• 무역학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.205-217
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• 2021

This paper examines the effects of intellectual property protection policies on upstream firms' R&D investments in order to derive policy implications in relation to the fostering of the intermediate goods industry. To that end, the dependence on import of intermediate goods and the degree of protection of intellectual property rights are introduced into the model to analyze the effects of R&D investments on the dependence on imports and the effects of intellectual property rights protection policies on the level of R&D investments in order and the social welfare effects are also checked. The policy implications derived in this paper, which used an oligopolistic market model with a vertical specialization structure, are as follows. As R&D investments expand, upstream firm begins to have price competitiveness, the dependence on import of intermediate goods by downstream firm decreases, and social welfare increases. That is, in order to strengthen the independence of the intermediate goods industry, R&D investments by upstream firm should be expanded, and to promote this, the government should strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.200-208
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• 2009

우리나라 정부의 '06년도 연구개발예산은 8조77백억원 규모로 25년 사이에 670배 증가하였으며, 그 증가율도 지난 10년간 10%대를 유지하였다. 정부의 연구개발예산 또는 연구개발보조금이 증가함에도 불구하고 정부 연구개발 보조금이 민간 자체 연구개발 투자에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구는 많이 이루어지지 않았다. 본 연구는 정부 연구개발 직접보조금이 기업의 연구개발 투자를 진작 또는 대체 시키는지 여부 및 기업유형, 인종별 정부의 보조금 효과가 달라지는가에 대해 Propensity score matching (PSM)방법을 이용하여 실증 분석하였다. PSM 분석결과 정부의 연구개발 보조금을 받은 기업은 받지 않은 기업보다 연구개발 투자를 평균적으로 7억33백만원 더 지출하였으며, 세부적으로는 대기업과 서비스업의 보조금 수혜기업이 연구개발투자 지출을 더 많이 하였다. 이러한 결과는 정부의 R&D 지원 정책이 기업 특성 등에 따라 보다 맞춤형으로 전환될 필요성이 있다는 점을 보여주고 있다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.258-265
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• 2003

In our study, we extracted the market, finance, and government factors determining R&D investment of individual firms in the IT industry in Korea. We collected the financial data of 515 individual firms belonging to IT and non-IT industries between 1980 and 1999 from the Korea Investors Service's database and investigated the empirical relationship between the factors using an ordinary regression model, a fixed effects model, and a random effects model. The main findings of our study are as follows: i) The Herfindahl Index variable representing the degree of market concentration is statistically insignificant in explaining R&D expenditures in the IT manufacturing industry. ii) Assets, which is used as a proxy variable for firm size, have a positive and statistically significant coefficient. These two results suggest that the Schumpeterian Hypothesis may be only partially applied to the IT manufacturing industry in Korea. iii) The dividend variable has a negative value and is statistically significant, indicating that a tendency of high dividends can restrict the internal cash flow for R&D investment. iv) The sales variable representing growth potential shows a positive coefficient. v) The subsidy as a proxy variable for governmental R&D promotion policies is positively correlated with R&D expenditure. This suggests that government policy has played a significant role in promoting R&D activities of IT firms in Korea since 1980. vi) Using a dummy variable, we verified that firms reduced their R&D investments to secure sufficient liquidity under the restructuring pressure during Korea's 1998 and 1999 economic crisis.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제38권
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• pp.377-408
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• 2008

Globalization of R&D activities of multinational firms is becoming important in compared with the past, because of increasing globalization of world economy. So, every country tries to attract foreign investment including R&D activities. In this paper, effects of several factors, which determine the scale of foreign subsidiary's R&D activities in local market, are analyzed. Through the review of previous literature, I found that three groups of determinant factors. The first one is the factor which is related to characteristics of local market, such as competitive situation of local market, accessability to research institutions, etc. The second group is the factor which is related to relationship between foreign subsidiary and its mother company. The dominant factors of this group are operation strategy of foreign subsidiary, competitiveness of mother firm, and equity structure of foreign subsidiary. Finally the characteristics of industry affect to the scale of foreign subsidiary's R&D activities. Among these factors, 6 factors are chosen to investigate empirically. For the empirical investigation, 107 foreign subsidiaries among KOITA(Korea Industrial Technology Association)'s list are chosen. Each subsidiary has more than 50% of foreign equity and implement R&D activities in Korea. The results show that sales volume of foreign subsidiary is dominant influencing factor in determining scale of R&D activities in Korean market. And also I found that currently established firms are implementing more R&D activities than old established firms. This is quite interesting finding. However, R&D activities of foreign subsidiary are not vitalized in Korean market. It probably means that Korean government and Korean business partners have to make effort to enhance foreign firms/ R&D activities, because it could contribute technological and economic development of Korean market.

• 교육시설
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.15-26
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• 1995

This paper discussed non-physical factors, such as the level of use of organizational channels and the level of R&D investment of the firm. It also explored physical factors such as the distance between the university and industry, transportation conditions between the two, and the availability (surplus capacity) of professors' or firms' research facilities that would affect the interaction such as the contacts in connection with research grants and consultations by professors to high-tech firms. This paper pointed out that the use of organization channel, the level of R&D investment, the availability research facilities of the university and high-tech firm, transportation conditions between the two, subject matter compatibility between professors' areas of expertise and firms' industrial activities, professors' (or staff) research capabilities and professors' (or staff) research times affect the interaction between the university and industry. It also found that the distance between the university and industry affects the interaction between the two in the opposite direction.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.27-52
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• 2019

본 연구는 2011년과 2013년 중소기업기술통계 조사에 응답한 4,000개 기업 중 본사가 부산에 소재한 중소기업(5인 이상 300인 미만) 481개사를 대상으로 기업의 혁신전략에 따른 민간 연구개발 투자에 미치는 영향요인을 살펴보았다. 기업의 혁신전략과 관련해서는 R&D 포트폴리오, 연구개발조직 및 인력, 조직의 혁신전략 방향 설정자로서의 CEO 역할을 독립변수로 제시하였다. 또한, 산업을 제조업 기술수준별 4개 그룹과 지식서비스업 등 총 5개로 구분하고, 종속변수 민간 연구개발 투자비에 대한 영향을 선형 회귀 분석하였다. 이에 따른 분석 결과는 기업의 혁신전략 중 복합적인 R&D포트폴리오, 체계적인 연구조직 보유, 연구인력 증가는 모두 민간 연구개발비 투자에 정(+)의 영향을 미친다. 이를 산업별로 구분하여 분석하여도 연구개발 조직과 연구인력 보유가 유의미한 영향요인으로 나타났다. 위의 결과를 살펴볼 때, 지역 중소기업의 민간 연구개발투자를 활성화하기 위해서는 다양한 R&D 포트폴리오를 갖추고 체계적인 연구개발 조직과 충분한 연구인력을 확보한 기업을 중심으로 R&D 투자가 확대할 수 있도록 산업별 특성을 고려한 정책 지원이 필요하다고 할 수 있다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.175-189
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• 2020

대전은 4차 산업혁명을 선도하기 위해 대덕특구의 연구개발역량을 기반으로 기업들의 기술혁신 지원을 위해 노력하고 있다. 이러한 기술혁신은 중소·벤처기업의 성장을 위한 핵심 전략이다. 본 연구의 목적은 대전 중소·벤처기업의 기술혁신 유형을 분석하고 각 유형별로 기술혁신 결정요인을 분석하는 것이다. 대전 기업의 92.8%가 10명 미만의 중소·벤처기업이고, 인구당 벤처기업 수가 전국에서 가장 높기 때문에, 대전 경제성장을 위해서는 중소·벤처기업의 기술혁신이 매우 중요하다. 기술혁신 유형은 크게 제품혁신과 공정혁신으로 구분되는데, 기존 연구에 의하면 벤처기업은 공정혁신보다는 제품혁신을 더 적극적으로 수행하는 것으로 알려지고 있다. 대전 중소·벤처기업 역시 공정혁신보다는 제품혁신을 통한 성과가 훨씬 크게 나타났다. 대전 중소·벤처기업의 기술혁신에 영향을 주는 요인은 기술혁신유형별로 다르게 나타났다. 제품혁신의 경우 기업규모, R&D 투자자금과 R&D 인력 등이 기술혁신에 정(+)의 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 다만, R&D 인력은 기존제품의 기술혁신에 유의한 영향을 주지 않았다. 공정혁신의 기술혁신은 R&D 투자자금과 기업업력에 의해서만 정(+)의 영향을 받았다. 본 연구결과는 대전 기업지원정책은 중소·벤처기업의 기술혁신 촉진을 위해 기술혁신 유형별 지원에 초점을 맞추며 R&D 투자와 인력 지원에 집중하는 전략을 고려할 필요가 있음을 시사해주고 있다.

• STI Policy Review
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-29
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• 2018

With the constant growth of R&D investment, it has been increasingly necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of R&D performance and there is a high emphasis on ensuring the accountability and effectiveness of R&D programs. The evaluation of performance of a firm is especially necessary in times of economic downturn to justify R&D investment. However, there is a marked shortage of clear guidelines as to where and how particular metrics are used to measure the output and outcome of R&D activity in firms. Many firms have difficulties in selecting appropriate indicators for their R&D and financial performances. To fill this gap, this article discusses and presents the findings from the literature in such a way that they become useful for researchers or managers who are in charge of measuring the R&D and business performances arising from innovation activities. Finally, based on the findings about metrics of R&D performance, this article proposes the hypothetical framework to investigate the relationship between technology forecasting, strategic technology planning, and business performance. The framework of this article will assist policy makers, universities, research institutes/national laboratories, and companies to enhance their decision making process in technology development.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.79-95
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• 2013

New product innovation is a process of embodying new knowledge in a product and technology licensing is getting popular as a means to innovations and introduction of new product to the market in today's competitive global market environment. Incumbents often rely on technology licensing to access new product opportunities created by other firms. Prior research has examined various aspects of technology licensing agreements such as specific contract terms of licensing agreements, e.g., distribution of control rights, exclusivity of licensing agreements, cross-licensing, and the scope of licensing agreements. This study aims to provide answers to an important, but under-researched question: why do some incumbents initiate more licensing agreement for exploratory learning while others do it for exploitative learning along the innovation process? We attempt to extend our knowledge of licensing agreements from an organizational learning perspective. Technology licensing as a specific form of interfirm linkages can be initiated with different learning objectives along the process of new product innovation. The exploratory stages of the innovation process such as discovery or research stages involve extensive searches to create new knowledge or capabilities, whereas the exploitative stages of the innovation process such as application or test stages near the commercialization are more focused on developing specific applications or improving their efficiency or reliability. Thus, different stages of the innovation process generate different types of learning and the resulting technological resources. We examine when incumbents as licensees initiate more licensing agreements for exploratory learning objectives and when more for exploitative learning objectives, focusing on two factors that may influence a firm's formation of exploratory and exploitative licensing agreements: 1) its past radical and incremental innovation experience and 2) its internal investments in R&D and marketing. We develop and test our hypotheses regarding the relationship between a firm's radical and incremental new product experience, R&D investment intensity and marketing investment intensity, and the likelihood of engaging in exploratory and exploitive licensing agreements. Using data collected from various secondary sources (Recap database, Compustat database, and FDA website), we analyzed technology licensing agreements initiated in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries from 1988 to 2011. The results of this study show that incumbents initiate exploratory rather than exploitative licensing agreements when they have more radical innovation experience and when they invest in R&D activities more intensively; in contrast, they initiate exploitative rather than exploratory licensing agreements when they have more incremental innovation experience and when they invest in marketing activities more intensively. The findings of this study contribute to the licensing and interfirm cooperation studies. First, this study lays a foundation to understand the organizational learning aspect of technology licensing agreements. Second, this study sheds lights on how a firm's internal investments in R&D and marketing are linked to its tendency to initiate licensing agreements along the innovation process. Finally, the findings of this study provide important insight to managers regarding which technologies to gain via licensing agreements. This study suggests that firms need to consider their internal investments in R&D and marketing as well as their past innovation experiences when they initiate licensing agreements along the process of new product innovation.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.5558-5563
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• 2011

본 연구는 지배주주의 소유-지배 괴리도가 연구개발투자에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위해 2001년부터 2009년까지 대규모 기업집단 소속 108개 제조업 기업의 9개년 자료를 이용하여 패널분석을 실시하였다. 실증분석 결과, 소유-지배 괴리도와 연구개발투자 간에 부(-)의 유의적인 관계가 존재하였다. 본 결과는 지배주주가 소유지분을 초과하여 지배권을 가질수록 지배주주의 사적 이익을 위해 기업 자산을 유용할 유인이 증가하므로, 장기적인 기업가치 제고를 위한 연구개발투자를 줄이고 있음을 시사한다.