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A Case Study on the Technology and Innovation Management Process in Smartphone Industry  

Park, Sehyoung (한국기술교육대학교 기술경영 대학원)
Kim, Byung-Keun (한국기술교육대학교 산업경영학부)
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Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society / v.21, no.1, 2018 , pp. 92-129 More about this Journal
Abstract
In general, a technology and innovation strategy has been established first. Then, the technology and innovation activities are conducted accordingly. The literature on the technology management process points out that the technology and innovation activities exist in some sequences, nonlinear or linear pattern. However, it is also argued that a certain technology and innovation activity can be occurred or disappeared at certain timing. In this paper, it has been analyzed and clarified how the technology and innovation activities are performed and working together with the technology and innovation strategies in certain context especially when the handset market moves from feature phone to smartphone during a last decade. Empirical results show that the starting point of the technology and innovation activity changes according to the technology and innovation strategies. And, technology innovation activities exhibit multi-layer architecture types. It is confirmed that technology and innovation activities follow a specific pattern. However, if there are some changes in the technology and innovation strategy due to the external environment change, some technology and innovation activities can be skipped because the priority of the technology and innovation activities would be changed. If the firm which has the strategy type of 'innovators' fails to adapt to the fast changing external environment and has the inadequate technology and innovation activities, it is required to change the technology and innovation strategy. It will have a huge impact on the firm's survival.
Keywords
Technology innovation strategy; Technology innovation activity; Technology innovation management process; Smartphone; Handset;
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