• 지식경영연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.27-50
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• 2016

Korean manufacturing industry have recently faced the catch-up of China in the mass commodity product, such as automotive, display, and smart phone in terms of market as well as technology. Accordingly, discussion on the importance of achieving catch-up in complex product systems (CoPS) has been increasing as a new innovation engine for the industry. In order to achieve successful catch-up of CoPS, we explored emerging technologies of CoPS, which are featured by the characteristics of radical novelty, relatively fast growth and self-sustaining, through the study of emerging technologies of gas turbine for power generation. We found that emerging technologies of the gas turbine are technologies for combustion nozzle and composition of electrical machine for increasing power efficiency, washing technology for particulate matter, cast and material processing technology for enhancing durability from fatigue, cooling technologies from extremely high temperature, interconnection operation technology between renewable energy and the gas turbine for flexibility in power generation, and big data technology for remote monitoring and diagnosis of the gas turbine. We also found that those emerging technologies resulted in technological progress of the gas turbine by converging with other conventional technologies in the gas turbine. It indicates that emerging technologies in CoPS can be appeared on various technological knowledge fields and have complementary relationship with conventional technologies for technology progress of CoPS. It also implies that latecomers need to pursue integrated learning that includes emerging technologies as well as conventional technologies rather than independent learning related to emerging technologies for successful catch-up of CoPS. Our findings provide an important initial theoretical ground for investigating the emerging technologies and their characteristics in CoPS as well as recognizing knowledge management strategy for successful catch-up of latecomers. Our findings also contribute to the policy development of the CoPS from the perspective of innovation strategy and knowledge management.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.551-568
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• 2003

The aircraft industry is a typical complex product system (CoPS) and one of the system integration industries. In this particular sector, industrial competitiveness is decided by technological capabilities in system level as well as subsystem level. Korea has been involved in the aircraft industry since early 1970s. Technological capability in the system level has been developed based on military aircraft production program. However, subsystem and component level capabilities have been remained less developed. In this paper, the capability building process as well as current problem; of the Korean aircraft industry have been examined. In conclusion, capability building up strategies in the Korean aircraft industry has been suggested.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.89-125
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• 2017

복합제품시스템이란 고도의 엔지니어링과 설계 기술이 집약되어 있는 복잡한 시스템 형태의 제품으로 국가 경제 발전 및 에너지, 교통, 통신 등 사회 인프라 구축과 밀접하게 연계되어 있다. 이에 따라 복합제품시스템의 기술진화를 이해하기 위해서는 기술개발 주체의 기술진보 노력을 넘어서 복합제품시스템을 둘러싼 거시환경요인이 기술진화에 미친 영향을 복합적으로 고찰하는 것이 필요하다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 원자력 발전 플랜트 사례를 중심으로 복합제품시스템 기술진화에 대한 정책, 경제, 그리고 사회적 요인의 영향을 종단적으로 서술하였다. 인터뷰에 기반한 1차 자료와 다양한 참고 문헌에 기반한 2차 자료를 복합적으로 활용한 결과, 원전 기술의 진화는 "원자력의 평화적 활용을 위한 응용연구"(1950년대~1960년대), "원자력 발전 시장 확산 - 1차 르네상스"(1970년대), "원자력 발전 안전성 제고와 후발국의 추격"(1980년대~2000년대 후반), 그리고 "원자력 발전 시장 2차 르네상스를 위한 안전성의 최우선화와 차세대 원자로 기술 개발"(2010년대 후반~현재)의 4단계에 걸쳐 진행되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 각 단계별 기술진화에 있어 각국의 에너지 정책과 원자력 발전 연구개발 투자와 같은 정책적 요인, 경기 사이클에 의한 전력 수요의 변화, 전력원 간 경쟁과 같은 경제적 요인, 그리고 안전성에 대한 사회적 수용과 환경오염에 대한 인식 등의 사회적 요인 등이 중요한 영향을 미쳤음을 확인하였다. 본 사례 연구는 보다 거시적인 관점에서 복합제품시스템의 기술진화를 고찰할 수 있는 이론적 접근방법을 제시하였다는 점에서 그 의의가 있다. 따라서 복합제품시스템을 육성하고자 하는 국가들은 기술개발 투자와 노력뿐 아니라 정책과 경제, 사회적 요인을 통합적으로 고려하여 이를 기술진화에 활용하기 위한 노력을 경주해야 할 것이다.

• 한국기술혁신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국기술혁신학회 2000년도 추계 학술대회(The 2000 Autumn Conference of korea Technology Inovation Society)(한국기술혁신학회)
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• pp.227-245
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• 2000

Korean firms have attempted to catch up in the aircraft industry during last quarter century. Korean firms have built up their capabilities by moving from parts manufacturing through subassembly to system integration. The number of projects carried out and the intensity of technological effort undertaken by firms strongly influences market position and firm performance. However, successful catching up is not simply dependent on capability building within the firm. The national environment (Porter, 1990) in which firms are located plays a pivotal role. The Korean government has been effective in creating a favorable environ-ment in many areas, but has not been able to replicate this success in the aircraft industry. Opportunities for learning in the aircraft industry have been hampered by the small size of the Korean civilian aircraft market and the sophisticated requirements of military systems. A policy of domestic rivalry in airframe manufacture has created too many firms for such a small market. The ability of Korean firms to catch up in the aircraft industry depends on both the internal capabilities of firms as well as appropriate government policies and the involve- ment of government research institutions and universities over an extended period of time. There have been many studies about the catching up of developing countries in mass production (such as automobile, consumer electronics, and recently DRAM), but few in complex systems, such as aircraft.