• 품질경영학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.551-568
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• 2018

Purpose: This study addressed the relationship between technological innovation activity and management efficiency of Korean automobile firms. We tested the hypothesis of non-liner relationship of innovation activity in relation to management efficiency. Methods: We discussed prior literature in the firm innovation strategy and management efficiency studies to provide better understanding of relationships between technological innovation activity and management efficiency. As a result, we developed develop and tested a model (Inverted-U shaped) capturing the non-linear impact of technological innovation activity. While we used R&D expenditure and patent registration data for measuring firms' innovation activity, management efficiency was evaluated by using DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis). Results: Main findings of our empirical analysis indicated that the relationships between technological innovation activity and management efficiency was inverted U shaped. This implied that the relationship between technological innovation and management efficiency is inverted U-shaped non-linear, with management efficiency increasing up to a point, beyond which higher levels of R&D and patent registration activities led to a decrease in management efficiency. Conclusion: This study empirically assessed the inconclusive findings of previous research in the area of effects of innovation activities in relation to firm performance. The paper also provided theoretical and practical implications for firms who explore efficient strategy to promote the management performance through technological innovation activities. Future research directions with the limitation of the study was discussed.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.355-364
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• 2022

The effect of technological innovation on the high-quality development of the producer services industry depends on whether or not technical innovation efficiency plays a key role. This study looks at the impact of technological innovation and financial technology (fintech) on the development of high-quality producer services in Fujian Province from 2010 to 2019. The efficiency of technological innovation is measured using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist productivity index. The mean overall innovation efficiency score is 0.639, meaning that Fujian accounts for 36.1% of resource utilization inefficiencies and that there are significant differences in technological innovation efficiency between cities. The findings show that high-quality producer services industries benefited from innovation efficiency, but that the influence of technological innovation efficiency is insignificant. This demonstrates that financial innovation has not been able to completely enhance the development level of the producer services industry. This may be due to the unreasonable output structure of technological innovation and the low industrial transformation rate of technological achievements. This study advocates that the R&D fund allocation structure be optimized. That technological innovation can improve the high-quality development of the producer services industry is a consensus within the academic community.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.125-136
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• 2016

The external R&D, which includes the adoption of the external technology and knowledge in addition to the internal R&D, is one of important factors for the innovation. Especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the external R&D has been considered as a key factor to carry out the innovation more efficiently due to the limitations of their resources and capacities. However, most of extant studies related to external R&D have focused on analyzing the influence of external R&D on innovation outputs or outcomes. Only a few studies have explored the impact of external R&D on the innovation efficiency. This study therefore investigates whether the external R&D effects the industry's innovation efficiency and productivity. On this study, we used Korean manufacturing industry data of SMEs from 2012 to 2014 and employed a global Malmquist productivity analysis technique, which is based on the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), to assess the innovation efficiency and productivity. Innovation performances of external R&D group and internal R&D group are compared. Then, the sectoral patterns of both innovation efficiency and productivity are analyzed with respect to the technological intensity, which is introduced by OECD. The results show that the gap of innovation efficiency between external and internal R&D groups has gradually decreased because of the continuous improvement of the external R&D group's performance, while the external R&D group lag behind the internal R&D group. In addition, patterns of the innovation efficiency and productivity change were different depending on the technological intensity, which means that the higher the technological intensity, the greater the effect of external R&D.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.325-355
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• 2010

Knowledge-based exporting companies in Korea have reached a stage to develop new technological innovation and to pioneer new markets. But, developing new technologies and launching new products require an enormous sum of money for Research and Development(R&D) and there is still uncertainty in technological development and markets. Therefore, through open technological innovation, they are encouraged to actively use external technological sources and ideas. They also need to enhance the efficiency of the relatively little R&D investment. In this paper, firstly, it conducts a precedent study on the concept and influence factors of knowledge-based exporting companies and open technological innovation. Secondly, it sets a study model and estimates a regression coefficient to analyze the influence factors of open technological innovation of knowledge-based exporting companies which are using external resources on the process of innovation. Through case study and empirical analysis, we are going to find the implication of open technological innovation and prepare the way of the innovation for the knowledge-based exporting companies. According to the empirical analysis, variables such as firm size, processing degree, product life, patent registration, maintaining internal security didn't have positive effects on open innovation performance. On the other hand, research capability and market preoccupancy had positive effects. Therefore, to succeed in open innovation, knowledge-based exporting companies not only need to secure research capability through open innovation, but also need to preoccupy the market through commercialization of developed product.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.369-379
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• 2022

과학기술과 문화산업의 융합이 심화되면서 중국의 디지털 문화산업이 부상하고 있다. 디지털 문화산업은 디지털 경제 시대에 문화소비에 대한 새로운 욕구를 충족시켜 소비자들에게 신선한 경험을 선사하고 있다. 본 논문은 중국 A주 36개 디지털 문화 상장기업의 2018년~2019년의 공개 데이터를 이용하여 중국 디지털 문화산업 상장기업의 기술혁신 효율성 평가지표체계를 구축했다. 자료포락분석(DEA)을 활용하여 36개 중국 디지털 문화산업 상장기업의 기술혁신 효율성을 평가했다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 중국 상장기업 36곳은 기술혁신 효율성이 낮다. 둘째, 상장기업의 연구개발 자원의 배치가 불합리하다. 셋째, 상장기업 간 기술혁신 효율성의 차이가 크다. 따라서 연구개발 자금 투입의 확대, 연구개발 자원의 합리적 배치, 연구개발 인력 도입과 육성 확대, 효과적인 동적 인센티브 메커니즘 구축, '정산학연용(政产学研用)'의 긴밀한 결합 촉진 및 정부 정책의 충분한 발휘 등의 조치를 통해 중국 디지털 문화산업 상장기업의 기술혁신 효율성을 제고해야 한다.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2007

In this study, we estimated a CES production function for the Korean economy. We have found in the empirical results that the elasticity of the factor substitution is less than one and that the Korean economy exhibits labor-saving technological progress. In addition, we obtained the regression coefficient of R&D investment on technological change, i.e., the elasticity of R&D investment with respect to the technological change was 0.26% point. It implies that if R&D stock increases by 1%, labor efficiency increases 0.26% point through technological progress which is Hicksian non-neutral. It confirms that innovation-based growth strategy by increasing R&D investment would be effective on the one hand. Some policy consideration on the other might be needed for an increase in employment which is offset by technological progress.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.149-161
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• 2012

The current environment of technological and competitive changes influences not only the business R&D environment but also government driven national R&D strategies. Open innovation has now become an important paradigm that is replacing the outdated paradigm of closed innovation. Many companies and nations have been increasing R&D investment because R&D has been considered a driving force for national and corporate competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare the performance of R&D focused on open innovation according to scientific and technological outputs which is based on paper publications, patents and etc. Comparisons should not be only based on the quantity but also on the quality of the output. This paper shows that it is possible to develop DEA models that utilize the Analytical Hierarchical Process in order to transform the qualitative index into a quantitative index. Hence, the relative efficiency for R&D organizations is obtained based on both quantity and quality outputs and subsequently provides comprehensive and realistic methods for decision makers to identify levels of project efficiency.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.145-156
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• 2021

The research purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the effects of technological readiness and innovation on logistics performance. To build up and maintain an important role in global supply chains, nowadays it is obvious that countries and logistics providers need to achieve competitive advantage in terms of digitalization. However, there is a lack of empirical studies about the impacts of information technologies and innovation potential on the logistics efficiency of countries. Hence, the study analyzes whether the corresponding pillars of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) matter for the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and its dimensions. For determining the effects, the pooled regression approach is applied. The results show that technological readiness and innovation are positively and statistically significantly correlated with logistics performance: competence and quality of logistics services, efficiency of customs clearance processes, ability to track and trace consignments, frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time, and ease of arranging competitively priced shipments. The findings of this study suggest that investments in innovations and technology progress improve countries' logistics efficiency, which is an important prerequisite for enabling Logistics 4.0 and thus, Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation of the economy and society.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.147-164
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• 2014

This paper investigated the efficiency of automobile firms by using several non-parametric approaches. First, using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), the paper has investigated the critical factors that determine the relative efficiency of management performance in automobile companies. Second, we examined how the firm size impact on the difference of this efficiency by using Kruskl-Wallis Test. Third, by using Mann-whitney test, we also investigated the difference of the efficiency accoss existence of technological innovation activity. Finally, the paper explored the relationship between technological innovation and management efficiency by using logistic regression model. The findings of this study provided practical information for inefficient automobile firms to find benchmarking firms and strategic position to improve their efficiency. The result also provided theoretical and methodological implications for those who explore factors affecting management efficiencies. Future research directions with the limitation of the study are discussed.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.205-222
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• 2011

정부는 기술혁신을 통한 경제성장을 견인하기 위하여 R&D 투자를 지속적으로 증가시키고 있다. 따라서, 정부 연구개발 집약도는 매우 큰 폭으로 증가되고 있으나 절대규모에 있어서는 선진국에 비해 여전히 적은 재원을 보유하고 있다. 또한, 연구개발 정책방향이 기술추격형에서 기술선도형으로 전환되고 있어, 공공 R&D 재원의 효율적 활용에 대한 관심도 매우 증가하고 있다. 이에, R&D 효율성을 측정하고 효율성에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하기 위한 다각적인 시도가 행해지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 NTIS(국가과학기술지식정보서비스)의 과학기술 투자 및 성과 데이타를 활용, 자료포락분석(DEA)을 이용하여 논문, 특허 등 과학기술적 성과관점에서 정부 순수R&D사업의 효율성을 측정하였다. 더 나아가서, 효율성에 영향을 미치는 배분특성을 규명해 보고자 통계적 유의성 확보가 어려운 데이터 문제들을 보완할 수 있는 비모수 분석 방법인 Mann-Whitney 검정을 활용하였다.