• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.1077-1100
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• 2018

The present study analyzed the effect of firms' external research and development (R&D) on corporate productivity, while investigating the moderating effect of firm size on the external R&D-productivity nexus. In the empirical analysis, we estimated South Korean manufacturing firms' total factor productivity (TFP) using the firm level data drawn from the Survey of Business Activities (Korea National Statistical Office) for the years 2006-2015. Thereafter, focusing on the role of external R&D and its interaction with the firm size in determining firms' TFP, the productivity function was estimated as well. To this end, we used ordinary least squares (OLS) and quantile regression to highlight the heterogeneous impacts of external R&D by companies' productivity level. Empirical results confirmed that firms' external R&D significantly enhanced corporate productivity in all manufacturing industries, from high-tech to low-tech. The moderating effect of firm size in determining the productivity effect of external R&D was not as prominent as in the case for internal R&D, which exhibited some degree of the size premium in the productivity-enhancing effect. These results suggest that regardless of the firm size, external R&D can be an important channel for corporate productivity improvement, and can be a particularly effective strategy for SMEs with relatively limited internal R&D capacities.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.839-866
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• 2005

This study addresses the effects on the economy of atomic sector's R&D by considering how much KAERI's R&D expenditures in 2000 affect on the production and value-added of each industry and the whole economy. This study answers to the question using competitive import input-output tables and both supply driven and demand driven IO models, which are frequently employed in evaluating economic impacts of R&D in both domestic and foreign academic areas.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.101-122
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• 2007

In this study, as the result of analyzing the relationship and influence between economic outcome and R&D supporting investment, the number of supporting subjects among the technological innovational areas of SMEs, it is as below. First, as the economic result of analyzing companies from the investment in R&D of technological innovational areas of minor companies, the number of supporting subjects and amount of R&D have relationship with increase of sales and export amount, employee reduction & the effect of new job creation shows positive correlation with the effect of import replacement. Second, as analyzing the influence of the investment in R&D has economic effect from of technological innovational minor companies. This is thought that the financial and R&D support increase a significant effect on economical, technical against SMEs.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.649-674
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of public R&D subsidies on private R&D. We have analyzed rationales for the public R&D subsidy from different perspectives. On the basis of literature review, a two step research model is constructed: participation phase (when firms benefit from public subsidies) and decision phase (when firms make decision on additional R&D investments). Using propensity score matching(PSM) method, we compare the potential outcome of the treated group to a matched controlled group of non-subsidized firms. The data used in this paper was collected from various sources. The Korean Innovation Survey 2008(manufacturing sector) is a main source of data. Financial data such as revenue, asset and capital stock, and number of employees were supplemented from the Nice Information Service KIS Value database. The R&D survey, conducted by MEST(Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) each year, was also used for the R&D expenditures of the manufacturing firms. This study comes up with the following empirical results. First, a firm's innovation capability, financial constraints, and sector appear to influence the selection of firms who were benefited from government's financial supports for R&D. Second, empirical results show that public R&D funding complements private investment on average and appear to have perpetual effects on the following year. Finally, sectoral difference in the effect of public subsidies on firms' R&D investment was confirmed. In addition, SMEs show more positive effects than large firms.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.316-321
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• 2016

우리나라는 R&D투자 정책을 적극적으로 추진한 결과 과학기술 발전을 통한 경제성장을 이룩하여 왔고, 세계 선진 각국에서도 과학기술을 중요한 국가 아젠다로 삼으면서 신기술 개발이나 사회문제 해결을 위한 해결책으로 과학기술 정책을 적극적으로 펼치면서 R&D에 대한 적극적인 투자를 시행하고 있다. 우리나라의 경우도 2014년 기준으로 정부의 R&D투자 예산은 17조 7천억원의 거대한 규모로 확대되고 있으며, 각각의 연구주체들에 의해 수행되어진 결과로 나오는 다양한 종류의 연구성과에 대한 성과관리의 중요성은 점점 더해가고 있는 실정이다. 한편, 연구개발 투자에 대한 성과의 효율성이라는 측면에 있어서 염려의 목소리도 만만치 않은 실정이다. 이는 연구성과를 창출하기 위한 프로세스, 즉 연구기획, 선정, 수행관리, 결과평가, 사후관리 및 사업화 등의 과정들을 철저하고 효율적으로 관리하여야 한다는 측면에서 접근할 수도 있겠으나, 중소기업을 지원하는 정부의 R&D 지원형태에 있어서는 정부의 지원방식에 따라, 즉 출연(국가 등이 반대급부 없이 예산이나 기금에서 지원하는 방식)지원이나 융자지원(일정한 금리와 상환기간을 정해놓고 지원하는 방식)에 따라 도출되는 성과의 차이가 있을 수 있다는 점에 착안하여 그 두가지 지원방식에 따른 성과에 있어서의 차이점을 비교해 보고, 그 결과에 따라 정부가 중소기업을 대상으로 지원하는 방식에 대한 방향성을 제시해 보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.467-474
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• 2015

This study is about the demand survey of R&D for preventing disaster and safety accidents. The results are as follows. First, the priorities of technology development is shown in the following order: natural disasters, human and social disaster, and safety accidents. Second, the amount of R&D investment is shown in the following order in respect of disaster management phase: prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. However, investment in the recovery phase was low. Third, it was concentrated on some types the demands of technological development in the public sector. There is a possibility of duplication of technology development in government investment. Suggest that interagency cooperation is required.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.4 no.4 s.12
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• pp.34-41
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• 2000

The purpose of this paper is to assess the R&D investment of Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) by combining several measures including R&D needs, technology spillover effects, and technology stock at the corporate level. This study has revealed that Kogas has concentrated its R&D resources on the operation and maintenance of gas supply facilities, and technology groups, which have higher fulfillment of R&D needs and technology spillover effects, have been on the relatively greater level of technology stocks.

• Proceedings of the Korean Statistical Society Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.91-95
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• 2000

본 연구는 우리나라 산업구조에 있어서 지식과 기술의 영향을 파악하기 위하여 기술지표(R&D, IT집약도, 특허)와 인적자원지표(R&D인력, 대졸자수, 과학기술인적자원)를 기초로 117개 산업에 대한 지식기반도 측정을 시도한 것이다. 지식기반도 측정을 위한 분석모형으로 LISREL 모형이 적용되었다. 지식기반산업에 대한 기존의 연구로서는 OECD(1996)에 의한 R&D 직접투자와 간접투자를 이용한 분석이 있으나 기술과 인적자본 지표를 모두 활용하여 계량적으로 분석한 것은 새로운 시도이다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.444-467
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• 2015

Government has accounted an R&D investment on drug development for the highest share among biotechnology sector. Since competitive investments between each agencies, issues on efficiency or effectiveness of the duplicate investments have been raised continuously. In this research, we investigated the effectiveness of the investment through analysis of portfolio on drug development R&D, journals, patents, and performance of the each process. As a result, reliable technology for current market demands could not compute productive outcome at the early process of the development. On the other hand, grants which support non-clinical process of the development has produced the high-quality patents for active utilization. Moreover, analysis of the performance of the process, which affects rate of success on the drug development, showed decreased efficiency compared to global average. Therefore, we proposed the strategies of reflecting the market demands and bridging between stages without interruption for maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness on investment of drug development R&D. Furthermore, strategies for concentrated support on each process should be prepared for the success of final drug development.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.434-443
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• 2013