• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.454-490
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• 2018

This paper examined the nonlinear relationships between external knowledge sources and the innovation performance of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). Using 3,218 firm-year panel data in South Korea, this study found that increasing the number of external knowledge channels out of the value chain increases radical innovation. Meanwhile, increasing the number of external knowledge channels within the value chain increases the incremental innovation. Further, the external sources of knowledge both out of and in the value chain had inverted U-shaped relationships on radical and incremental innovation respectively. This finding implies that a mechanism of diminishing returns works in the relationship between the external sources of knowledge and innovation. The study also identified the synergistic effects between the external sources of knowledge out of the value chain and within the value chain, and confirmed that the synergistic effects strengthen the linear mechanism between the external sources of knowledge and innovation. In addition, this study found that the sources of knowledge both out of and within the value chain positively moderate the relationships between R&D investment and radical innovation of SMEs.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.99-120
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• 1999

지식경？ 전략과 기업 성과에 대한 기존 연구는 연구방법 및 대상이 제한적이었다. 본 연구는 전략과 성과에 대한 영향분석을 위해 국내 기업을 대상으로 설문을 실시하였다. 지식경영 전략은 (ⅰ) 내부 및 외부 지식원천을 이용하고 사람 및 지식 재사용을 모두 강조하는 적극적 전략, (ⅱ) 내부지식을 위주로 한 사람중심 전략(ⅲ) 외부지식 위주의 재사용중심 전략(ⅳ) 지식원천 활용이 저조하고 확실한 지식경영 중심이 미비한 소극적 전략의 4 유형으로 대별된다. 기업성과는 재무적 요소와 비재무적 요소가 고려되었다. 또한 조직구조, 문화, 기술적 특성의 차이도 파악되었는데, 적극적 전략의 기업이 조직구조, 문화, 그리고 정보기술 측면에서 지식경영에 적합하다는 점이 파악되었다. 내부지식 위주의 사람 중심형 기업은 조직 공동의 문화형성에 많은 노력을 기울이는 반면, 외부지식 중심의 재사용 중심형 기업은 정보기술 인프라 구축에서 우수함이 분석되었다. 본 연구결과는 기업의 지식경영 전략 수립에 실제적 지침을 제공할 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.199-228
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• 2012

While there are increasing requests for open innovation, prior studies have focused mainly on the utilizing the external sources. This study suggests to broaden the way of measuring openness to include the innovation management factors and output besides of utilizing the external sources. Additionally, the new measures will compare the status of openness in small and medium enterprises between Korea and Japan. There is greater differences in openness between SMEs and big firms in Japan than ones in Korea. Although SMEs in Japan utilize the external knowledge sources more actively than ones in Korea, they show less openness from the perspective of managerial factors such as metric for open innovation, collaboration system, investment for collaboration, and performance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Association of Information Systems Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.123-144
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 조직이 지식경영을 실천함에 있어 지식의 문서화 및 재활용에 초점을 맞추고 있는지 아니면 조직내 전문가 활용에 초점을 맞추고 있는지, 그리고 지식의 획득 원천을 조직내부와 외부 어디에 두고 있는지에 따라 지식경영의 실천유형을 분류하고, 분류된 실천유형에 따라 기업의 지식경영성과가 어떠한 차이를 보이는 지를 검증하고, 지식경영의 초점 및 지식 원천의 분류변수가 지식경영성과에 미치는 개별 영향력도 함께 분석하였다.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.101-113
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• 2018

This paper investigates the relationship between external search strategy and radical innovation performance. As the discrepancies that can exist among the varying sources of external knowledge is overlooked, the existing literature on the effect of external search strategy on radical innovation performance remains inconclusive. This study aims to reconcile such mixed findings by recognizing that external knowledge can be distinctive depending on the environment in which its source is embedded in; specifically, this paper examines the relationship between external search strategy and radical innovation performance by distinguishing external search from 'market' and 'non-market' relationships. We test our hypotheses with a sample of 431 firms from the manufacturing industries from the 2010 STEPI survey. Our empirical findings suggest that external search strategy from market relationships positively influences radical innovation performance, while the influence of external search strategy from non-market relationships is found to be not significant. Our research suggests that in order to improve radical innovation performance, firms must be able to maintain a cooperative relationship with other actors connected with market relationships and to effectively exploit the market knowledge obtained from these actors.

• Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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• v.14
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• pp.17-37
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• 2004

This research is speak that is tendencious in comprehension of external consumer information search behavior using on-line external information source to consumers who use on-line that is used as corporations' main strategic means. That is, classify consumer groups which was atomized according to type inflict consumer's information search knowledge level and shopping value study which use on-line, and decision factors of information search that these groups can influence a difference or each group which use information sources grasped what it is. Result that investigate information search knowledge level difference about study finding on-line information source utilization used mainly portal site, comparison site, auction site. And, utilization shopping pursuit value group used information source by portal site, auction site, niche shopping mall site and hedonic shopping pursuit value group used information source by portal site, auction site, shopping mall site. It confirmed that all variables(i.e. consumer-based variable and web site-based variable) are influencing variously in on-line external information search types. Finally, we proposed different way to erect strategic model about consumers that use on-line with study finding that see.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.147-174
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• 2010

This paper aims to analysis sectoral innovation patterns of technological innovation and localized knowledge spillover in Korean manufacturing sector. Sectoral innovation system approach proposed that the specific pattern of innovative activity and knowledge spillover in an industry can be explained as the outcome of different technological regimes. Technological regime is defined by the particular combination of technological opportunities, appropriability of innovations, cumulativeness of technical advances and properties of the knowledge base. Based on a sample of 2,882 firms in manufacturing sector, this paper provides empirical estimates of the relationships between firm's product innovation and localized knowledge spillover. Results of the analysis provide considerable support to the hypothesis that firm's product innovation and localized knowledge spillover are related to the nature of the underlying technological regime. In the industry based on the tacit and specific knowledge, firm's product innovation is positively related to the localized knowledge spillover. This paper also shows that high stability in the ranking of innovators are related to high degrees of cumulativeness and appropriability.

• 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 Technology Innovation
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.25-53
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• 2009

The purpose of this paper is to analysis sectoral patterns of technological innovation in Korean manufacturing sector. Pavitt(1984) put forward a well-known taxonomy that industries three groups of industries characterized by markedly different innovative modes, namely science-based, production-intensive and supplier-dominated industries. Using Pavitt's taxonomy as a framework, we try to explain similarities and differences among sectors in the sources and impact of innovations. Based on a sample of 2,371 firms in manufacturing industry, this paper investigated its relevance to explain the sources and directions of innovative activities in Korean industries. Empirical study shows that in supplier dominated firms most process innovations come from suppliers of equipment and materials. In science-based firms product innovation is produced internally, based on the rapid development of the underlying sciences in the universities and research institutes. It also shows that production-intensive firms have a positive association between innovativeness and customer collaboration. This explanation has implications for our understanding of the sources and directions of technical changes, the formation of technological advantages at the level of both region and country.

• Proceedings of the Technology Innovation Conference
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• 2005.08a
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• pp.217-237
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• 2005

R&D의 발전과 함께 필요한 지식과 정보가 증가하며 참여자들도 확대되었다. 따라서 기업은 외부의 지식을 관리할 필요가 발생하였으며, 고객의 지식은 가장 주요한 혁신의 원천이다. 본 연구는 고객의 지식을 R&D에 활용할 수 있도록 해주는 고객지식관리시스템(CKMS)의 설계를 목적으로 한다. CKMS는 고객을 성공적인 지식 창출 사이클로 유도하며, 기업의 고객 지식 획득을 지원하고 고객의 관점에서 생성된 지식을 R&D에 유용한 형태로 전환하는 과정을 지원한다. 시스템 설계를 위하여 R&D 프로세스를 기반으로 CKMS의 기능을 정의하였다. TFT-LCD 디스플레이 산업을 대상으로 R&D 초기단계의 플랫폼 개발에 필요한 고객 지식경영 시스템의 기능을 구현하였다. 제시된 시스템은 기업 내부의 연구원을 위한 KMS와 연계하여 R&D 전체 프로세스의 혁신과 효율성을 증진할 것이다.