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Regional Innovation Systems of Oxford, UK: Their Origin and Key Actors

대학 중심 지역혁신의 기원과 주체: 영국 옥스퍼드지역을 사례로

  • Shin, Dong-Ho (Hannam University, Department of Public Administration)
  • Received : 2022.05.31
  • Accepted : 2022.06.29
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

The Oxford area is one of the major innovative regions of the world. The innovative characteristics of the area, however, have not been well exposed to the academic communities of the world and Korea. In fact, the area was a base of breading the Cambridge area and has also been playing important roles in creating the major British high-technology region, called "Golden Triangle," composed of Oxford, Cambridge and London. This paper investigates the process of growing innovativeness of the Oxford area and sheds more lights on the birth, growth and key actors of the area's Regional Innovation Systems(RISs). For this research, the author reviewed the literature related to the RISs, and gathered data based on the Internet, statistical data sources, interviews with local scholars and practitioners.

1950년대 이후 선진공업국에서 나타난 탈 공업화 현상과 1970년대의 석유위기 이후의 경제위기에서 탈피하기 위한 대안 중 하나는 첨단 신산업을 중심으로 지역혁신을 유도하는 것이었다. 미국의 실리콘 밸리, 영국의 캠브리지 등은 체계적인 계획이나 정책적 노력 없이 혁신환경이 조성된 대표적인 예라고 할 때, 옥스퍼드 지역 역시 그에 버금가는 혁신지역이라 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 옥스퍼드 지역을 대상으로 지역혁신이 언제, 어떠한 방식으로 발생하였으며, 그러한 변화과정에 영향을 미치는 요소는 무엇인지, 혁신은 어떻게 시작되었는지 등을 규명하고자 한다. 본 연구는 여러 가지 문헌자료와 인터넷 포탈 등을 검색하고 현장답사를 통한 관계자, 전문가 면담 등을 통해 수집한 자료에 근거하여 이루어졌다.

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