R&D capabilities place the firm at center of the network. On the other hand, except for the firms with highly connected centrality, no relationship was found between the internal R&D capabilities and its performance and in turn. these capabilities had both direct and indirect effects on innovation performances through mediated collaboration among firms. This study implied that Korean firms with a high internal R&D capabilities in the defense industry which utilize knowledge, information and resources within the network more frequently show more innovative performance. This result claims the policy makers to participate more firms in fostering open innovation for the defense industry.