Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea (한국경제지리학회지)

The Economic Geographical Society of Korea (한국경제지리학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Technology Transfer Process of Daegu Automotive Parts Industry

대구 자동차부품산업의 기술이전 프로세스

  • Kim, Hyo-Mi (Department of Geography, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2022.03.10
  • Accepted : 2022.03.29
  • Published : 2022.03.31
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

This paper analyzes the technology transfer mechanism of companies clustered in a specific economic space from the perspective of absorptive capacity, taking the Daegu automotive parts industry as an example. According to the analysis results, The absorptive capacity of a company was found to be positively related to the supplier, channel, method, and institutional interaction of technology transfer. Low absorptive capacity limits technology transfer by reducing companies' technology search capabilities, while high absorptive capacity gives companies access to technology search and various technology transfer opportunities through formal and informal channels. These results suggest that, in the short term, it is necessary to supplement the search capabilities of companies through preemptive visiting services of local intermediaries for the vitalization of regional technology transfer, while in the long term, a policy approach focusing on enhancing the absorptive capacity of local companies is required. For effective implementation of these policies, a multi-layered governance approach corresponding to each level of companies' absorptive capacities is required in establishing an interface structure that promotes linkage between institutional actors.

본 연구는 대구 자동차부품산업을 사례로, 흡수역량의 관점에서 특정 경제공간에 모여 있는 기업들의 기술이전 프로세스를 분석하였다. 분석 결과에 따르면, 기업의 흡수역량은 기술이전의 공급 주체, 경로, 방법, 제도적 상호작용과 긍정적 연관성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 낮은 흡수역량은 기업들의 기술 탐색 능력을 떨어트려 기술이전을 제약하는 반면, 높은 흡수역량은 공식·비공식 경로를 통한 기술 탐색과 다양한 기술이전 기회로의 접근 가능성을 부여한다. 이러한 결과는 지역 기술이전의 활성화를 위해서는 단기적으로 지역 매개기관의 선제적인 찾아가는 서비스를 통해 기업들의 탐색 능력을 보완하는 한편, 장기적으로는 지역 기업들의 흡수역량 증진에 초점을 둔 정책 접근이 필요함을 시사한다. 이러한 정책의 효과적 추진을 위해서는, 제도 주체간 연계를 촉진하는 인터페이스 구조의 확립에 있어서 기업의 흡수역량 수준별로 대응되는 다층적 거버넌스의 접근이 요구된다.

Keywords

References

  1. 김진한.박진한.정기대, 2013, "중소기업의 기술협력에서 흡수역량의 역할," 기술혁신학회지 16(1), pp.101-129.
  2. 대경광역경제권연구단, 2009, 대경광역경제권 발전계획.
  3. 대구경북기계공업협동조합, 2012, 대구경북기계공업협동조합 50년사.
  4. 이정원, 2001, 혁신시스템에서의 기술이전과정과 성공전략, 과학기술정책연구원 정책자료.
  5. 임채윤.이윤준, 2007, 기술이전 성공요인 분석을 통한 기술사업화 활성화 방안 - 정부출연연구소를 중심으로 -, 과학기술정책연구원 정책자료.
  6. 이현영.우에노 다까히로, 2010, "지구 온난화 방지를 위한 기술이전: 기술이전 메커니즘 분석을 통한 고찰," 글로벌정치연구 3(2), pp.137-170.
  7. 한국은행 대구경북본부, 2013, 「대구경북지역 자동차부품산업의 환경변화와 성장전략」.
  8. Amesse, F. and Cohendet, P., 2001, "Technology transfer revisited from the perspective of the knowledge-based economy," Research Policy 30, pp.1459-1478. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00162-7
  9. Andersson, M. and Loof, H., 2012, "Small business innovation: firm level evidence from Sweden," Journal of Technology Transfer 37(5), pp.732-754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-011-9216-9
  10. Argote, L. and Ingram, P., 2000, "Knowledge Transfer: A Basis for Competitive Advantage in Firms," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 82(1), pp.150-169. https://doi.org/10.1006/obhd.2000.2893
  11. Arvanitis, S. and Woerter, M., 2009, Firms' transfer strategies with universities and the relationship with firms' innovation performance, Industrial and Corporate Change 18(6), pp.1067-1106. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtp029
  12. Athreye, S. S. and Keeble, D., 2002, "Specialized markets and the behavior of firms: evidence from the United Kingdom's regional economies," International Regional Science Review 25(1), pp.38-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/016001702762039376
  13. Bar-Zakay, S. N., 1971, "Technology transfer model," Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2(3-4), pp.321-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1625(71)90009-6
  14. Belso-Martinez, J. A., 2015, "Resources, Governance, and Knowledge Transfer in Spanish Footwear Clusters Can Local Firms be Locked Out by Their Crucial Partner?," International Regional Science Review 38(2), pp.202-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160017612450709
  15. Bessant, J. and Rush, H., 1995, "Building bridges for innovation: the role of consultants in technology transfer," Research Policy 24, pp.97-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-7333(93)00751-E
  16. Bozeman, B., 2000, "Technology transfer and public policy: a review of research and theory," Research Policy 29, pp.627-655. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00093-1
  17. Brooks, H., 1966, National Science Policy and Technology Transfer: Proceedings of a Conference on Technology Transfer and Innovation, Washington D.C.: National science Foundation.
  18. Charles, D. and Howells, J., 1992, Technology transfer in Europe: public and private networks, London, New York: Belhaven Press.
  19. Cohen, W. M., and Levinthal, D. A., 1989, "Innovation and learning: The two faces of R&D," Economic Journal 99(397), pp.569-596. https://doi.org/10.2307/2233763
  20. Cohen, W. M. and Levinthal, D. A., 1990, "Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation," Administrative Science Quarterly 35(1), Special Issue: Technology, Organizations, and Innovation (Mar), pp.128-152. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393553
  21. Cohen, W. M. and Levinthal, D. A., 1994, "Fortune Favors the Prepared Firm," Management Science 40, pp.227-251. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.40.2.227
  22. Chatterji, D., 1996, "Accessing External Sources of Technology," Research Technology Management 39(2), pp.48-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.1996.11671051
  23. Escribano, A., Fosfuri, A and Tribo, J. A., 2009, "Managing external knowledge flows: The moderating role of absorptive capacity," Research Policy 38(1), pp.96-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2008.10.022
  24. Freel, M. S., 2003, "Sectoral patterns of small firm innovation, networking and proximity," Research Policy 32(5), pp.751-770. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00084-7
  25. Gebauer, A., Nam, C. W. and Parsche, R., "Regional Technology Policy and Factors Shaping Local Innovation Networks in Small German Cities," European Planning Studies 13(5), pp.661-683. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310500139301
  26. Guan, J. C., Mok, C. K., Yam, R. C. M., Chin, K. S. and Pun, K. F., 2006, "Technology transfer and innovation performance: Evidence from Chinese firms," Technological Forecasting & Social Change 73(6), pp.666-678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2005.05.009
  27. Hagedoorn, J., 1995. "Strategic technology partnering during the 1980s: trends networks and corporate patterns in non-core technologies," Research Policy 24(2), pp.207-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-7333(94)00763-W
  28. Hagedoorn, J., Lorenz-Orlean, S. and van Kranenburg, H., 2008, "Inter-firm technology transfer: partnership-embedded licensing or standard licensing agreements?," Industrial and Corporate Change 18(3), pp.529-550. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtn038
  29. Hervas-Oliver, J. L., Albors-Garrigos, J., de-Miguel, B. and Hidalgo, A., 2012, "The role of a firm's absorptive capacity and the technology transfer process in clusters: How effective are technology centres in low-tech clusters?," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 24(7-8), pp.523-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2012.710256
  30. Hoekman, B. M., Maskus, K. E., and Saggi, K., 2005, "Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries: Unilateral and Multilateral Policy Options," World Development 33(10), pp.1587-1602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.05.005
  31. Hu, A. G. Z., Jefferson, G. H. and Jinchang, Q., 2005, "R&D and Technology Transfer: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Industry," The Review of Economics and Statistics 87(4), pp.780-786. https://doi.org/10.1162/003465305775098143
  32. Hua, T. S., Lin, C. Y. and Chang, S. L, 2005, "Technologybased regional development strategies and the emergence of technological communities: a case study of HSIP, Taiwan," Technovation 25, pp.367-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2003.09.002
  33. Iammarino, S., Padilla-Perez R. and von Tunzelmann, N., 2008, "Technological Capabilities and Global-Local Interactions: The Electronics Industry in Two Mexican Regions," World Development 36(10), pp.1980-2003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.10.022
  34. Jorda-Borrell, R., Ruiz-Rodriguez, F. and Gonzalez-Relano, R., 2015, "Factors and taxonomy of technology purchase (TP) by internationalized innovative companies in peripheral European regions," Papers in Regional Science 94(1), pp.139-174.
  35. Kalnins, H. J. R. and Jarohnovich, N., 2015, "System Thinking Approach in Solving Problems of Technology Transfer Process," Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 195, pp.783-789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.06.176
  36. Kim, L., 1998, "Crisis Construction and Organizational Learning: Capability Building in Catching-up at Hyundai Motor," Organization Science 9(4), pp.506-521. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.9.4.506
  37. Lambe, C. J. and Spekman, R. E., 1997, "Alliances, external technology acquisition, and discontinuous technological change," Journal of Product Innovation Management 14(2), pp.102-116. https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-5885.1420102
  38. Lane, P. J. and Lubatkin, M., 1998, "Relative absorptive capacity and interorganizational learning," Strategic Management Journal 19(5), pp. 461-477. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199805)19:5<461::AID-SMJ953>3.0.CO;2-L
  39. Lau, S. Y., 1997, "Technology transfer in East Asia and its implications for regional cooperation," Global Economic Review: Perspectives on East Asian Economies and Industries 26(4), pp.65-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/12265089708422881
  40. Lemoine, F. and Unal-Kesenci, D., 2004, "Assembly Trade and Technology Transfer: The Case of China," World Development 32(5), pp.829-850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.01.001
  41. Link, A. N., Siegel, D. S. and Bozeman, B., 2007, "An empirical analysis of the propensity of academics to engage in informal university technology transfer," Industrial and Corporate Change 16(4), pp.641-655. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtm020
  42. Love, J. H. and Roper, S., 1999, "The Determinants of Innovation: R&D, Technology Transfer and Networking Effects," Review of Industrial Organization 15, pp. 43-64. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007757110963
  43. Padilla-Perez, R., 2008, "A regional approach to study technology transfer through foreign direct investment: The electronics industry in two Mexican regions," Research Policy 37(5), pp.849-860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2008.03.003
  44. Povoa, L. M. C. and Rapini, M. S., 2010, "Technology transfer from universities and public research institutes to firms in Brazil: what is transferred and how the transfer is carried out," Science and Public Policy 37(2), pp.147-159. https://doi.org/10.3152/030234210X496619
  45. Radosevic, S., 1999, International Technology Transfer and 'Catch Up' in Economic Development, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  46. Robock, S. H. and Calkins, R. D., 1980, The international technology transfer process, National Academy of Science, Washington D.C..
  47. Rogers, E. M., Takegami, S. and Yin, J., 2001, "Lessons learned about technology transfer," Technovation 21, pp.253-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4972(00)00039-0
  48. Saad, M. and Zawdie, G., 2005, "From technology transfer to the emergence of a triple helix culture: the experience of Algeria in innovation and technological capability development," Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 17(1), pp.89-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537320500044750
  49. Smith, H. L., 2000, Innovation filieres and the geography of innovation, in Smith, H. L.(ed), Technology transfer and industrial change in Europe, New York: St. Martin's Press, pp.227-264.
  50. Simmie J., 2003, "Innovation and urban regions as national and international nodes for the transfer and sharing of knowledge," Regional Studies 37(6-7), pp.607-620. https://doi.org/10.1080/0034340032000108714
  51. Souder, W. E., Nashar, A. S. and Padmanabhan, V., 1990, "A guide to the best technology-transfer practices," The Journal of Technology Transfer 15(1-2), pp.5-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02377652
  52. Spanos, W. E. and Voudourins, I., 2009, "Antecedents and trajectories of AMT adoption: The case of Greek manufacturing SMEs," Research Policy 38(1), pp.144-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2008.09.006
  53. Sung, T. K., 2009, "Technology transfer in the IT industry: A Korean perspective," Technological Forecasting & Social Change 76(5), pp.700-708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2008.03.011
  54. Szulanski, G., 2000, "The Process of Knowledge Transfer: A Diachronic Analysis of Stickiness," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 82(1), pp.9-27. https://doi.org/10.1006/obhd.2000.2884
  55. Tsai, K.-H., 2009, "Collaborative networks and product innovation performance: Toward a contingency perspective," Research Policy 38(5), pp.765-778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2008.12.012
  56. Teece, D. J., 1977, "Technology Transfer by Multinational Firms: The Resource Cost of Transferring Technological Know-How," The Economic Journal 87(346), pp.242-261. https://doi.org/10.2307/2232084
  57. Tihanyi, L. and Roath, A. S., 2002, "Technology transfer and institutional development in Central and Eastern Europe," Journal of World Business 37(3), pp.188-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1090-9516(02)00077-9
  58. Van den Bosch, F. A. J., Volberda, H. W., and de Boer M., 1999, "Coevolution of Firm Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Environment: Organizational Forms and Combinative Capabilities," Organization Science 10(5), pp.551-568. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.10.5.551
  59. Weikl, C. and Grotz, R., 1999, "Transnational technology transfer of SMEs and its impact on regional development," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal 11(4), pp.301-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/089856299283128
  60. Zahra, S. A., and George, G., 2002, "Absorptive capacity: A review, reconceptualization, and extension," Academy of Management Review 27, pp.185-203. https://doi.org/10.2307/4134351