• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.1281-1296
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• 2017

세계경제가 범국가적 경쟁에 접어면서 과거보다 지역R&D의 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 국내에서도 지역R&D의 경쟁력 향상을 통해 지역불균형 문제를 해소하고 지역경제발전을 이루고자 하는 노력이 지속되어 왔다. 이러한 문제인식을 바탕으로, 그동안 지역R&D의 효율성을 분석하고 개선점을 도출하기 위한 여러 정책적 학술적 노력이 있어왔다. 본 연구는 지역R&D 효율성을 지식창출과 가치창출의 두 가지 측면에서 진단하고 정책적 시사점을 도출하려는 목적에서 15개 국내 지역의 통계자료를 대상으로 자료포락분석(DEA)을 실시하였다. 본 연구에서 효율성 분석을 위해 사용한 R&D투입과 산출요소의 분포를 살펴본 결과 대부분 수도권과 대전에 양적으로 편중되어 있었다. DEA모형을 분석한 결과, 지식창출 부문의 효율성 점수는 평균 0.869 수준으로 나타났으며, 서울, 대구, 광주, 대전, 강원, 전남, 경북 지역이 효율적이었다. 반면 경남 지역은 0.630으로 지식창출에 있어 가장 비효율이 큰 지역이었다. 가치창출 부문의 효율성 점수는 평균 0.677 수준이며 지식창출보다 지역 간 점수 편차가 컸다. 광주, 대전, 울산, 강원 지역이 효율적인 것으로 나타난 반면 경기 지역은 0.198으로 가장 비효율적이었다. 종합하여 비교하면 광주, 대전, 강원 지역만 지식창출과 가치창출이 모두 1.000점으로 효율적이었고 이를 제외한 지역들은 효율성 개선이 필요하였다. 본 연구는 지역R&D 효율성의 개선방향에 대한 시사점을 제시함으로써 지역발전 정책수립에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다. 그러나 특정 시점에 한정되어 효율성을 분석하였으므로 생산성 변화에 대한 추가적인 분석과 분석자료에 대한 보완이 필요하다.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.1-27
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• 2011

This paper aims to measure and analyze R&D productivities and efficiencies of 17 major OECD countries including Korea over the 1984-2008 period by using the Malmquist Productivity Index and Data Envelopment Analysis, classifying R&D performance into an output and outcome aspects. It also searches the Korea's current status and characteristics in each R&D stage to enhance Total Factor Productivity (TFP) compared with other developed countries. Our major findings are the followings: (i) Korea's productivity index of R&D input vis-a-vis R&D output is very high (13.39% annual growth rate) compared with those of major advanced countries, whereas the annual average of efficiency index is very low (0.33), i.e. Korea's technical efficiency index has risen to 0.83 at the last time series started at 0.10 point and come up to the level of major advanced countries. (ii) the Korea's productivity index of R&D output vis-a-vis R&D outcome is very low (14.02% annual reduction rate) compared with those of major advanced countries, whereas the annual average of efficiency index is very high (0.22), i.e. Korea's integrated frontier technical efficiency index has dropped to 0.057 at the last time series started at 1.00 point and coming up to the level of major advanced countries. (iii) The productivity of R&D input vis-a-vis R&D outcome is positively correlated with that of R&D output vis-a-vis R&D outcome and the growth of R&D input factors. In a nutshell, it implicates that the effort to take advantage of R&D outputs, namely establishing the diffusion and commercialization system of technical knowledge to the level of developed countries, should be strengthened over that on the growth of R&D investment and output for enhancing R&D productivity and efficiency in Korea.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.77-104
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• 2014

Government R&D support for SMEs is very important and the R&D budget is also increasing. This study suggests a new method for analyzing a performance of R&D programs and analyzes the performance of R&D programs funded by small & medium business administration using the method. We discuss new measures "efficiency" that means short-term performance and "effectiveness" that means long-term performance. Weights based on the R&D programs' characteristics among the various sub-indicators of two measures were derived, and then the final scores were calculated by combining the weights with the responses on the indicators. Finally, this study tests the mean differences between R&D programs statistically. As a results, efficiency of R&D programs shows a significant difference between the R&D programs, while effectiveness does not. Most of the efficiency scores are low, whereas the effectiveness scores are high. The results explain that the R&D programs are managed inefficiently. However, most SMEs predict a positive impact of government R&D supports on effectiveness in the long term. Government needs to try to improve the efficiency of R&D supports because SMEs cannot expect sustainable performance with no improvement in efficiency.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.42-50
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• 2014

Korean government has been investing more than 400 billion KRW in R&D on renewable energy. This paper aims to measure the R&D efficiency of national R&D program in the field of renewable energy, and to identify the sources of inefficiency. 4,213 R&D projects supported by Korean government during 2009-2011 are analyzed by using Data Envelopment Analysis and statistical tests. Results implies as follows. First, hydrogen, bio, fuel cell, photovoltaic have higher R&D efficiency than other renewable energies. Second, universities conducted national R&D program more efficiently than firms did, and small and medium sized enterprises are more efficient than large sized enterprises. Third, R&D inefficiency is mainly caused by the lacks of patent performance rather than excessive R&D investment or academic paper performance.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.173-187
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• 2021

In that economic growth strategy through maximizing input would not working anymore in the rapidly changing economic environment, now we should focus on the improvement of firms' efficiency. This study estimate the efficiency and determinants of the efficiency using the panel data of 938 Korean manufacturing firms which ranked in high R&D investment firms during 2005~2018. We found that both R&D intensity as R&D input and patent stock as R&D output increase the efficiency of firms independently. And firm size, debt ratio, profitability also affect the firm's efficiency.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.205-222
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• 2011

The Korean government continuously increases the R&D investment in order to pursue an economic growth through technological innovation. Hence, the intensity of governmental R&D has increased rapidly. However, the whole amount of the R&D investment is still small compared to developed countries. And the type of R&D policies is more and more changing from the catch-up model to the technology-driven model. Therefore, there is a growing interest in the efficiency of public R&D investment. Hence, many studies on the efficiency of R&D investment have been researched. This study estimated the efficiency of governmental R&D programs considering the technological outcomes, e.g. theses, patents and so on, using DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis) with data of S&T investment and outcomes from NTIS(National S&D Information Service). In addition, we used the Mann-Whitney Test to investigate the characteristics of governmental R&D investment.

• Korean small business review
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.147-172
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• 2020

This study presents the determinants of R&D efficiency as the focus on CEO's competency, which influences R&D competency and R&D efficiency. The research samples are 6,708 technology-innovation small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The independent variable is the R&D competency(existence of R&D organization, level of R&D personnel, R&D personnel management, R&D investment), the dependent variable is R&D efficiency. The moderator is the CEO's competency(experience level in its own industry, technical knowledge level, technology management strategy, management ability). R&D efficiency measures the relationship between inputs(level of R&D personnel, R&D investment) and outputs(patent applications, prototype) by the DEA. and the determinant analysis uses Tobit regression. As a result of the analysis, the existence of R&D organization and R&D personnel management is positively significant, level of R&D personnel and R&D investment is negatively significant for R&D efficiency. The moderating effect of CEO's competency on the relationship between the R&D competency and R&D efficiency is significant determinants of CEO's experience(experience level in its own industry, technical knowledge level) and technology management strategy. The finding is to measure the efficiency of R&D performance, and to analyze its determinants as the moderating effect of CEO's competency, using the technology appraisal data. In the conclusion session, the limitations of the research and future research directions were discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.345-362
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• 2011

국가 성장동력의 밑거름이 되는 R&D의 중요성이 높아짐에 따라 정부의 R&D 투자는 해마다 큰 폭으로 증가하고 있다. 정부 R&D 투자가 급증함에 따라 동시에 R&D의 효율성에 대한 문제가 제기되어 그 동안 R&D 효율성을 향상시키기 위한 많은 연구가 이루어졌다. 하지만 R&D 전주기 Plan-Do-See 관점에서 살펴보면 대부분의 연구가 기획(Plan)과 성과확산 및 사업화(See)의 문제해결을 통한 생산성 향상 전략 마련에 국한되어 온 것이 사실이다. 국가연구개발사업은 그 사업의 목표, 추진방법, 추진주체, 연구성과, 사업규모, 사업기간 등 다양한 특성에 따라 성공적인 사업운영을 위해 차별화된 관리 지원 시스템(Do)이 필요함에도 불구하고, R&D 효율성을 향상시키기 위한 R&D 지원시스템 관련 논의는 활발하게 이루어지지 않고 있다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 특성을 보유한 국가연구개발사업의 효율성을 향상시키기 위해 국가연구개발사업을 연구기간과 연구비에 따라 크게 4가지로 분류하여 각각의 R&D 특성을 고려한 R&D 지원시스템을 도출하고 그 발전방향을 제시하고자 한다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.383-392
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• 2022

Culture technology is contributing to the creation of new values through convergence with other industries. The government is also actively investing in R&D in this field to secure competitiveness. In this study, the R&D efficiency of culture technology is analyzed by characteristics. Data envelopment analysis and non-parametric tests are performed on 968 national research projects in 2016-2019. As a result, it is confirmed that there are a difference in R&D efficiency according to the characteristics of national research projects in culture technology sector. This suggests that when planning national research projects for culture technology, these characteristics should be taken into consideration and strategically promoted.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2017.08a
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• pp.84-100
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• 2017

제1차 벤처붐을 겪은 이후 후기에 안정된 기업에 투자를 선호하는 벤처투자방식의 변화가 나타나고 있다. 기업성장단계에서 초기에서 중기에 있는 기업의 경우 자금의 부족을 경험하며, 지속적인 성장을 위해서 정부 R&D자금 지원을 받고 있다. 하지만 정부의 R&D자금 지원이 과연 지속가능성 측면에서 경쟁력이 있는 기업에게 지원되고 있는가에 대한 우려의 목소리가 있다. 본 연구는 제조업에 속하는 벤처기업을 대상으로 DEA 효율성 분석을 실시하였다. 이를 통하여 제조업에 속한 핵심 산업인 ICT제품과 같은 첨단제조와 기계, 자동차와 같은 일반제조에 속한 벤처기업의 효율성을 살펴보고, R&D지원을 받는 벤처기업과 그렇지 않은 기업을 비교분석한다. 추가로 두 집단 간의 특성(혁신성, 성장성, 수익성, 안전성)이 1년간 어떻게 변화하였는지 분석한다. 실증 분석결과, 제조업에 속한 R&D자금을 지원받는 벤처기업의 경우 그렇지 않은 기업보다 효율성이 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 이는 지원을 받은 벤처기업이 지속가능한 측면에서 비지원기업 보다는 경쟁력이 낮음을 시사한다. 그리고 1년간의 여러 특성의 변화를 살펴본 결과, 혁신성에서는 지원기업이 높은 성과를 창출하였지만, 수익성에 있어서 비지원기업 보다 저조한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 정부의 R&D지원이 지속가능성 측면에서 경쟁력이 있는 기업에게 지원되기 위해서는 기술력뿐만 아니라 경영 효율성을 고려하는 시도가 필요하다.