• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.215-229
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to examine the structural relationships among factors affecting teachers' robot-based SW education acceptance in primary school. In addition, this study investigated moderating effects of gender, age, and experience. For this purpose, 171 elementary school teachers participated in this study and structural equation modeling analyses were employed to examine the causal relationships among variables. The result of this study showed that perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, personal innovativeness had direct effects on attitude. Furthermore, attitude mediated relationships between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, personal innovativeness and intention to use. Third, the moderating effects of experience between perceived usefulness, personal innovativeness and attitude were significant, but gender and age were not significant on all paths. Based on the results of this study, successful teaching practices, cases, and contents should be shared with teachers. Also, continuous supports and differentiated strategies based on experience are needed.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.299-331
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• 2017

This research details firm knowledge search types based on the locus and features for Korean firms in the knowledge-based industry, and then analyzes differences in innovation performance according to the types from the view of a configurational approach. Existing research has mainly concentrated on establishing a relation between knowledge search and outcome variables. Consequently, firms have relatively insufficient understanding of how to systematize knowledge search. Hence, this research classifies knowledge search into four dimensions-external search breadth, external search depth, internal search breadth, and internal search depth-by the locus and features of search. Furthermore, the research draws actual types of knowledge search of firms and analyzes differences in innovation performance. The main result of the research is as follows. First, the research reasons out six clusters of firms which have a dissimilar knowledge search type. Each cluster shows differences while participating in every dimension of knowledge search or few dimensions. Second, as for innovation performance, each cluster shows different exploitative and exploratory innovation performance according to their knowledge search type. This research applies a configurational approach while existing research applied a reductionistic approach, thereby establishing the major contribution which enables us to study a phenomenon as it comes, not to analyze variables and relationships of variables. Lastly, the research suggests a future direction of research based on the result of this research.

• Proceedings of the Technology Innovation Conference
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.3-24
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• 2009

본 논문은 온라인 커뮤니티를 통해 사용자들이 정보교류와 의사소통을 활발히 전개하여 사용자혁신 (User Innovation)을 촉진하는 사례들과 이와 관련된 현안 이슈들, 그리고 기업의 사용자혁신 활용 전략을 다루고 있다. 특히 인터넷의 보급과 확산을 통해 사용자들이 온라인 커뮤니티를 형성하고 상호 교류할 수 있는 장이 마련되어 사용자혁신이 더욱 활성화 될 수 있으므로, 휴대기기 산업에서 이러한 사례를 발굴하여 분석하였다. 특히 본 연구에서는 MP3 플레이어 산업에서 기업이 온라인 커뮤니티를 통해 고객정보를 어떻게 획득/처리/활용하는지, 그리고 스마트폰인 블랙잭 제품에서 어떤 과정을 통해 사용자혁신이 이루어지는 지를 사례연구 하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 1)온라인 커뮤니티에서 사용자의 역할과 (정보공유, 아이디어 창출, 문제해결, 정보취합, 제품테스트, 사용의견 제시, 제품홍보 등) 기업의 대응전략, 2)기업과 고객간 커뮤니케이션 패턴 (질문/불평/사용후기 및 피드백/시제품/공지 등) 특성, 3)온라인 커뮤니티 내에서 사용자간 커뮤니케이션 패턴과 현안, 4)온라인 커뮤니티 활성화를 통한 신제품개발 촉진방안 등으로 구분하여 제시되었다. 마지막으로 이러한 사용자혁신 사례를 바탕으로, 사용자혁신을 촉진하고 신제품개발과정에서 사용자의 참여를 강화할 수 있는 정책적 함의를 정리하였다. 특히 개방형 혁신이 강조되는 상황에서 사용자혁신은 개방형 혁신의 한 형태도서도 의미가 있으며, 향후 더 많은 사례연구와 실증분석이 요구된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 2000.05a
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• pp.23-31
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• 2000

혁신의 정의는 연구 관점과 범위에 따라 상이하게 정의되고 있다. 다양한 학문 분야의 혁신 연구를 종합하여 혁신 확산 이론을 체계적으로 정립한 Rogers(1995)는 혁신을 "채택하여 활용하는 개인이나 조직이 새로운 것으로 인식하는 아이디어, 행위, 개체 (An idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption)"로 정의하고 있다. 한편 Becker ＆ Whisler(1967)은 혁신을 "대상 모집단 중에서 특정 아이디어를 최초로 혹은 초기에 사용하는 것 (the first or early use of an idea by one of a set of organizations with similar goals)"으로 정의하였다.(중략))"으로 정의하였다.(중략).(중략)

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.354-384
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• 2018

This paper aims at analyzing the effect of the relationship between innovation intermediaries and firms on firms' absorptive capacity from the perspectives of social capital. And it also analyzes how firms' innovation environment influences on their absorptive capacity in this process. For this purpose, we carry out an empirical analysis on 200 firms in the Daedeok Innopolis, which is the representative innovation cluster in Korea. According to this study, firm's absorptive capacity is positively affected by the reliability and frequency of firms' communication with innovation intermediaries. However, the geographic proximity does not have significant influence. Also, the innovation environmental factors play a positive moderating role in the absorptive capacity of firms, and the social factors have a distinct significant influence on it directly. Based on these findings, this paper would make a contribution to recognize the importance of innovation intermediaries in innovation process and their role as preceding factors to firms' absorptive capacity, as well as innovative environment in the innovation process.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.51-56
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• 2018

This paper examines the relationship between innovative culture, participation of employee, turnover intention and organizational performance. Data were extracted from the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training(KRIVET)'s human capital corporate panel survey(HCCP) from 2015, and the analysis used 411 companies. To test the research model, structural equation model employed. The model shows that innovative culture was positively related to participation, organizational performance. And turnover intention was a negatively related to innovative culture, participation, organizational performance.

• Korean Journal of Labor Studies
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.141-167
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• 2017

This study carries out an empirical analysis of how workplace innovation affects employment growth. The theoretical model and hypotheses of this study are drawn from the previous research on the employment effects of innovation. I use the data on Workplace Innovation Indicators(2013-14) collected by Labor Foundation. As the regression models for this study, I adopt OLS models whose dependent variable is employment growth rate, and whose main independent variables are the adoption and the intensity(standardized values) of three innovative work practices such as TQM, employee suggestion plans and multi-skill training programs. The results of this study indicate that the adoption of workplace innovation does not have significant effects on employment growth, but that the intensity of workplace innovation has weakly positive effects on employment growth. Besides, the results of this demonstrate show that government-subsided organizational innovation consulting and training hours per capita have positive employment effects, but that wage level and prior employment size have negative ones. Finally the empirical results are outlined, and their limitations and the future direction of research on this topic are discussed.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.217-250
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• 1994

21세기까지 기술선진국(技術先進國)에 진입(進入)하기를 원하는 한국경제는 향후(向後) 기술(技術) 및 시장(市場) 불확실성(不確實性)이 큰 핵심기반기술(核心基盤技術)의 자립도(自立度)를 높여 나가야 할 입장에 있다. 네트워크의 활용(活用)은 이와 같은 기술 및 시장불확실성을 극복하는 유용한 방법일 뿐 아니라 WTO라는 새로운 교역질서하에서 더욱 중요해지는 기술정책(技術政策)의 주요수단(主要手段)이다. 본고(本稿)는 기술혁신네트워크를 통한 기술의 창출(創出) 및 확산과정(擴散過程)에 유의하면서 한국 기술혁신시스템을 장기전망(長期展望)하고 산업계(産業界), 학계(學界), 연구계(硏究界) 및 정부의 장기기술발전전략(長期技術發展戰略)을 도출하고 있다. 장기발전전략에 기반한 기술정책(技術政策)의 당면과제(當面課題)는 대학(大學), 공공연구기관(公共硏究機關), 중소기업(中小企業)의 기술혁신 기여도 향상을 위한 개혁과 제도개선으로 요약된다. 왜냐하면 국내의 연구기관, 대학, 중소기업 등의 기술적 기여가 부진하면 기업내(企業內) 세계분업(世界分業)을 전개하는 대기업(大企業)의 혁신활동이 국내경제(國內經濟)와 유리(遊離)되어 전개될 수 있기 때문이다. 대기업들이 해외연구개발거점(海外硏究開發據點)을 통하여 해외 연구자원을 활용하고 해외생산거점(海外生産據點)에서 생산된 소재, 부품의 역수입을 증대하는 전략에만 주력하게 되면 국내에 지식집약적(知識集約的)인 산업활동(産業活動)의 집적(集積)이 지연(遲延)된다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.156-175
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• 2013

This study examines the approach of socio-technical systems and strategic niche management. It reviews the characteristics of that approach such as multi-level perspectives, the views on technology, and policy orientation. It applies the approach to the long-term vision making in science and technological innovation, socio-technical planning, participatory R&D, and science communication in Innovation policy areas and suggests some policy implications.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.137-160
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• 2016

This study assesses the structure relationships between resource, product and process innovation capability, technology commercialization competence and performance of firms in Daedeok Innopolis. In particular, this study attempts to analyze technology commercialization competence that may be influenced by product and process capabilities. The development of the research model is based on the literature of resource-based view and the empirical studies of technology commercialization competence. The survey of 109 firms was conducted from January 5, 2015 through February 4, 2015. We investigate the role of a firm's technology commercialization competence in determining its performance by performing Partial Least Squares analysis. The results indicate that a firm's human resources and intangible resources lead to a higher level of its product and process innovation capabilities. This study, however, finds that a firm's tangible resources do not have significant effects on its product and process innovation capabilities. And the study finds evidence that firm's product and process capabilities have positive effects on its technology commercialization competence. The study also finds that a firm's technology commercialization competence is a driving force behind its performance, showing that its technology commercialization competence positively involves its performance. In addition the study finds that technology commercialization competence mediates the relationship between a firm's innovation capability and performance, indicating that the technology commercialization used as mediating variable positively affects its innovation performance.