• Information Systems Review
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.127-154
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• 2017

This study aims to identify various service innovation patterns in the service industry and understand the main differences among them. We attempt to create a new typology of service innovation by analyzing its patterns based on the four major dimensions of service innovation (i.e., service concept, service delivery, customer interaction, and technology). We then investigate whether firms pursuing different service innovation patterns significantly differ from one another in terms of their performance (high and low performance). Based on empirical data collected from 198 Korean firms in the knowledge-intensive business service sector, four major clusters composed of different service innovation dimensions are identified. These four clusters can be interpreted as specific service innovation patterns, including "technology based high customer interaction," "high technology based high service delivery," "service delivery and high customer interaction-integrated," and "strongly balanced" innovators. High firm performance does not depend on the individual service innovation dimension but on the specific configurations of such service dimensions. Customer interaction also has an important role in achieving innovation success and improving firm performance, while technology has a key role in enhancing firm performance. This study sheds new light on service innovation research by developing a new typology of service innovation, identifying four major clusters as service innovation patterns, and exploring the relationship between service innovation patterns and firm performance.

• 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.635-646
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• 2008

시장 경제의 패러다임이 전통적인 제품 지배논리에서 서비스 지배 논리로 전환됨에 따라 서비스에 대한 체계적이고 과학적인 접근법의 필요성이 제기되고 있다. 이러한 필요성에 의해 최근 주목을 받고 있는 분야가 바로 서비스 사이언스이다. 서비스 사이언스는 서비스를 포괄적인 관점에서 바라보고, 분석하고 체계적으로 연구하고자 하는 새로운 학문분야라 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 최근에 제시된 서비스 사이언스 분석 방법론을 이용하여 현재의 서비스와 기술수준, 및 서비스 혁신간의 관계를 규명해 보고자 한다. 왜냐하면 기존의 연구들은 현재의 서비스 및 기술 수준과 서비스 혁신 노력의 관계에 대해서는 지금까지 별 관심을 보이지 않아왔다. 하지만 경로 의존성 (path dependency) 및 혁신자의 딜레마 (innovator's dilemma)를 고려할 때, 현재의 서비스 및 기술 수준과 혁신의 관계는 서비스 혁신의 연구에서 상당히 중요한 의미를 가진다고 볼 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 서비스 사이언스 분석방법론을 기반으로 서비스 수준의 차이에 따라 서비스 혁신 활동수준에서도 차이가 있는지, 서비스 혁신 활동 수준에 따라 서비스 활동 수준에서 차이가 발생하는지를 실증 분석해 보고자 하며, 또한 기술 수준이 서비스 활동 수준 및 서비스 혁신활동 수준과 어떠한 관련이 있는지 실증적으로 규명해 보고자 한다. 연구 결과 서비스 활동 수준에 따라 서비스 혁신 활동 수준에서 차이가 있는 것이 확인되었으며, 반대로 서비스 혁신 활동 수준에 따른 서비스 활동 수준의 차이도 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 기술수준의 차이와 서비스 활동 수준 및 서비스 혁신 활동 수준간의 차이는 존재하지 않은 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.286-291
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• 2008

세계 IT 서비스산업의 최근 동향을 살펴보면, 2008년 시장규모가 5,259억 달러에 달하며, 이후 매년 6% 내외의 지속적인 성장률을 보일 것이라고 한다. 이는 기업들의 가치사슬의 중심이 기존의 제조업 중심에서 새로운 가치를 창출하는 R&D, 마케팅, 재무 등의 서비스 분야로 옮기는 시장흐름에 따라, IT 서비스산업 역시, 새로운 경제 성장엔진으로서 서비스산업의 중요한 영역으로 자리 매김하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 그러나 최근 국내 IT 서비스 기업들은 협소한 시장, 기업들간의 치열한 경쟁으로 성장률이 둔화되는 모습을 보이고 있다. 이에 따라 IT 서비스산업의 기업들은 최근 서비스산업의 성장과 함께 등장한 새로운 '서비스’에 대해 이해하고, 서비스 가치를 극대화시키는 혁신을 이끌기 위해 투자하고 있다. 즉, 단순히 IT 서비스를 기업의 하부구조를 위한 기능으로 이해하였던, 시각에서 벗어나, IT 조직의 상황을 고려하여 기업의 성장을 도모하는 전략으로 IT서비스를 이해하고, 이를 통해 서비스 혁신을 이끌어야 하는 필요성이 지각되고 있는 것이다. 기존 IT 서비스 관련 혁신관점의 연구들을 살펴보면, 기술중심의 시각에서 혁신 수준 또는 특성이 IT 수용성 및 성과에 미치는 영향에 대해 설명하는 연구들이 대부분으로, IT 서비스를 실제 서비스의 관점에서 이해하여 혁신과의 관계를 규명하는 실증 연구는 부족한 상태이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 IT 지배구조와 서비스 혁신특성을 통합적으로 고려하여, IT 서비스와 서비스 혁신에 미치는 영향에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 이를 통해 본 연구는 IT 서비스산업의 발전을 위해 전통적인 기술중심의 시각을 극복하고, 비즈니스 관점에서 서비스 혁신을 이끌 수 있는 접근을 제시 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Information Systems Review
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.43-67
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• 2016

Although many studies have stressed the importance of technology in service innovation, the roles of technology in service innovation are at the center of debates in the service innovation literature. One major research stream regards technology as a trigger for other innovation based on resource advantage theory. Conversely, another major stream considers it as an enabler of other innovations based on complementary theory. The contradictory situation induces the necessity to better understand the role of technology in service innovation. Therefore, this study aims to identify the role of technology in service innovation. This study investigates the role of technology in service innovation based on a service innovation orientation framework. Four service innovation orientations (i.e., service creation, service delivery, customer interaction, and technology) are identified on the basis of Den Hertog's 4D model. This study proposes a research model that examines the indirect effect of technology orientation on innovation performance through the service creation and service delivery orientations, and the effect of technology orientation on firm performance as a moderator between customer interaction orientation and firm performance. Based on empirical data from 193 knowledge-intensive business service firms in Korea, we explain the role of technology in service innovation. The results indicate that technology orientation influences both service creation and service delivery orientations as an antecedent but customer interaction orientation as an enabler. The three service innovation orientations, which are directly and indirectly influenced by technology orientation, positively affect firm performance. The findings also show that the role of technology is different depending on the type of service innovation orientation in this study.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.471-493
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• 2010

The service industry has become very important for almost every country. The same goes for Korea, as its service industry accounts for more than 60 percent of GDP. However, it is true that the competitiveness of Korea's service industry is very low compared to that of major developed countries. It is particularly true for knowledge-intensive service sectors. In this reason, Korea needs to strengthen the competitiveness of domestic service sectors. There have been many studies on service innovation models. 1his paper tries to explore how to enhance the competitiveness of Korean service industry. It argues that the science and technology will play an essential role in strengthening the competitiveness of many service sectors and technology and innovation management will be very important also for them. Therefore, based on the review on existinf models, this paper suggests a "Model of Strategic Services Innovation Management" which is composed of strategic intent, technological innovation, and organizational innovation. Based on this model this paper analyzes two cases: Wal-Mart and Incheon International Airport Co. According to our analyzes, both companies have enhanced their competitiveness significantly based on technological and organizational innovations, which have been initiated at corporate leveL Therefore, the Korean service industry should actively adopt the Strategic Services Innovation Management Model in order to enhance its competitiveness and productivity.

• Journal of Service Research and Studies
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.43-51
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• 2017

The first goal of this study is to confirm validity and reliability of service innovation and service performance concepts in Chinese service industry and to verify positive relationship between the two concepts empirically. Furthermore, as the second goal of this study, we tried to check if cost leadership strategy and differentiation strategy have positive moderate effect on the relationship. Based on the results of survey on 203 Chinese service companies, we verified that service innovation and service performance are valid concepts and that the former has positive effect on the latter and, additionally, differentiation strategy, not cost leadership, showed positive moderate effect on that relationship.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.119-148
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• 2009

The paper presents and empirically tests a model of the digital contents(DC) innovation systems that enables us to study interactions between users, service providers, contents developers and network providers, and to examine the relationship between manufacturing innovation and service innovation as well as patterns of innovation in the DC industry. The framework of Gallouj and Weinstein(1997) and Gallouj(2002) is modified into the DC innovation model according to characteristics of the DC industry, that is, user involvement and network externalities. The model is applied to a case analysis that traces the growth of the online game industry in Korea since its introduction. The model offers several advantages over other approaches in understanding the dynamics in the DC industry. Most importantly, it provides a single unified basis within which both service innovation resulting from users and service providers and manufacturing innovation induced by contents developers, platform holders and network providers are analyzed. The distinction between service and manufacturing innovation is important in many ways, for instance in selecting proper government policy tools for promotion or regulation of the DC industry. Second, the Korean online game industry has experienced both radical innovation during the beginning period and non-radical innovation throughout the maturation period. The model developed herein helps to illustrate several types of non-radical innovations such as recombinative innovation that are crucial to sustainable development of the DC industry. Third, the model clarifies impacts of network externalities that are characteristics of the DC industry.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.248-262
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• 2010

국가의 산업 발전이 성장에 한계에 다다르고 그 성장 수준이 고도화 된 국가일수록, 서비스 산업은 그 중요성이 부각되고 있다. 우리나라 역시 서비스 산업의 국내 GDP의 60%이상을 점유하는 만큼 고도의 서비스 산업국가로 분류될 수 있겠으나, 서비스 산업의 경쟁력이 주요 선진국들과 차이가 나는 것이 사실이며, 부가가치가 높은 핵심 지식서비스 산업 분야에서의 격차는 더 크다. 이에 국내 서비스 산업의 경쟁력 강화가 제시되고 있으며, 그에 일환으로 서비스 사이언스(Service Science)에 대한 논의가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 미래성장동력인 서비스 산업의 급부상과 관련하여 서비스 분야에서도 기존의 제조업과 같은 생산성과 효율성을 증가시키기 위해서 더욱 과학적이고, 체계적인 방법론을 연구해야하는 필요성이 제기되고 있다. 이러한 서비스 혁신의 개념은 서비스의 생산성, 품질, 평가, 지속 가능성, 혁신 등에 대하여 연구하는 서비스 사이언스(Service Science)에 대한 논의로 귀결되고 있다. 본 논문은 서비스 혁신사례로써 기술을 도입하여 기업의 성과를 크게 끌어올린 월마트 사례와 최첨단 기술이 융합 접목된 복합 산업적 공간으로 다양한 경제적 활동이 수반되는 인천국제공항공사를 중심으로 서비스 산업에서의 과학기술의 역할에 대해서 살펴보고, 그에 관련된 개념과 시사점을 제기하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.184-205
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• 2010

The service industry is drawing economic growth, and the financial service sector among service industry takes major share. So it is needed to increase the productivity and efficiency through the service innovation of making a good process, standardization, automation. But contrary to manufacturing industry, the difficulty to measure the characteristic of productivity, quality and innovation in service sector requires more scientific and systematic method for service innovation. This paper will search for financial service innovation strategy with service science by the case review of KOTEC's technology rating system. The case may infer that strategic technology management capability along with customized financial service infrastructure is important.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.75-92
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to analyze whether innovation activities of logistics firms affect innovation performance and service quality improvement and whether innovation performance and service quality as a result of innovation activities affect these firm's business performance. First, I undertake a review of previous studies and theories related to innovation activity and innovation performance. Additionally, previous studies on improvement of service quality along through innovation performance were analyzed. Based on this, I set up a research structure and hypotheses. To this end, I used the workplace panel survey data of the Korea Labor Institute(KLI) and used a total of 88 samples. I use the Partial Least Square(PLS) approach to structural equation modeling. The results of the empirical analysis show that innovation activities of logistics firms have a positive effect on innovation performance and service quality improvement, and innovation performance and service quality have a positive effect on financial performance. Evidently, innovation activities bring a clear competitive advantage to the logistics firms and improve their service quality. This implies the ability of logistics firms to survive amidst competition while getting a competitive edge.