• Journal of Information Technology Application
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.71-90
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• 2001

Research on innovation has a long tradition from various disciplines. MIS research has also been interested in the innovation adoption because IS development and implementation can be regarded as an innovation process. To deal with IT innovations, MIS research adopted existing innovation(diffusion) theories which have been developed on general innovation phenomena. However, the MIS innovation research revealed that there exist some limitations in applying the innovation theories to IT innovations and proposed that research on IT innovations should reflect the unique characteristics of IT. The purpose of this study is twofold; first, to synthesize the past research and propose the uniqueness of IT innovations and second, to survey the Perceptions of managers on If innovations. Three unique characteristics of IT innovations are derived from the past research which are (1) knowledge barriers, (2) increasing returns, (3) organizational decision. Data collected from 68 Korean managers showed that the perceptions of managers support the uniqueness of IT innovations. Some recommendations to facilitate IT innovations are discussed and further research directions are suggested.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.201-224
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• 2016

The main objective of this study is to identify and analyze the factors affecting technology innovation of the innovative IT SMEs. A research model is established based on the previous studies on the technology innovation of SMEs. The model consists of independent variables (Adhocracy culture, R&D capability, IT capability, Leadership, and Appraisal & Reward), an intermediate variable (Knowledge management), and dependent variables (product/service innovation and process innovation). Major research results can be summarized as follows: IT SMEs pursuing technology innovation should: (1) pay attention to innovation oriented culture, IT capability, and evaluation & compensation systems of the company; (2) recognize that knowledge management is an essential activity performed by the company; (3) strengthen the R&D capabilities of the company by not only exerting internal efforts but establishing cooperative network with various parties; and (4) resolve the decoupling problem of the evaluation & compensation system.

• 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.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.177-183
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• 2012

The technological innovation of IT industry is the competitive tool for them to survive in the environment of an intensive competition. This technological innovation is critical in the survival of firms, but various factors should be considered to embody technological innovation success. This paper aims to identify the determinant factors of the outcome which influence the technological innovation based on the IT industry, and set up a model for measuring technological innovation success with its relevant understanding through the preceding studies. In addition, research with other related research model is to parallel.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.17-22
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• 2012

The technological innovation of IT industry is the competitive tool for them to survive in the environment of an intensive competition. This technological innovation is critical in the survival of firms, but various factors should be considered to embody technological innovation success. This paper aims to identify the determinant factors of the outcome which influence the technological innovation based on the IT industry, and set up a model for measuring technological innovation success. A hypothesis was established for the impact relation between technological innovation success and government support level, which was verified through the logistic regression analysis. In conclusion, in terms of government support, IT manufacturing companies to the success of product innovation, technology development(R&D) and commercialization of direct support is needed for the financial support. And, the success of process innovation is accomplished through manpower training of technical personnel.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.57-70
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• 2013

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.8
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• pp.73-83
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• 2021

Due to the rapid development of technology compared to the past, it is becoming difficult for companies to survive in a fiercely competitive environment if they do not innovate. In order for a company to carry out innovative activities, it is very important to find new knowledge, digest it, and secure its own technological capabilities. In this study, the causal relationship between exploration and exploitation activities, technology innovation capacity, innovation performance(technical performance, product performance), absorptive capacity, and innovation performance was identified. As a result of the analysis, exploration and exploitation activities were found to affect technology innovation capacity, and technology innovation capacity, absorptive capacity, and innovation strength were found to affect innovation performance. In addition, it was found that absorptive capacity and innovation strength play a mediating role between technology innovation capacity and innovation performance. The results of this study are expected to be useful as guidelines when planning or carrying out innovation activities in companies.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.14-22
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• 2020

In this study, in addition to non-technical innovation activities such as organizational innovation and marketing innovation, the purpose of this study was to verify through empirical analysis what mechanism appropriation affects the business performance of a company. Data were collected from the 2018 Korean Business Innovation Survey: Manufacturing Sector and used as analysis data. As a result of the analysis, it was verified through empirical analysis that non-technical innovation improves management performance, appropriability is affected by non-technical innovation, and acts as a mediating factor between management performance. Through this empirical analysis, it was derived that considering appropriation along with non-technical innovation on the recently studied non-technical innovation can be a meaningful study, and since securing such appropriation is an important factor in determining the business performance of a company. Companies need insight into the strategic use of technology protection measures to secure appropriation. As a limitation, it was limited to studies that verify that it has a mediating effect of non-technical innovation and appropriation, and it is considered that it is possible to develop a study that affects the management performance of a company through more various verification methods for future studies.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.135-162
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• 2015

The purpose of this article is to reinterpret the existing innovation policy with 'the societal innovation policy' framework. It is looking into characteristics of societal innovation policy and the prospects for socio-technical systems transition and citizen participation are discussed. After the discussion, new interpretation of innovation policy elements will be dealt with lenses of societal innovation policy. It sheds new light on the key elements of innovation policy, such as Innovation policy governance, industrial innovation policy, regional innovation policy, and infrastructure policy and suggests direction of policy improvements from societal innovation policy perspectives. This will be an opportunity to reinterpret the existing innovation policy measures and to approach to science technology innovation policy for system transition with participatory perspective.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.92-129
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• 2018

In general, a technology and innovation strategy has been established first. Then, the technology and innovation activities are conducted accordingly. The literature on the technology management process points out that the technology and innovation activities exist in some sequences, nonlinear or linear pattern. However, it is also argued that a certain technology and innovation activity can be occurred or disappeared at certain timing. In this paper, it has been analyzed and clarified how the technology and innovation activities are performed and working together with the technology and innovation strategies in certain context especially when the handset market moves from feature phone to smartphone during a last decade. Empirical results show that the starting point of the technology and innovation activity changes according to the technology and innovation strategies. And, technology innovation activities exhibit multi-layer architecture types. It is confirmed that technology and innovation activities follow a specific pattern. However, if there are some changes in the technology and innovation strategy due to the external environment change, some technology and innovation activities can be skipped because the priority of the technology and innovation activities would be changed. If the firm which has the strategy type of 'innovators' fails to adapt to the fast changing external environment and has the inadequate technology and innovation activities, it is required to change the technology and innovation strategy. It will have a huge impact on the firm's survival.