• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.103-122
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• 2007

Innovation clusters developed or evolved around a specific region IS the key element of national innovation system and determine national competitiveness. Recognizing the importance of innovation clusters, Korean government has made "Daedeok Special R&D Zone" in 2005. This paper examines the success factors of famous Cluster in advanced countries and China, and proposes the strategy for regional development in Daejeon through boosting Daedeok Innovation Cluster. Although 30.5% of government R&D investment is being concentrated in Daedeok along with 10% of the country's doctorate degree holders, it is lack of increasing revenue by linking corporate R&D with a creative and challenging entrepreneur spirit. The core of the innovation cluster is the integration and mutual networking of the main participants. This paper suggests strategies for developing as a world class innovation cluster, global networking and clustering, venture ecosystem formation, commercialization the knowledge by interacting with market. It also explains the necessity of regional integration for cluster to cluster linkages in the East Asia Region.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.456-471
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• 2013

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.293-309
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• 2013

Innovation clusters have different factors depending on different stages. Innovation clusters in Gyeonggi now are early stages, which are necessary to investigate factors so that they go into upstages. Silicon Valley is known as one of the best innovation clusters, which are now represented as the forms of related variety. The purpose of the paper is to investigate current situation of innovation clusters in Silicon Valley and suggest appropriate policies for the development of innovation clusters in Gyeonggi. In order to do this, we visit several representative institutions regarding infra, human-training, industry-academic-institution cooperation, start-up assistance and local government. Throughout the case study, we propose implications, and produce policy tasks for the development of cluster policy in Gyeonggi.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.675-699
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• 2012

Recently innovation cluster has been emphasized as a valid policy measure for innovation. For suggesting a new model of innovation cluster, we conducted literature review for the theories of regional innovation system(RIS) and innovation clusters. As a result, the success factors of innovation cluster were classified into system measures, physical measures, and social(human resources) measures from the perspective of RIS. The case of Gyeonggi province's innovation cluster policy was examined for an empirical analysis. For an in-depth analysis, a survey for the tenant companies in Pangyo technovalley(PTV) was conducted. As a result, it was found that Gyeonggi province's innovation cluster policy is evolving from 'a government-initiated system' to 'the 3rd-generation convergence RIS' and that PTV is closely related to the system measures of 'support for up-to-date management and technology information' and 'support for academic-research-industry cooperative research and technological cooperation,' physical measures of 'strengthening the function of PTV support division' and 'shared research equipment and other infrastructures,' and social measures of 'legal, financial, and administrative support system' and 'public childcare facilities'. Also, technology sector was divided into IT and non-IT for a validity check to find out that there was no significant difference in all factors, except for the public relations factors. This study is expected to provide resources for other related researches.

• Korean Business Review
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.197-223
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• 2005

The industrial cluster policy of 21st century rise to the focus method of regional economic promotion, therefore, the importance of study in cluster identification and mapping as policy task will bring into relief. This paper will confirms the estimate index and policy of industrial clusters with regional industry. The result in this case study, Cluster development should embrace the pursuit of competitive advantage and specialization rather than simply imitate successful clusters in other locations. This requires building on local sources of uniqueness. Government should reinforce and building on existing and emerging clusters rather than attempt to create entirely new ones. This sort of role for government is very different from industrial policy. The aim of cluster policy is to reinforce the development of all clusters. Not all clusters will succeed, but market forces should determine the outcomes. In other words, government should build on market- oriented system and innovative infra. The result of this study is meaning to the development of objectivity estimate index and derivation of cluster-focused policy with a case study of industrial clusters.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.33-44
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• 2015

This study reviews technological innovation to examine science, technology, and innovation (STI) policies and strategies for academy-industry cooperation for innovation and entrepreneurship in Daejeon. STI policy in Daejeon is based on a vision that harmonizes regional and national policies at a regional level, fostering of a key innovation cluster and strategic industries in Daejeon, and a new growth engine of converging industries such as information technology (IT), biotechnology (BT), and nanotechnology (NT). This paper proposes the following: First, considering the harmony of national and regional policies, STI policy should be promoted at the regional level considering venture and SMEs. Second, we recommend nurturing a global innovation cluster as part of a regional STI and venture ecosystem. This will support the region of Daejeon as the heart of a global innovation cluster by having Daedeok Innopolis and the International Science and Business Belt as its two major axes. Third, we recommend strengthening academy-industry cooperation in Sejong and other regions.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2017.08a
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• pp.17-30
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• 2017

지역단위의 분권화에 따라 각 지역적 상황과 산업적 시장적 환경과 내생적인 역량을 바탕으로 혁신클러스터 성장전략을 수립하는 것이 국가 및 지역의 발전전략에 필요한 보편적인 혁신전략이 되었다. 본 연구는 부산지역 혁신시스템의 구성요소인 대기업 및 벤처기업 근무자를 대상으로 혁신클러스터의 평가요인에 대하여 정책적 지원 제도, 사회적 인프라, 혁신주체 간 네트워크 환경과 각 요인별 세부 항목에 대하여 중요성을 판단하고 정책적인 시사점을 획득하고자 하였다. 방법적으로는 부산지역 대기업 및 벤처기업 종사자 20명을 대상으로 한 설문 응답 결과를 AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process)를 이용하여 결과를 도출하였고, 그 결과 혁신주체 간 네트워크 환경이 가장 중요한 요소이며 그 중 공동연구 및 기술협력 부문이 가장 중요한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구를 통하여 부산지역의 특성을 충분히 고려한 지역혁신시스템의 강점과 취약점을 분석하고 정책적으로 더 강화시켜나가야 할 부분을 확인할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.551-566
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• 2013

This study aims to evaluate the industrial cluster policy implemented in Korea during the last decade or so, examine whether it can still be a valid policy measure in the creative economy regime, and propose policy directions for the future. It is evaluated that the cluster policy has contributed to increasing productivity by improving networks between companies, universities and research centers and thus strengthening innovation infrastructure. The policy, however, by its characteristics of government-domination, failed to develop open-ended and flexible spontaneous clusters. Industrial clusters have the capability to contribute to the virtuous circle of creative economy by enhancing creativity and innovativeness, and subsequently by increasing value-added. In order to maximize these positive effects, a few suggestions are made, including being faithful to the very nature of clusters, e.g. geographical proximity and connectedness, intending clusters with creativity well maintained, orienting toward multi-scalar clusters with a mixture of local and global perspectives, and matching regional and industrial policies with regards to clusters.

• Journal of Scientific & Technological Knowledge Infrastructure
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• s.20
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• pp.52-59
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• 2005

국가혁신체계로서 클러스터의 중요성과 더불어, 향후의 방향에 대해 논하고자 한다. 본 연구의 목적은 클러스터의 지역, 산업, 정책적인 특성을 파악하여서 미래의 발전방향을 파악해보기 위한 것이다. 일반적으로 클러스터는 지역적으로, 산업적으로 확산되는 가운데, 정책적 지원을 통한 성장을 기대하고 있다. 지역, 산업, 정책 클러스터로 구분하여 살펴본 결과, 지역 및 산업 간의 연결과 정책적 촉진(facilitate)은 불가피한 것으로 나타났다. 다만 정책은 클러스터의 진화에 필요한 합리적이고 객관적인 기준설정에 의해 실행되어야 하고, 궁극적으로 시장의 자율적 역할이 극대화되는 방향으로 전개되어야 할 필요성이 존재하고 있다. 따라서 클러스터 진화과정에서 시장의 자율 즉 새로운 비즈니스에 대한 시장의 엄격한 평가가 진행될 수 있도록 진화시키는 것이 중요하다고 하겠다.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.425-437
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• 2018

Since the 1990s, clusters defined as a geographic concentration of interconnected companies, research and educational institutions, technology transfer agencies, and other public or semi-public institutions in a particular field have not only been subject to academic research, but have also become goals for various innovation and regional policies. Over the past 20 years Germany at both the Federal and $L{\ddot{a}}nder$ levels has been pursuing various cluster promotion policies and initiatives for upgrading industries' competitiveness and innovations, and some of these measures have been evaluated as successful. This study aims to examine the industrial cluster promotion policy of Germany. For this purpose, the study first outlines the concept of cluster and cluster policy theoretically, and then explores the formation and historical development of cluster polices of the German federal government.