• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.18-18
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• 1998

본 연구는 미 특허청(USPTO) 자료를 이용하여 기술활동이 가장 활발한 OECD국가를 중심으로 세부기술 부문별 기술활동의 유형을 분석하고자 하는 데에 목적을 두고 있다. 특히 OECD 국가들이 정보통신(IT) 기술에 있어 특정 기술분야로의 수렴화 경향을 보이는가 혹은 다양한 기술적인 분화현상을 보이는 가를 분석하는 것이 본 연구의 주요 관심사이다. 기존 연구들이 정보통신기술을 협의로 정의, 분석의 대상으로 삼아 왔으나, 본 고에서는 정보통신 분야를 보다 확대된 개념으로서 정의하고, 미국 특허청 자료(1985-1996)를 이용하여 정보통신 분야의 기술개발 활동의 특화현상을 분석하였다. 연구결과로서 정보통신(IT) 기술 분야에서는 기술적 수렴현상이 점차적으로 나타나고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 국가별 결과에 있어서는 서로 다른 유형이 관측되었는데 정보통신 산업에 있어서 유럽의 주요 국가들은 특허통계량이 감소하는 추세를 나타냈으며 기술추격(catch-up) 과정은 나타나지 않았음을 보여 주었다. 이와 반대로, 일본은 유럽의 주요 국가에 비하여 매우 특징적인 기술개발 유형을 나타내었다. 예를 들어, RTA지수는 일본이 정보처리기술, 컴퓨터시스템 및 단말기술, 집적회로 분야에 특화되어 있음을 나타냈다. 또한 캐나다와 한국도 특징적인 기술개발 경향을 나타내었는 바, 캐나다는 방송시스템 및 전송기술에서 기술적 강점을 지닌 것으로 분석되었으며 한국의 기술추격 분야는 방송시스템, 정보처리 및 반도체기술 분야인 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.177-204
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• 2011

Recently the government expands its investment in basic research to overcome the limit of technology catch-up strategy. At this point, Korea's R&D supporting system needs to be evaluated whether it is appropriate to support creative basic research. Therefore, this study approaches to analyze the cases of basic research supporting system about the characteristics of basic research and necessary systematic requirements. This research discussed the necessity for introducing the paradigm of policy management system of basic research. Also it found that the performance of basic research is very important element for the effectiveness of research itself as well as continuous appropriacy of the system.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.203-211
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• 2015

세계경제가 저성장 국면에 들어서고 우리나라 기업들의 탈 추격(post-catch up) 전략모색이 요구되는 상황에서 사내기업가정신이 기업의 급진적 혁신을 위한 대안으로 주목받고 있다. 그러나 국내에서 사내기업가정신이 기업의 전체 혁신에 미치는 효과는 상대적으로 미미한 것으로 보인다. 사내기업가정신은 기존 기업 내에서 혁신을 통한 새로운 성장동력을 제공하는 기업가적 행동으로, 혁신 프로세스를 내포하고 있다. 따라서 기업 내부에서 사내기업가정신을 확산시키기 위해서는 혁신을 관리하는 관점에서 접근하는 것이 바람직하다. 본고에서는 사내기업가정신 제도의 국내외 운영현황을 분석하고 혁신가치사슬 개념을 적용하여 사내기업가정신 프로세스상 문제점을 진단하고 이를 개선하기 위한 프레임워크를 제시하였다.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.95-128
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• 2018

Since mid and late 2000s, the smartphones has been widely diffused and Korea ranked first in global smartphone market in 2011 thanks to its rapid adoption of Android operating system, technology capability accumulated in featurephone development, vertical integration on smartphone production and premium positioning. However, Korea fell behind because of the rise of another latecomer, China, in four years (2015) after it recorded the top position globally. How did the leadership change occurred in the smartphone industry so rapidly? In order to answer the question, we investigated three favorable windows of opportunity for the rise of China, which are technological, demand, and institutional, and the strategic responses of Chinese firms as well as the rigidity and complacency with the past success of Korean firms. Our findings contribute to the extension of 'catch-up cycle' theory as well as provide in-depth insights for strategies and policies settings to overcome the recent rise of China in information and communication technology sector for Korea.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.252-281
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• 2010

In this paper, we analyze the result of the Technology Level Evaluation of 'Biochip and biosensor (BB) Technology' consisted of 3 sub-categorized technologies; biochip sensing (BS), lab on a chip and high-efficient customized health care technology. As an analysis tool, authors used a delphi (a repeated survey) and dynamic methodology with technology growth model to overcome limits of previous evaluations. As a result, levels of BB were evaluated 51.5% (Korea) and 75.1% (US), and the technology gap between two countries was 6.1 yrs. In 2013, these levels were expected to change to 60.1% (Korea), 78.4% (US) and 4.3 yrs, respectively. In comparison with other biotechnology, the gap of BB was smaller and expected to catch up with US faster. In the case of sub-categorized technologies, they showed the smallest gap and would have faster catch-up speed than other sub-categorized technologies in the Biotechnology field. Based on the result of the survey, relative superiority of BB in Korea was originated from competent researchers and research fund, but weak basic science would be weak points. We think that BB's characteristic as an emerging technology and concentrated research activities on BB are additional strong points. This research proposes the supporting and supplemented points to promote the BB in Korea.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.4148-4156
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• 2014

The aim of this paper was to suggest a national R&D performance measurement index from a new perspective. Government is trying to transit the R&D paradigm from 'catch-up' into 'lead- forward'. The problem of the existing performance evaluation was first identified, and the performance evaluation method of domestic & overseas research center & government was then reviewed. In particular, this study first referred to the creation & innovation indices, and focused on the national innovation and R&D ecosystem. Next, D'Aveni's Hypercompetition theory was applied to suggest a new performance measurement index, and AHP analysis interviewed from the domestic R&D performance evaluation experts was performed. This study contributes to the new national R&D performance index for the creative economy.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.205-222
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• 2011

The Korean government continuously increases the R&D investment in order to pursue an economic growth through technological innovation. Hence, the intensity of governmental R&D has increased rapidly. However, the whole amount of the R&D investment is still small compared to developed countries. And the type of R&D policies is more and more changing from the catch-up model to the technology-driven model. Therefore, there is a growing interest in the efficiency of public R&D investment. Hence, many studies on the efficiency of R&D investment have been researched. This study estimated the efficiency of governmental R&D programs considering the technological outcomes, e.g. theses, patents and so on, using DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis) with data of S&T investment and outcomes from NTIS(National S&D Information Service). In addition, we used the Mann-Whitney Test to investigate the characteristics of governmental R&D investment.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.143-152
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• 2009

This paper deals with a case which is focused on the policy development connected with IT, and verify its validity to enhance R&D capability for Korean steel industry. Korean steel industry, which is at a turning point from technological catch-up to technological frontier, should go ahead with open R&D system to be able to connect with other steel companies, universities and laboratories for its capability buildup. To meet such a challenge, IT should act a critical part in R&D capability enhancement. In this study we discuss not only IT-related support policies and validity of proposed policies through priority analysis, but also the role of government, company and academia within the framework of Triple Helix.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.672-693
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• 2013

The "Economy" is one of the hottest issues in Korean society these days, but there are still mixed views on the definition and approach to the creative economy, which is the catch phrase of the new government. Under these circumstances, this study assumes the current perspective of the domestic science and technology community on the creative economy fails to properly reflect the spirit of the times and so aims to suggest the "creative economy for people's happiness" as an alternative perspective along with a set of policy implications. To that end, this paper looks through the theory of the creative economy and examines existing perspectives on the creative economy from a critical point of view. And then, it explores the characteristics of the creative economy for people's happiness and related examples. Lastly, policy implications are drawn up for the Park Geun-hye government.

• STI Policy Review
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.105-145
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• 2015

Science, technology and innovation (STI) is crucially important to eradicating poverty, and making advances in various areas such as agriculture, health, environment, transport, industry, and telecommunications. Therefore, it is vital to the overall socioeconomic development of nations. The indispensable role of STI in the competitive globalized economy led to several attempts to measure national STI capacities. The present study outlines STI capacity around three sets of capabilities: technological capabilities, social capabilities, and common capabilities. The Global Science, Technology and Innovation Capacity (GSTIC) index was developed to provide current evidence on the national STI capacities of the countries, and to improve the composite indicators used for such purposes. The GSTIC ranks a large number of countries (167) on the basis of their STI capacities and categories them into four groups: i.e. leaders, dynamic adopters, slow adopters, and laggards. For more meaningful assessment of the STI capacities of nations, it captures the achievement gaps of individual countries with the highest achiever. The study also provides ranking and achievement gaps of nations in the nine GSTIC pillars: technology creation, R&D capacity, R&D performance, technology absorption, diffusion of old technologies, diffusion of recent innovations, exposure to foreign technology, human capital, and enabling factors. A more detailed analysis of the strengths and weaknesses in different pillars of STI capacity of ten selected countries is also provided. The results show that there are significant disparities among nations in STI capacity and its various aspects, and developing countries have much to catch-up with the developed nations. However, different countries may adopt different strategies according to their strengths and weaknesses. Useful insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the national STI capacities of different countries are provided in the study.