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A Case Study of the Daedeok Innopolis Innovation Cluster and Its Implications for Nigeria

  • Shenkoya, Temitayo;Kim, Euiseok
    • World Technopolis Review
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.104-119
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    • 2019
  • Innovation clusters are essential in the economic development of many developed countries across the world. While they present ways for under-developed and developing countries to grow their economies, fully operational innovation clusters are yet to be established in Nigeria. Many experts argue that learning from experience is an effective way of galvanizing economic development. Therefore, in this study, an empirical analysis involving a multi-variable quantitative analysis was used to examine the factors that influence the performance of the Daedeok Innopolis Innovation Cluster (South Korea). The results obtained show that the investment in education, Research and Development (R&D), labor capacity of key players within the innovation cluster, and the transfer of technology (within the cluster) were essential factors that influence the performance of the Daedeok Innopolis Innovation Cluster.

The Role of Technology-Transfer-Oriented Subsidies in Building Companies' Absorptive Capacity and Innovation: Evidence from Peruvian MSMEs

  • Maria Fernanda Ricalde-Chahua;Christian Fernando Libaque-Saenz
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.444-467
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    • 2023
  • Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have been acknowledged to play a key role in promoting innovation and economic development. In Peru, 99.5% of formal firms are MSMEs, thus promoting innovation in these firms could have a significant impact on the Peruvian economy. In spite of Innovate Peru's efforts, Peru is still one of the countries that invests the least in innovation, with MSMEs offering low value added. Innovate Peru has launched programs (technological missions) to improve MSMEs' innovation through technology-transfer-oriented subsidies, which may strengthen companies' absorptive capacity (AC) and thus their capabilities to identify and integrate internal and external knowledge. This study assesses the impact of these programs on MSMEs. Data were collected from 85 MSMEs that participated in Innovate Peru's technological missions between 2014 and 2016. Findings show that all the dimensions of AC have a positive impact on innovation; however, the impact of economic subsidy was found to be non-significant. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

The Effects of Entrepreneurship Orientation and Absorptive Capacity on Corporate Performance : Focusing on Mediating Effects of Product Innovation Performance (기업가지향성 및 흡수역량이 기업성과에 미치는 영향 : 제품혁신성과의 매개효과 중심으로)

  • Lim, Jonghwa;Kim, Byung-Keun
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.1536-1576
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    • 2018
  • This study aims at investigating the path in which entrepreneurial orientation and absorptive capacity, which have a significant influence on the corporate performance of SMEs, are mediated through product innovation performance (product speed, product quality). For the empirical study, 233 questionnaires collected from 1775 SMEs including in Daejeon Techno Park start-ups were analyzed by using structural equation model. The empirical analysis shows that absorptive capacity and entrepreneurial orientation have a positive effect on performance through product innovation performance. Therefore, it is suggested that entrepreneurial orientation and absorptive capacity increase product innovation performance in terms of corporate strategy and external information utilization capability, and product innovation performance leads to performance. This paper suggests that entrepreneurial strategy and capacity to utilize external information are important for introducing high quality products faster than others in response to the external environment.

Linking Knowledge Management Activities to Innovation Capability : Focused on IT Service Industry (지식 경영 활동의 혁신 역량으로의 연계 : IT 서비스 산업 중심으로)

  • Kim, Byoungsoo;Hau, Yong-Sauk;Han, Ingoo;Lee, Heeseok
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.97-113
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    • 2010
  • Given the large investment and prevalence of knowledge management (KM) in organizations, it has become important to analyze the effects of KM activities on organizational performances. A theoretical framework is proposed to investigate the impact of KM activities on innovation capabilities in the IT service industry. This study considers KM activities as the major determinant that enhances absorptive capacity. KM activities enhance employees'ability to obtain external knowledge, resulting in increasing intellectual capital. Thus, this study proposes that absorptive capacity plays a mediating role between KM activities and innovation capability. Additionally, this study investigates the key antecedents of KM activities that promote employees' knowledge sharing. Based on prior studies on KM, this study posits KM team activities and top manager support as KM activities. The proposed research model was tested by using survey data collected from 556 employees in the IT service industry. PLS (partial least squares) was employed for the analysis of the data. The findings of this study showed that KM activities and absorptive capabilities play a significant role in enhancing service innovation and process innovation in the IT service industry. The results also shed light on the mediating role of absorptive capacity between KM activities and innovation capability. Moreover, both KM team activities and top manager support serve as the salient antecedents of promoting employees' knowledge sharing.

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A Study on the Effect of Entrepreneurship on Organizational Innovation Capacity - Moderating effect of Strategic directivity - (기업가정신이 조직혁신역량에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 -전략적 지향성의 조절효과-)

  • Lee, Sun-Kyu;Song, Chan-sub;Bae, Jeong-mi;Ryu, Il-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.10 no.11
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    • pp.387-399
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    • 2019
  • This study examines the effects of entrepreneurship and organizational innovation capacity(strategic planning capacity, R&D capacity, technology commercialization capacity) and strategic directionality (customer orientation, technology orientation) The relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and innovation capacity. First, the research model and the hypothesis were set up based on the literature review, and 400 questionnaires were distributed and retrieved for the manufacturing workers in Gyeongbuk province. As a result of the study, it accepted that the corporate entrepreneurship had significant influence on organizational innovation capacity. And confirmed a significant moderating effect of strategic directionality. However, the moderating effect of customer orientation was rejected in relation to entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. These findings can provide guidelines for organizational management in terms of culture by identifying the effects of corporate entrepreneurship and strategic orientation at organizational level.

Technological Innovation System for Energy Transition in Small Island Developing States: Adaptive Capacity, Market Formation and Policy Direction in the Maldives

  • Mohamed, Shumais
    • Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.293-319
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    • 2022
  • By analyzing the adaptive capacity, market formation and policy direction as functional areas of Technological Innovation System (TIS), the article evaluates the progress of renewable energy transition in the Maldives, with the inclusion of ideas from Mauritius and Cabo Verde. On the policy direction in the Maldives, technology roadmaps produced with assistance from International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) are evaluated. Although there are inducing factors such as the Solar Risk Management Initiative, the progress of energy transition is hindered by the lack of technical capacity and local value chain. The findings indicate the importance of facilitating and establishing industry and knowledge networks, incorporating innovation policies, greater involvement of the local private sector along with international investors, and taking water-energy nexus to achieve complementary targets. The study adds value to knowledge by offering a simplified TIS framework, with a current insight of the energy transition in Small Island Developing States with a focus on the Maldives.

A Study on The Relationship Between Technological Innovation, Technology Absorption Capacity, and Business Performance in Ship Parts Manufacturing (선박 부품 제조업의 기술혁신, 기술흡수역량과 경영성과 상호 간의 관계 연구)

  • Lee, Dong-Gyun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.617-629
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    • 2022
  • This study empirically analyzed the mediating effect of technology absorption capacity in the relationship between technological innovation of ship parts manufacturing companies on business performance. Through this, it will be possible to provide implications for improvement plans for management strategy establishment related to technology development in the future. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, R&D, marketing, production·A total of 362 people working in manufacturing and finance/accounting departments were selected as subjects for this study. As a result of this study, it was found that technological innovation and technology absorption capacity of ship parts manufacturing companies have a positive (+) effect on business performance. The conclusion based on these research results is that the potential absorption capacity and realized absorption capacity constituting technology absorption capacity are judged to be the main key factors between technological innovation and management performance, such as continuous technological capacity accumulation. From a practical point of view, the ship parts manufacturing industry needs to focus on its ability to absorb smart parts process technology.

Associated Analysis of FTA Information Learning in Export of SMEs (중소기업 수출에서 FTA 정보학습 연관분석)

  • Cho, Yeon-Sung
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.93-112
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of FTA information learning in export SMEs. Therefore, this study has constructed an integrated model including the moderating effects of FTA information learning on the of export performance in SME. The relationship between SMEs' localization strategy, product innovation capacity, and FTA information learning was linked to export performance, and an empirical analysis was conducted on 195 export SMEs. The path analysis was performed using the structural equation model(SEM), and six hypotheses including the control effect were tested. As a result, the localization strategy of SMEs positively influenced product innovation capacity. On the other hand, FTA information learning did not show significant results. Product innovation capacity and FTA information learning as an antecedents showed significant results in terms of export performance. In the moderated effects analysis, the moderated effect between the localization strategy and FTA information learning did not show significant effect on the product innovation capacity. Whereas the moderated effect between the product innovation capacity and the FTA information learning significant influence on the export performance of SMEs.

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Technology Commercialization and Management Performance Analysis of Smart farm Venture companies (스마트팜 벤처기업의 기술사업화와 경영성과 분석)

  • Dae-Yu, Kim;Taiheoun Park;Won-Shik Na
    • Advanced Industrial SCIence
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.25-30
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the impact of corporate innovation activities on corporate innovation performance using data from companies participating in the smart farm project. A company's innovation activities were divided into planning capacity, R&D capacity, and commercialization capacity, and the impact of each innovation activity on the company's sales and patent creation was estimated. The moderating effect was also analyzed. Regression analysis was conducted as a research method, and as a result of the analysis, it was found that planning capacity, R&D capacity, and commercialization capacity related to innovation within a company have an impact on corporate performance creation. appeared to be In order to increase the business performance of technology commercialization, it was confirmed that planning and R&D capabilities as well as governmental technology policy support are needed.

A Path Analysis: Toward an Open Innovation and Export Performance in SMEs (중소기업의 개방형혁신과 수출성과 경로분석)

  • Cho, Yeon-Sung
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.107-125
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of FTA information learning in export SMEs. Therefore, this study has constructed an integrated model including the moderating effects of FTA information learning on the of export performance in SME. The relationship between SMEs' localization strategy, product innovation capacity, and FTA information learning was linked to export performance, and an empirical analysis was conducted on 195 export SMEs. The path analysis was performed using the structural equation model(SEM), and six hypotheses including the control effect were tested. As a result, the localization strategy of SMEs positively influenced product innovation capacity. On the other hand, FTA information learning did not show significant results. Product innovation capacity and FTA information learning as an antecedents showed significant results in terms of export performance. In the moderated effects analysis, the moderated effect between the localization strategy and FTA information learning did not show significant effect on the product innovation capacity. Whereas the moderated effect between the product innovation capacity and the FTA information learning significant influence on the export performance of SMEs.

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