• STI Policy Review
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.79-91
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• 2012

With the globalisation of the world's economies and the increasing role of multinational corporations in the generation of knowledge, global research and development (R&D) activities in emerging countries are following a new trend. This paper describes case studies of two large companies and discussion of the motives (demand vs. supply) and tasks (demand-driven vs. supply-driven) of R&D activities outside their home country. This work is based on an analysis of four overseas R&D units of two Korean ICT companies - here, ICT refers to goods and services in the information technology and communication technology fields - in India and China. The research findings are as follows: (1) The overseas R&D activities of Korean ICT enterprises in emerging countries may be driven by a combination of demand and supply factors of host countries; and (2) Korean overseas R&D centres in emerging countries may need to carry out both demand- and supply-driven tasks in view of the overlap between demand and supply factors of the host countries. Based on the results of this research, the following policy implications can be drawn for encouraging more effective overseas R&D activities of Korean enterprises in emerging countries. First, the government needs to expand the support systems so that enterprises can manage local R&D centres more effectively and actively use the variety of local support systems and useful information. Second, the government needs to expand the support systems so that the overseas R&D centres of Korean enterprises revitalise collaborations with locally excellent universities and research institutions.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.47-66
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• 2004

The relationship between innovation policies and locational competitiveness has emerged as an important area in the analysis of economic development, reflecting both the centralisation and decentralisation of globalising economic activities. The underlying spatial and institutional components are subject to a pattern of cumulative causation in which strategic interventions of policy actors exercise a decisive role in shaping competitive advantages, while promoting interactions with local and foreign partners both from the private and public sectors. The Singaporean development experience illustrated these strategic interdependencies of innovation policies and locational competitiveness. Based on her role as a manufacturing and service hub, Singapore is viewed as an infrastructural nodal point which is interconnected to global production networks. Paralleling efforts in the domain of technological innovation, Singapore's policies for locational competitiveness aim at an adaptive harmonisation of the needs of international investors with local developmental objectives. This orientation characterises also current efforts in promoting Singapore as a knowledge agglomeration with a distinct science base, expanding R&D operations and an innovation-driven pattern of economic development. In conclusion, the locational rationale of Singapore's innovation policies provides lessons for dealing with the spatial and institutional implications of technological globalisation.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2014

최근 ICT산업의 글로벌화 패러다임의 변화에 따라, 정보통신분야 중소벤처기업의 글로벌화 지원정책에 대한 심층적인 인지지도 분석을 하고, AHP모형을 활용하여 세부 정책방안에 대한 내용과 그 중요도에 대한 우선순위를 제시하였다. 인지지도 실증분석 결과, 전반적으로 정책목표변수가 정책수단변수에 비해 많이 제시되고 있어 향후 정책수단 발굴이 시급함을 보여주고 있다. 미래부의 IT중소벤처기업 지원정책의 인지지도에서는 피드백 루프가 없다는 특징을 찾을 수 있었다. 이는 정책구도가 순환적이라기보다는 정책수단에서 정책목표에 이르는 일방적인 구도에 가깝다는 것을 의미한다. 그리고 창조경제 정책변수는 정책수단 변수로는 전혀 인지하지 않고 있으며 정책목표변수로만 사용하고 있어, 이는 ICT중소벤처기업의 글로벌화 지원을 통해 궁극적으로 창조경제 구현이라는 결과를 기대하고 있음을 보여주고 있다. 마지막으로, 세부 정책방안에 대한 우선순위는 글로벌 창업센터 구축, 글로벌 전문가 채용 및 활용, ICT R&D 국제공동 연구 활성화, 글로벌 투자네트워크 확대, 대-중소기업 해외동반 진출 등이 각각 중요한 것으로 나타났다.