• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.7-18
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• 2012

So many researchers have been interested in key success factors of technological start-ups. However, even previous studies have focussed on key success factors, as their findings have not been consistent. The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of technological start-ups' performance. The first aim of this study is intended to explores impact of entrepreneurs' characteristics, technological capabilities and network on firm performance. The second aim is to examine the causal relationships among latent variables with firm performance and with the use of path analysis. For this study, information has been gathered through surveys from entrepreneurs of 701 Korean technological start-up companies. As for analysis of the data, SPSS 18.0 OK for Windows and AMOS 4.0 were used for testing of hypothesis. Results of the hypothesis testing are summarized as follows: First, it was found that entrepreneurs' characteristics, technological capabilities and network had statistically significant influence on firm performance. Second, entrepreneurs' characteristics had significant influence on technological capabilities and network. Third, network did not have significant influence on technological capabilities. The major contributions of this study are (1) identifying the determinants on firm performance of technology-based start-ups by means of structural equation model, (2) verifying effects on firm performance of technology-based start-ups by the variables.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.19-37
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• 2009

The techno-park built-up project of Korea had begun in order to support regional enterprises since 1997. The number of techno-parks increased from 6 in 1997 to 17 in 2009 with various enterprise supporting services such as a new enterprise breeding, pilot production, and education and training. By way of renewing regional innovation promoting system, revising technopark law, and starting second step techno-park project, techno-parks have become centers for regional technology innovation, and cultivation of regional technology-based companies. Alternative policies for the development of techno-park projects are as follows: revitalizing the network among enterprises, universities, research institutes, and government; strengthening the ability to draw up projects in nurturing regional industry; and the establishment of fixed channels to support SME in the region.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.630-641
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• 2016

This paper attempts to analyse the processes, key actors and projects contributed to the urban renewal and creative city policies of the City of Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia. The paper introduces how former military lands are redeveloped into new urban areas mixed with arts, cultural, commercial, residential and university activities. It articulates major actors involved in the creative city policies with governments, universities and non-government organisations. It is interesting to note that Maribyrnong uses Victoria University in vitalising declining old urban areas. It is also interesting to do the same that the city does adopt the concept of "creativity" in urban renewal policies; however, it does not use the same concent of creativity appeared in the textbooks of the major authors of creative city or creative economy, such as Richard Florida and John Howkins.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.75-81
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• 2014

To establish a new creative economy, the worldwide efforts have been made to wriggle out the old economic paradigm after the financial crisis of 2008. When it comes to the limitation of the viability. the start up companies have a high risk of failure. Therefore business incubator (BI) should carry out the role to improve their viability. As for the maximization of the effect on the business incubating services as move in companies, it is important for BI to increase the level of business incubating services by the systemic and scientific measurement. This study showed that the quality of the BI center services was measured by Kano analysis and the previous research as follows. First, BI quality attribute by Timko's customer satisfaction came out into the attractive qualities on the 14 items that amount to the 70% of 20 business incubating services items. It is desirable to perform the strategy for the satisfaction. Secondly, basic business incubating services were interpreted as the one-dimensional quality like incubating spaces, parking facilities, security facilities, industry technology development funds, and incubating managers. Finally, training and educational service was recognized as indifferent quality. Futhermore, the improvement and the limitation of this study as well as the interpretation of analysis results are also provided.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.46 no.spc
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• pp.54-60
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• 2023

The government focuses on promoting start-ups, fostering ventures, and creating an ecosystem of start-ups through the formation of a strong growth environment for small businesses. This study provides academic and practical implications about ways of improving our business incubator's support service across stages of growth through IPA. To this end, an Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) was conducted to analyze relationship and differences in importance and satisfaction of business incubator's support service support at business incubation center. These results present to provide the following academic and practical implications. The academic implications are the need for differences in support services for each phase of start-up growth. As factors that could increase the likelihood of successful start-up were identified in each phase of the start-up growth, important information needed for policy and strategy was provided. As a practical suggestion, the managers and expert groups are presented with sections to be opened for each start-up growth stage, minimum effort input, and areas to be maintained continuously. A systematic support plan is established and a foundation is provided for improvement measures in efficient start-up business incubator's support service.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.75-89
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• 2024

The demand for metaverse is increasing rapidly due to the development of 3D information technology and the pandemic situation caused by COVID-19. Small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) are also in increasing demand for metaverse in the community, meetings, and customer services of their employees. Based on the UTAUT model, this study investigated the acceptance of the Metaverse-type information system(IS) by employees of SMEs. Using the responses from 170 SMEs employees, we conducted the regression analyses SMEs employees' usage intention on Metaverse-type IS. The results of the research analyses were as follows. First, among the variables of the UTAUT model, performance expectations, social influence, and promotion conditions had a significant effect on the intention to use. Second, among the variables derived from the industrial specificity of Metaverse-type IS, only individual innovation had a significant influence on the intention to use. Last but not least, in the relationship between the intention to use Metaverse-type IS and the influencing factors, only individual innovation was significant in the moderating effect according to past metaverse use experience.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.5-20
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• 2000

Recently as globalization of financial capital is progressed, possibility of crisis and unreliability of world economy is more growing. Korean economy required radical restructuring because of the financial crisis and the economic changes occurred in that process. This study is to explain the economic changes of Gwanagju city is produced by the financial crisis of Korean economy The most important industries are service and transportation equipment in Gwangju city. These industries began to decrease after financial crisis but machinery equipment, electrical machinery & electronics and rubber goods & plastic industry is growing relatively. Because of the decrease of service, the economy of inner city which service industry relatively agglomerated in is reducing. And agglomeration space for the optical photonics industry was built up by the upbringing policy of government on high-technology industry to overcome the economic crisis and micro industrial space such as venture building and establishment nursery center was built up. But high-technology industries have many geographical limits to embed in Gwanagju city, so there needs to construct regional innovation system for knowledge based economies

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.19-35
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• 2001

우리나라에서 수행된 국책연구개발기술과 관련된 기존 연구는 주로 기술개발에 초점이 맞추어진 관계로, 개발기술의 상용화는 연구개발 결과평가요인의 하나로서 다루어졌을 뿐, 그 자체를 효율화하기 위한 체계적인 연구는 없었다고 해도 과언이 아니다. 이러한 결과로 실제 국책연구개발의 기술적인 이전이 부족하고, 여러 분야에로의 2차 확산을 통한 상용화에 대한 성공률이 상대적으로 낮은 수준에 머무르고 있다. 또한 국내에서 출원된 특허를 포함한 산업재산권의 휴면 율이 55%-65% 수준에 이르고 있다. 이와 같이 연구개발기술의 산업계로의 확산이 부족한 관계로 국제적인 기술경쟁력의 제고가 어려우며, 기술발전과 산업발전이 상호 작용하는 선 순환적 구조를 이루지 못하고 있다. 따라서 본고에서는 기술집약형 중소기업 또는 기술벤처기업을 통한 정보통신산업분야의 정부지원 연구개발 기술의 상업화를 촉진하기 위한 효율적 방안의 도출을 위하여, 일차적으로 연구개발 기술의 상용화프로세스 모형을 도출하고, 다음으로 도출된 모형의 단계별 특성에 대한 기술개발자, 기술사용기업, 지원기관간의 중요도 차이를 분석하고자 한다. 이를 위하여 기존의 기술상용화 관련문헌 분석과, 우리나라의 정보통신 분야의 상용화 특성분석을 통하여, 우리나라 기술개발특성에 맞는 6 단계의 상용화프로세스 모형, 즉 1) 연구개발 계획 및 제안서 작성, 2)연구개발의 수행, 3)개발기술의 인큐베이팅과 시작품제작, 4)테스팅, 엔지니어링 및 시험생산, 5) 공장입지 결정 및 대량생산, 6) 시장판매, 마케팅 및 확산 등을 도출하였다. 아울러 동 모형의 단계별 특성을 설문지로 작성하여, 기술사용기업(벤처기업 및 기술집약형 중소기업), 기술개발자(국책연구소, 대학, 및 일반기업), 관련기관(정부, TBI운영기관, 정책 및 지원기관)을 대상으로 설문조사를 하였다. 회수 및 사용된 142개 설문지 분석을 통하여, 일차적으로 정보통신 국책개발기술의 상용화에 관한 변수들의 중요도 순위로 본 중요도 실태를 분석하였으며, 나아가 이들 변수에 대하여 앞에서 제시한 기술사용기업-기술개발자-관련기관 즉 세 집단 간의 차이분석 즉 ANOVA 분석을 하였다. 이러한 분석을 통하여 우리나라 정보통신 국책연구개발기술의 상용화와 관련된 특성을 도출하는 동시에, 이를 촉진하기 위한 인프라조성과 관련한 중요한 특성 및 지원정책 대안을 도출하였다.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.428-441
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• 2008

This article verifies the actual conditions of the Wonju area medical devices cluster for presentation of method for increasing promotion. It examines the general status of companies, reason for location, competitive power and supporting system with a questionnaire survey and in-depth research. The Wonju area has 79 medical device companies. It comprised 9% of total sales and 11% of export sales of korea medical devices in 2007. For enhancement of the Wonju area medical devices ability to accumulate and attract of medical device companies and front-line and back-line industries, the followings is needed, a supply of highly qualified man power, a support base for developing modem technology and information marketing, adequate infrastructure for housing and education system, methodologies for sustaining new business and innovation fund-raising programs and marketing, and provide the highest degree of education for CEO.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.124-132
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• 2023

In order to support start-ups effectively with limited resources, it is necessary to provide support tailored to start-up companies. Businesses that are operating in local incubation centers may have different demands for the support depending on the region characteristics. This study was worked on companies that have entered into the incubation center 'Youth Cube', which is operated by Ansan City. We investigated the perception of importance in the field of support to identify support policy priorities, and the satisfaction level of each field of support currently supported. Then We conducted an IPA analysis to derive the direction of support. The Ansan area has regional characteristics that it is located in the metropolitan area with well-equipped start-up infrastructure and many innovative institutions, As a result of the importance survey, technology commercialization was recognized as the most important, and education/mentoring was recognized as the least important. Satisfaction with the space and facilities that can be used free of charge was the highest, and the satisfaction was the lowest for entrepreneurship education/mentoring, as was the degree of importance. In addition, according to each quadrant, we derived support that should be maintained, support that should be intensively improved, support that should be given a low policy priority, and support directions that should be kept in mind to avoid excessive support.