• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.26-51
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• 2006

Recently technology commercialization has been the focus of technology Promotion Policy in Korea. This paper tries to develop a composite indicator for measuring trends and prospects of national technology commercialization through integrating large amount of information into easily understood formats. The indicator is composed of five sector indicators including activity, cooperation or networking, performance, environment, and psychology indicators, each of which aggregates five individual variables. The statistical method of standardizing and weighting variables in the aggregation process are also mentioned. This indicator is expected to be a useful monitoring and policy tool for the Korean technology market.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.31-47
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the moderating effect of technology development activities in the relationship between independent variables such as entrepreneurial orientation and technology innovation capabilities and dependent variables. As a result of analyzing the causal relationship between research variables, it was found that the higher the innovation and initiative among the sub-factors of entrepreneurial orientation, the more positive the technical commercialization performance and product completion. Among the sub-factors of entrepreneurial orientation, risk-taking was found to have a significant effect only on product completion. It was found that the higher the technology commercialization capability and technology convergence capability, the higher the technology commercialization performance, the technology commercialization performance. As a result of analyzing the moderating effect of technology development activities, it was found that technology development management ability, a sub-factor of technology development activities, controls the influence relationship between innovation and risk sensitivity and technology performance. In addition, it was found that the involvement in technology development planning controls the influence relationship between technology convergence capability and technology performance among sub-factors of technology innovation capability. Based on the above analysis results, this study made three suggestions as follows. First, the achievements of technology commercialization to achieve the superiority of corporate competition depend on progressive innovation and risk-taking based on entrepreneurial orientation. It is necessary to find a way to build entrepreneurial orientation from within the organization. Second, due to the nature of the ICT industry, which has a fast pace of technological development and changes in market acceptance, technology commercialization performance will be positive when the capabilities, technology, knowledge, and resources that can quickly lead to product production can be organically linked. Finally, corporate CEOs need to further promote innovation and risk-taking through phased and continuous research activities for technology development. In addition, it is necessary to establish a corporate culture that tolerates various strategies and failures so that understanding of technology convergence can lead to technological performance.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.152.1-152.1
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• 2012

한국형발사체개발사업은 대형복합시스템 사업이며, 장기간에 걸쳐 개발이 진행되는 사업이다. 따라서 사업적, 기술적 측면의 불확실성과 위험 등이 존재하며, 이를 적절히 관리 통제하지 못하면 비용 상승, 일정 지연 및 기술성능 요구조건 등의 불만족을 초래한다. 따라서 개발사업 초기단계에서부터 일정, 비용, 기술성능 및 위험관리 등을 위한 종합적 사업관리시스템 구축 및 운용은 개발사업 성공의 주요 관건이다. 현재 한국형개발사업단에서는 이러한 요구조건을 만족시키기 위한 일환으로써 일정 및 비용에 대한 효과적 관리시스템인 EVMS(Earned Value Management System)을 구축하여 운용 중에 있으며, 한국형개발사업에 맞는 최적화된 EVMS을 구축하기 위하여 시스템 커스터마이징 작업을 수행 중에 있다. EVMS의 구축과정에서 가장 고심했던 문제는 WBS 개발과 성과(Earned Value) 측정방법의 선정이었다. WBS의 경우, 개발초기단계에서부터 사업 전체를 포괄하는 완벽한 WBS을 개발하는 것은 상당히 어려운 문제이다. 그러나 사업초기에 존재하는 불확실성 및 위험에도 불구하고 개발을 계속 진행해야 하는 상황은 개발 현장에서 자주 접하게 되는 문제이다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 적용하는 유용한 기법이 연동계획하기(Rolling Wave Planning)이다. 한국형개발사업을 위한 EVMS 구축과정에서도 이와 같은 문제에 봉착하게 되어 WBS 개발 시 연동계획하기(Rolling Wave Planning)기법을 적용할 예정이다. 성과(EV) 측정방법의 경우, 퍼센트완료기법과 마일스톤+퍼센트완료기법 등을 선정하여 적용 중에 있다. 현재 연구개발사업의 특성을 고려하여 우선 퍼센트완료기법을 적용하여 성과를 측정하였으나, 성과측정 결과의 주관성 문제로 인하여 마일스톤+퍼센트완료기법을 적용하여 성과(EV) 측정 결과의 객관성을 최대한 확보 할 예정이며, 최종적으로 한국형개발사업에 최적화된 성과측정 기법을 개발할 예정이다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.664-683
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• 2017

The technology transfers from public institutions have positioned themselves as knowledge conduits for stimulating firms' capabilities under 'catching-up' economy paradigm. While this view is still relevant, the policy for public technology needs to be extended to a more marketoriented way. This study explores how public technology affects the financial performance of demanding companies by comparing the revenues and profits of 'technology commercialised group (TC)' and 'in-house research group (InR)'. The estimation results by hierarchy regression suggest that the size and the patents of TC firms have a more influential impact than InR group, although the ratio of maintaining research staff was reported an inverse relation. The contribution to the operating profit seems to be indifferent between the groups. The positive impact of public technology over the firm's performance is highly related to the technology commercialisation capability, signalling that the aim of technology transfer needs to gear toward the enhancement of commercialising capabilities rather than the promotion of technology transactions.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.129-138
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• 2017

This study intends to analyze the impact of technology commercialization activities in the area of basic research on the technology utilization performances and the corporate business performances. The technology commercialization activities are divided into the experiences of promoting technology commercialization, the department dedicated to technology commercialization, and the technology commercialization consulting. Additionally, this study has used the tracked information of the companies that adopted the basic research-related technologies. Therefore, we conducted the analysis on the mediating effects under the assumption that it can be extended to the business performance of companies in addition to technology utilization performance. To do this, we developed the empirical model through previous studies and developed various research models by subdividing the types of technology commercialization. As the result, it was analyzed that all the variables of activities involved in the technology commercialization utilizing basic research results had positive effects on the technology utilization performance and business performances, and there were also mediating effects on the technology-related performance.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.65-100
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• 2014

We tried to find out the technological innovation properties of the National Research and Development Projects (NRDPs) through scientometric analysis of patent data generated by the NRDPs. The distribution of technology groups in patent data shows that NRDPs are highly focused on the Information Technology(IT) group. The Relative Cites Index(RCI) analysis implies that the Biotechnology(BT) group will emerge in the future. The Relative Family Indices(RFIs) are high among the high technological impact groups such as BT and IT. We defined new measures related with technological convergence and collaborativenessopenness relations among R&D agents. Using network analysis techniques, we analysed the absorption-derivation relations among technology groups and the opennesscollaborativeness relations among R&D agents. Recently, both the share of hetero-plural technology groups and the collaboration among different R&D agents are increasing.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.791-812
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• 2011

The aim of this paper is to address the factors that influence R&D performance of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), the representative government-supported research institute in Korea, through an empirical case study. Using the KIST R&D project data from 2004 to 2008, we investigate the determinants of R&D performance through a logistic regression analysis, and compare the results with the survey data we collected from researchers. Our results indicate that total budget, high rate of temporary researchers, and the outcome of the research director's past publications affect publishing performance, while the size of equipment, materials expenditure, and whether the research is outsourced or not affect patent registration performance and technology transfer performance. Contrary to expectations, major factors of publishing performance and that of patent performance are different respectively, and even the results of the survey data we collected from researchers show the difference. Accordingly, the findings of our study suggest the need for research institutes to consider facilitating communication with researchers and enhancing research policy analysis for improving R&D performance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.751-751
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• 2017

에너지 기술 R&D사업은 그 성과에도 불구하고 수요에 기반한 기획 측면이나 사업화에 있어 성과가 저조한 것으로 평가받아 왔으며, 특히 사업화 추진에 있어 시급한 과제로 '기술 수용성'(Acceptance) 향상이라는 지적이 제기되곤 하였다. 이에 산업통상자원부는 사용자가 R&D 기획, 개발, 검증 과정에 참여하여 사업의 이해도를 높이고 수용성을 제고하는 '에너지기술 수용성 제고 및 사업화 촉진사업'을 2016년부터 추진하고 있다. 그런데, 사회문제해결형 R&D라 부를 수 있는 본 사업은 산업통상자원부의 기존 에너지기술 R&D와는 성격이 다른 새로운 R&D의 모습을 갖는다고 할 수 있으며 그에 따라 그 시행과정에서 사용자, 이해당사자들이 참여하는 등 연구자들은 예전과는 다른 여러 가지 새로운 방법론의 수행을 요구 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 해당 사업의 기획 및 실행에 참여한 경험을 토대로 성과멘토링, 성과공유 워크숍, 성과지표의 개발, 운영관리방안 등을 통해 '에너지기술 수용성 제고 및 사업화 촉진사업'의 특성 및 향후 개선방안을 논의하고 사회문제해결형 R&D사업에의 발전방안을 제안하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.1122-1158
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• 2017

Government-funded research institutes in the field of science and technology of Korea have contributed to the growth of the national economy and industrial development since the 1960s. However, those institutes recently have faced with criticism over the R&D performance on investment. Accordingly, we suggest two analytical approaches that estimate the economic benefit of the R&D performance of those institutes, (1) 'bottom-up' approach that aggregates the economic benefits of individual performances, e.g., technology transfer, technology support for small and medium enterprises, and the supply of researcher manpower and (2) 'top-down' one that estimates the contribution of those institutes on the economic growth of the industries that the R&D performance of those institutes is mainly utilized. In addition, by applying two approaches, we computed the economic benefit of the performance of the K institute in the 1996-2014 periods at 12.3 trillion won and 29.5 trillion won, respectively. Lastly, we suggest the feasibility of two approaches from the perspective of complementarity. Our study provides analytical approaches that estimate the economic benefit of the R&D performance from government funded research institutes in Korea. Lastly, our study contributes to the understanding of public on science and technology as well as the enhancement of legitimacy on those institutes among the public.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2022.10a
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• pp.361-362
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• 2022

그동안 재난안전 연구개발은 2008년 제1차 재난안전 연구개발 종합계획 수립 이후, 지난 15년간('08~'22년) 21개 부처가 총 10조 7.372억원을 상회하는 R&D 투자성장을 이루어왔다. 연평균으로 보면 매년 25.3%의 성장세다. 과학·기술적 성과로 최근 4년간('18~'21) 연평균 논문 3,030건, 특허 1,745건으로 지난, 제2차 종합계획 기간대비('13~'17) 1.74배 증가를 하며, 양적·질적 성장에도 꾸준히 우상향하는 추세다. 더불어, 최근 4년간('18~'21) 연평균 기술료는 3,729백만원으로 제2차('13~'17) 종합계획 기간 대비 1.54배 증가하였으며, 사회적 성과는 전반적으로 매년 평균치를 유지하고 있다. 한편, 이러한 지속적인 정부투자 R&D 증가에도 불구하고 연구성과 및 실효성에 대해서는 상대적으로 미미하다는 시각이다. 본 연구에서는 행정안전부 출연금 연구개발사업을 대상으로 재난안전 연구개발의 투자현황 및 효과에 대해서 분석하였다. 또한, 연구개발사업 종료과제를 대상으로 한 추적조사 결과를 바탕으로 연구성과의 미흡한 원인을 일차적으로 분석하고, 실효적인 성과창출 전략에 대해 고찰하였다. 특히, 재난안전 연구개발 사업에 대한 지속가능한 성과이음과 사장(死藏)되는 핵심기술에 대한 성과 재발견을 통해 실용화까지 이어질 수 있는 전략적 추진방안에 대해 제언하고자 하였다.