• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.302-323
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• 2016

To date, the literature has focused on formal R&D activities, such as internal, joint or external R&D, but informal R&D activities, such as job training or design, can also have a positive impact on technological innovation. To address this research gap, this paper examined 1) the influence of informal R&D activities on innovation adoption, and 2) the differences between formal R&D-oriented and informal R&D-oriented firms in process and product innovation. For this, statistical analysis was conducted using the data set from 2012 Korea Innovation Survey. The results suggest that 1) informal R&D activities can influence process innovation, and 2) firms engaging in both informal and formal R&D actively adopt product innovation. Findings suggest that 1) firms should recognize the importance of informal R&D and 2) national R&D policy should reflect the positive role of informal R&D in technological innovation.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.439-458
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• 2009

In this paper, Two countries have invested directly using the two models Multinational Enterprises, foreign companies doing R&D subsidy policy analysis in their activities to attract. Multinational Enterprises to get the spillover effect from competitors, the introduction of subsidiary R&D resources with an incentive to R&D activities. The government has established a subsidiary to bring the country to foreign Multinational Enterprises for the purpose of improving the technological capabilities of Multinational Enterprises with their parent company R&D to increase the resources by foreign companies in their R&D investment to subsidize R&D activities that have an incentive to attract. In addition, foreign companies and government cooperative R&D by two things also increase the rate of funding for activities to bring the two subsidiaries of multinational R&D has increased the amount of additional resources, the economic interests of both countries get more will increase.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.177-205
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• 2022

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have strong incentives to engage in open innovation to enhance innovation efficiency and effectiveness due to their 'liability of smallness.' Previous research examined the performance effects of various open innovation practices, but whether coupled open innovation practices positively affect SMEs' firm performance is somewhat controversial. To resolve the issue, this study examined the effects of coupled open innovation activities on SMEs' firm performance using Heckman's two stage model to control endogeneity of the firms' self-selection bias in open innovation engagement. This study used the Korean Innovation Survey (KIS) 2020 collected by the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), and tested the effects of SMEs' coupled open innovation activities, R&D and non-R&D cooperation, on their innovative and financial performance indicators. The results showed that SMEs' R&D cooperation positively affects the new-to-market (NTM) product innovation only. Moreover, SMEs' non-R&D cooperation has positive effects on the product innovation, business process innovation, new-to-the-market product innovation, and new-to-firm (NTF) product innovation. However, the results showed that both R&D and non-R&D innovation cooperation activities have no significant effects on SMEs' financial performance indicators. This study contributes to research on SMEs' open innovation and provides insights for SMEs' managers and policymakers.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.2489-2499
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• 2011

As R&D cooperation activities with various partners are becoming huge in scale and scope, to achieve successful R&D performance, we need to systematically divide by its characteristics and to stratagemically carry out R&D cooperation activities. In this paper we propose R&D cooperation system between the university and the R&D institute in the geoscience field. The cooperation system can include activities of joint R&D program execution, R&D researcher exchange, R&D infrastructure use, technology commercialization and business exchange. Its system seems to positively affect on R&D performance and when considering the level of innovation as a moderating variable, in the situation of high innovation environment its system is able to positively affect on the R&D performance. For different effects of R&D cooperation activities on individual cooperation performance we can choose proper cooperation activities for R&D cooperation purposes.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.279-302
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• 2013

This paper empirically examines the effect of government R&D support on the performance of the firm in Korea. In particular, we examine to what extent the government R&D support affected the firm's exploratative performance. Using a novel dataset combining patent information with national government R&D funding data and firm performance indicators from 2005-2008, we construct and run an empirical model where a firm's exploratative activity, measured by a firm patenting in a different field, is a function of the government R&D support a firm receives. The empirical results show that the government R&D support has a positive effect on the firm's exploratative activity. Especially, this effect is stronger for the small and medium size firms, while large firms are relatively relying on their own R&D funding for exploration. This result indicates that the government needs to focus more on R&D funding for small and medium size firms, if it wants more exploratative outcomes to enhance potential resources for economic development.

• Proceedings of the Technology Innovation Conference
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• 1997.12a
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• pp.45-69
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• 1997

최근들어 환경변화가 가속화되고 기업의 환경적응성이 중요해짐에 따라 R&D 활동의 평가과정이 학습의 핵심적인 단계로서 새롭게 부각되고 있다. 또한 R&D 활동에서 결과 중심적 접근, 사업부와의 연계 등이 강조되면서 구체적 R&D 성과평가가 연구관리(R&D management)의 중요한 이슈가 되고있다. 그러나 그동안 R&D 성과평가는 R&D 활동 자체가 불확실성을 가지는 특성으로 인하여 체계적 접근이 이루어지지 못하여 왔으며 최근에 들어 R&D 성과평가 부문이 연구관리 및 기술경영분야의 도전적 연구과제가 되고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 R&D 성과평가를 어떻게 접근할 것인지에 대한 접근방법과 성과 지표의 내용, 성과지표의 선택 및 개발절차, 향후 연구과제를 중심으로 제시한다. 본 연구의 세부내용은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 민간기업 연구개발활동의 성과평가에 적용가능한 평가의 분석틀(framework) 및 관점(perspective)을 제시하였다. 기존 평가모형에 대한 문헌고찰을 바탕으로 종합적, 체계적인 평가분석틀을 도출하고, 측정가능한 성과지표군을 제시하였다. 또한 성과지표들을 다양한 기준에 따라 분류하고 각 분류에 따라 적용가능한 성과지표군을 제시하였다. 둘째, 각 기업별 특성을 고려하고 경영전략과의 연계를 명확히 할 수 있는 구체적인 성과지표를 개발하기 위하여 4단계의 R&D 성과 평가지표 개발절차를 도출하였다. 셋째, 향후연구를 위한 성과평가 연구분야의 주요 연구과제들을 5가지로 정리하여 제시하였다.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.95-108
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• 2021

Technology innovation activities are very important for companies to secure technological competitiveness and continue to grow. Korea operates a certification system at the national level to promote corporate innovation activities, and strives to enhance SMEs' global technological competitiveness. Among these, the representative system related to technological innovation is the New Excellent Technology (NET) certification. NET is certified through a strict three-stage screening process, and is operated for the purpose of commercialization of new technology, technology trading, and promotion of early market entry by companies. Acquiring NET certification means that the company has a certain level of technological competitiveness. Therefore, this study attempted to conduct an empirical analysis on which technology innovation activities of companies affect the success of R&D projects and improvement of management performance, centering on NET certification system. To verify this, technology strategy, technology planning, systematic R&D process, internal cooperation, and external cooperation activities were set as major variables. As a result of the empirical analysis, it was confirmed that all variables set in this study individually contributed to the success of the R&D project and improvement of management performance. However, when looking at a comprehensive level that considers all variables, it was analyzed that systematic R&D process management and cooperation activities with external organizations have a statistically significant effect on R&D project success, and technology strategy establishment and technology planning activities, which are the initial stages of R&D, have a statistically significant effect on management performance. This study was conducted on innovation-oriented SMEs that have established and operated corporate R&D centers and are actively conducting R&D activities, and multiple regression analysis was used as an analysis method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Quality Management Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.18-32
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• 2007

최적의 혁신기법이란 각사의 핵심역량을 명확히 한 후 꾸준히 그리고 지속적으로 자사에 맞게 시스템(SYSTEM)을 변형해 나가는 과정에서 완성된다고 볼 수 있다. 반도체 제조사인 H사는 지난 IMF 때 경영적인 어려움을 극복하고 최근 각 부문(제조, 연구개발, 영업 등)의 탁월한 경영성과를 올리고 있다. 이러한 성과를 뒷받침하는 것은 경영혁신 활동이 일환으로 TPM을 2001년부터 꾸준하게 적용을 해 오고 있다는 것이다. 일반적으로 TPM은 제조중심의 활동이 대부분이나, H사는 R&D부문 경영혁신 활동에 TPM활동을 접목해 활동을 하고 있다. 본 연구는 H사의 R&D부문 TPM R&D보전의 10대 지주 활동과 연구개발 부문에서 활발하게 연구되고 있는 Lean DFSS의 두 방법론에의 장 ${\cdot}$ 단점을 분석하여 좀 더 바람직한 방법론을 연구해 볼 필요가 있다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.184-197
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• 2013

본고에서는 탈추격형 연구방법을 정립하는 데 중요한 요소가 되는 R&D 전주기 프로세서를 제안하였다. 이를 위해 연구방법의 개념 정립에 필요한 R&D 관련 기본 개념들과 과거 추격형 R&D의 연구방법론으로 활용되었던 시스템 개발 프로세스를 소개하였다. 향후 새롭게 정립되어야 할 탈추격형 R&D의 개념을 정의하고 그 특성으로써 기술의 아이디어 생성부터 시장에서 활용되는 기술 수명 전주기에 걸쳐 프로세스 활동을 정립하였다. 또한 연구개발 기획 시부터 산업화에 이르는 R&D 전주기 프로세스에서 강점과 약점을 비교하여 탈추격형 R&D에서 특히 보강되어야 할 주요 활동과 프로세스를 구성하는 각 단계에서의 수행해야 할 주요 활동을 제시하였다. 이를 통하여 탈추격형 R&D를 실행하기 위한 연구방법으로써 적용할 수 있는 연구방법론의 기반을 마련하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.18-32
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• 2005

본 연구는 IT 기업의 R&D활동의 성과를 파악하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 공공 R&D의 성과에 대한 연구는 상당부분 진척이 이루어졌으나, 경제의 주체인 민간기업의 R&D 활동에 대한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 이 연구목적을 위하여, 기업의 재무자료를 이용하여 R&D투자액을 집계하였으며, IT기업의 경영성과도 분석하였다. 분석한 결과를 간단하게 요약하면, 다음과 같다. 첫째, IT기업은 대기업의 R&D투자 비중이 $93.6\%$에 달한다. IT R&D 투자 상위 10개 기업이 IT 산업에서 매출액의 $71\%$, 종업원의 $61\%,$ R&D 투자의 $87\%$를 차지한다. 둘째, 기업의 투자활동은 선택과 집중의 원칙에 따라 R&D 투자에 주력하는 경향이 강해졌다. 유형자산투자는 급격한 감소를 보이는 반면, R&D투자는 증가하고 있다. 셋째, IT 중소기업의 R&D투자는 한계가 있을 수밖에 없다. 본 연구에서 나타난 분석결과의 시사점을 보면, IT 중소기업의 R&D 투자는 한계가 있을 수밖에 없다. 따라서 중소기업의 R&D투자의 효율성을 높여주는 한편, 미래성장의 seed에 대한 준비와 단기 개발연구를 통해 기업의 수익에 기여할 수 있도록 해야 할 것이다. 또한 IT 대기업과 중소기업의 R&D에 대한 효율적인 네트워크를 구축하는 것도 IT기업의 활성화를 위해 요구된다.