• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.85-116
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• 2019

This research examines the characteristics of the newly emerging 'transformative innovation policy' and discusses the current status and issues of the Korean social problem solving R & D policy. Transformative innovation policy is a new paradigm that aims to transform socio-technical systems to address societal challenges. In this study, we analyzed 'the policy plan for solving social problems based on science and technology'. In the "Policy Plan", efforts are being made to establish new direction of science and technological innovation activities such as emphasis on social values, network formation of innovation actors, and spreading of social impact. But in this "Policy Plan", the perspective of transformative innovation policy is weakly reflected. The Policy Plan refers to system improvement that adds new elements to existing system, but it is not discussing system transformation. In order to develop social problem solving R & D policy from the viewpoint of the transformative innovation policy, it is necessary to construct the innovation platform deliberating vision and prospect for the socio-technical transformation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.749-749
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• 2017

최근 들어 사회문제 해결형 과학기술혁신 활동이 활성화되고 있다. 과학기술정보통신부에서 추진하는 국민생활연구사업, 그리고 혁신본부에서 기획하고 있는 사회문제 해결을 위한 다부처 공동 기획사업 등이 추진되고 있다. 사회문제 해결형 과학기술혁신은 사회문제 해결을 최우선 목표로 삼고 있기 때문에 수월한 과학기술지식의 창출, 산업경쟁력 강화를 위한 혁신과는 목표와 추진체제가 다르다. 사회문제 해결형 과학기술혁신은 사회혁신과 과학기술을 결합하는 활동이라고 할 수 있다. 이렇게 새로운 유형의 혁신활동이 등장하면서 이를 바라보는 다양한 관점이 존재하고 있다. 본 발표에서는 각 논의들을 정리하고 향후 사회문제 해결형 과학기술혁신의 발전방향을 제시한다. 여기서는 크게 3가지 분류로 사회문제 해결형 혁신을 보는 관점을 정리한다. 첫 번째는 전문가 중심의 관점(Innovation for people)이다. 이는 전문가가 분석과 논의를 통해 사회문제를 정의하고 그 대안을 제시하는 접근이다. 많은 과학기술전문가들이 가지고 있는 틀로서 선형모델에 입각한 논의이다. 때문에 혁신의 선형모델이 가지고 있는 문제점, 피드백의 부족, 현장에 대한 이해 부족 등과 같은 단점이 있다. 두 번째는 시민사회 중심의 관점(Innovation by people)이다. 이는 현장의 문제 상황에 있는 시민들이 문제를 정의하고 혁신활동을 주도해야 한다는 관점이다. 이 관점은 일반 시민을 과학기술혁신의 주체로 호명하고 실질적인 문제 해결에 참여시키면서 주류 과학기술의 미흡한 현장 지역 지향성을 비판하고 있다. 그러나 혁신의 논의가 지역에 한정되면서 규모 확대의 어려움을 겪는 경우가 많다. 장기 지속성을 확보하는 데에도 난점이 있다. 세 번째는 전문가와 시민의 협업 관점(Innovation with people)이다. 이는 시민성과 전문성의 결합을 통해 민주주의를 고양하고, 현장 지식과 전문 지식의 융합을 지향하는 접근이다. 또 리빙랩과 같은 추진 체제를 적극적으로 활용한다. 그러나 전문가와 시민사회의 협업을 지원하는 인프라와 지원체제가 부족하면 여러 문제점이 발생할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이런 관점들의 한계를 극복하기 위해서 국지적 문제해결과 국가적 문제 해결의 연계, 실험의 중요성 강조, 전문가와 최종 사용자 및 시민의 실질적 협업을 위한 기반 구축, 시스템 전환 프레임의 도입을 정책 방향으로 제시했다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.1-21
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• 2011

Technical change and technological innovation have become major drivers of economic progress in the knowledge oriented economies where growth, productivity, and competitiveness are increasingly based on improved technologies, novel products, upgraded processes or customized services. The creation of new knowledge, modifying or improving existent knowledge, or imitation of others, has become central to economic development. New discoveries, state-of-the-art information gathering procedures, or successful problem solving routines are often at he core of these innovations. Despite the generally acknowledged importance of science in many high-tech areas of major economic relevance, there is few science-related statistics to be found in high-profile international benchmarking reports. This paper aims to provide an answer by advancing our understanding of the possibilities of indicators quantifying linkages between science and technology. Central are the concepts of innovation capability and science/technology interface, which are used to assemble a wide range of empirical studies and quantitative indicators to summarize their possibilities and limitations for producing comparative statistics. For the purpose of the study, we extracted the US patents by Korean assignees or inventors, scientific papers cited in the patents in order to analyze the characteristics of linkage of scientific knowledge flows. The review focuses on indicators dealing with flows of written or codified information, and indicators of inventiveness that capture the non-codifiable tacit knowledge dimension. General conclusions will be drawn with a view towards further developments in the foreseeable future, suggesting new avenues for the design and implementation of patent-based and inventor-based relationships between scientific research and technical development within the context of regional or national systems of innovation.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.33-44
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• 2015

This study reviews technological innovation to examine science, technology, and innovation (STI) policies and strategies for academy-industry cooperation for innovation and entrepreneurship in Daejeon. STI policy in Daejeon is based on a vision that harmonizes regional and national policies at a regional level, fostering of a key innovation cluster and strategic industries in Daejeon, and a new growth engine of converging industries such as information technology (IT), biotechnology (BT), and nanotechnology (NT). This paper proposes the following: First, considering the harmony of national and regional policies, STI policy should be promoted at the regional level considering venture and SMEs. Second, we recommend nurturing a global innovation cluster as part of a regional STI and venture ecosystem. This will support the region of Daejeon as the heart of a global innovation cluster by having Daedeok Innopolis and the International Science and Business Belt as its two major axes. Third, we recommend strengthening academy-industry cooperation in Sejong and other regions.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.147-174
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• 2010

This paper aims to analysis sectoral innovation patterns of technological innovation and localized knowledge spillover in Korean manufacturing sector. Sectoral innovation system approach proposed that the specific pattern of innovative activity and knowledge spillover in an industry can be explained as the outcome of different technological regimes. Technological regime is defined by the particular combination of technological opportunities, appropriability of innovations, cumulativeness of technical advances and properties of the knowledge base. Based on a sample of 2,882 firms in manufacturing sector, this paper provides empirical estimates of the relationships between firm's product innovation and localized knowledge spillover. Results of the analysis provide considerable support to the hypothesis that firm's product innovation and localized knowledge spillover are related to the nature of the underlying technological regime. In the industry based on the tacit and specific knowledge, firm's product innovation is positively related to the localized knowledge spillover. This paper also shows that high stability in the ranking of innovators are related to high degrees of cumulativeness and appropriability.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.89-102
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.14-25
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.383-391
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• 2016

• Science & Technology Policy
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• v.11 no.4 s.130
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• pp.45-55
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• 2001

• Science & Technology Policy
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• v.12 no.1 s.133
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• pp.63-71
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• 2002