• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
• /
• v.14 no.2
• /
• pp.221-233
• /
• 2019

In Korea, small and medium sized domestic enterprises(SMEs) play an pivotal role in the national economy, accounting for 99.9% of all enterprises, 87.9% of total employment, and 48.3% of production. and SMEs was driving a real force of the development of national economy in many respects such as innovation, job creation, industrial diversity, balanced regional development. Despite their crucial role in the national development, most of SMEs suffer from a lack of R&D capabilities and equipments as well as funding capacity. Public R&D institutes can provide SMEs with valuable supplementary technological knowledge and help them build technological capacity. so, In order to effectively support SMEs, government and public R&D institutes must be a priority to know about the factors influencing the performance related to technology transfer and technological collaborations. In particular, SMEs are not only taking up a large portion of the national economy, but also their influence in politics and economy so strong that raising the competitiveness of small and medium-sized companies is a national policy goal that must be achieved in order to achieve sustained economic growth. For this reason, it is necessary to look specifically at the relationship between concepts such as the environment, strategy, and organizational culture surrounding the enterprise to enhance the competitiveness of SMEs. The paper analyzes 665 companies to find out which organizational culture affects their performance by classification and type of business of SMEs. This study demonstrated that when SMEs seek consistency in their external environment, strategies, and organizational structure to maintain their continued competitiveness. According to three-way analysis of variance (3-way ANOVA) indicates that classification of industries in SMEs has statistically significant main effects, but the type of business and organizational culture do not have significant effects. However, the company's organizational performance (operating profit) of SMES were found to differ significantly in comparison between groups according to classification standards of industries, and therefore adopted some parts. In addition, an analysis of the effect of interaction between the three independent variables of small and medium-sized enterprises has shown that there are statistically significant interaction effects among classification, types of business, and organizational cultures. The results shows that there is an organizational culture suitable for each industry classification and type of business of an entity, and is expected to be used as a basis for establishing promotion policies related to the incubation and commerciality of small and medium-sized venture companies in the future.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
• /
• v.2 no.1
• /
• pp.135-151
• /
• 1999

생명공학기술(biotechnology)은 보건·의료, 농업, 환경, 자원분야에서의 급격한 산업적 응용에 따라 21세기에는 세계경제에 막대한 파급효과를 보일 것으로 예상된다. 경제구조가 점점 고도화되어 한 국가의 기술능력이 산업경쟁력의 확보를 위해 그 중요성이 강조되는 상황에서, 미래첨단기술이라고 할 수 있는 생명공학기술에서의 성공여부는 앞으로 다가올 21세기의 국가 경쟁력 결정에 중요한 열쇠가 될 것이다. 본 연구는 이러한 상황인식하에 생명공학 기술에 대한 일반적인 현황과 전망을 살펴본 뒤 선진국의 생명공학기술 산업화 동향을 진단하고, 우리나라 생명공학산업 현황과 정부의 지원 정책을 조망한 뒤 생명공학산업의 활성화 방안에 대하여 의견을 제시하고 있다. 우리나라의 생명공학기술은 정부의 주도하에 산업계의 연구투자비 및 연구인력의 꾸준한 증대와 아울러 생명공학 제품도 수적으로나 판매규모면에서 큰 증가가 이루어져 왔다. 그러나 본질적으로 우리나라 생명공학기술에 대한 연구는 선진국에 뒤져있기 때문에 기초연구의 역량이 부족하고, 산업계의 과감한 기술개발 투자가 이루어지지 못하였으며, 또한 기술개발과 상업화를 위한 기술하부구조의 구축이 매우 미흡한 실정이다. 또한 WTO체제의 출범에 따른 지적재산권 보호의 압력이 높아지는 상황에서 설상가상으로 IMF체제까지 당하여 기업의 연구개발 능력은 매우 심각한 위기에 봉착하고 있는 것이다. 이러한 상황에서 생명공학산업의 활성화를 위해서는 정부의 역할이 더욱 필요하게 되었다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 상황인식하에 정부의 생명공학산업 활성화를 지원정책으로 연구자금, 시설 등 직접적인 지원정책 중심의 한계적 시각에서 벗어나 기업을 비롯한 기술혁신 주체간 상호작용과 기술혁신 환경조성을 위한 간접적 지원중심의 정책전환 필요성을 제시하고 있다. 또한 우리나라 생명공학 기술혁신시스템을 재정비하기 위한 중점 개선방안으로 연구개발 투자의 확대, 기초연구 역량의 강화, 벤쳐기업형 생명공학기업의 육성, 기술하부구조의 구축, 산업계·학계·연구소간 연계·교류 시스템의 강화를 제시하고 있다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
• /
• v.17 no.3
• /
• pp.584-603
• /
• 2014

It has become difficult with R&D capabilities of single nation to secure the weapons systems we need, particularly when faced with an increasingly limited budget and transforming into state-of-the-art weapon systems. Therefore, our country is also pursuing international joint technology cooperation for the efficient use of limited defense budgets. In this study, we analyzed the strategy focused on international joint technology cooperation with India. We identified three groups based on the level of defense science and technology cooperation, then we also present a possible cooperation areas and implementation strategies for each group. In addition, we suggest the need for maintenance of the legal system, and professional organizations in order to efficiently access the Indian market.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
• /
• v.16 no.4
• /
• pp.295-303
• /
• 2014

In this paper, due to the instability of the domestic market, global competition is intensifying in the current situation of global capacity building of SMEs for the purpose of developing a diagnostic indicator placed on the purpose. In this model, the results of applying several companies overall global innovation pilot enterprises and non-rated global innovative companies awarded significant difference between the score and the ability to believe the show. Non-global innovation companies, the relative firm size factor and R&D investment and patent number of factors are lacking appeared shone This is a common small business nature of the majority of companies small and R&D investment, the absolute amount is insufficient to reflect that, but the global innovator in the case of firm size and the relatively large amount of investment that never shows.

• Management & Information Systems Review
• /
• v.38 no.1
• /
• pp.1-21
• /
• 2019

This study focuses on (1) the relationship between the network intensity of top managers and the R&D investment of Korean firms, and (2) the moderating effects of the type (related-division vs. unrelated-division) and system (physical division vs. spin-offs) of corporate division on this relationship. The sample of this study was all type and/or system of corporate division implemented by Korean firms during 18-years (1999-2016) study periods. The results of multiple regression analyses as follow. First, as was expected in hypothesis 1 the network intensity of top managers has a strong positive linear relation with the R&D investment of Korean firms. Second, regarding the moderating effect of division type the results show that related-divisions significantly intensify the positive relationship of the network intensity of top managers with the R&D of Korean firms although unrelated-divisions did not. Third, in the analysis of moderating effect of corporate division system the results present the stronger positive moderating effect of spin-offs rather than physical divisions. The findings of the study implies that strong network intensity of top managers can be beneficial to long-term decision such as R&D investment of Korean firms. They accords to network theory that emphasize the importance of strong network effect among top managers based on their trust. The findings also implies that researchers and practitioners should consider organizational-level factors such as organizational structure, culture, corporate governance, etc as well as individual-level factors such as the characteristics and relationships of organizational members when making the decision for firm.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
• /
• v.7 no.3
• /
• pp.607-640
• /
• 2004

This article analyzes the venture firm based upon the new framework of Dynamic Firm Capability (DFC) to identify the process mechanism. Research methodology includes the case study involving structured interview and data collection from two leading Korean ICT(Information Communication Technology) firms in the same sector (DVR). IDIS, spun off from the university, has accumulated the innovative capability based on the R&D department. On the other hand, KODICOM has retained the technological trajectory in terms of marketing competence. Underlying hypothesis is that a firm should show a idiosyncratic evolutionary pattern by acquiring different complimentary assets(CA). In addition, effective internal process should be matched with the essential characteristics not only at the firm level but also at the sectoral level. By analyzing those two different firms, we will find the strategic successful factors based upon the evolutionary point of view. It is a key contribution of this paper to study on the process mechanism of ventures, and to explain detailed process mechanism by viewing two different characteristics of the firm at the functional level.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
• /
• v.14 no.4
• /
• pp.1050-1072
• /
• 2011

It is well known that international cooperation is considerably more difficult because of the difference of interests, level of technology of the partners, social and culture as well as various macro-environmental conditions. This case study aims to investigate the success factors of international R&D collaboration between two firms. For it, an in-dept interview was conducted to the Etri-Microsoft Information Security Lab. A comprehensive research on theories, such as resource-based theory, network theory, relationship marketing theory and market power perspective was done as well. The results show clear objectives, communications based on trust, core competence on which the counterpart can rely on, consideration on the government decision process as well as the environment are important for success.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
• /
• v.21 no.5
• /
• pp.538-547
• /
• 2021

This article explores the possibilities and limits of the University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) Faculty System from their perspectives. A qualitative research study is conducted to gain an in-depth understanding of experiences of the UIC faculties. Semi-structured interviews of eight UIC faculties working for A University located in the Seoul Metropolitan area were conducted for the date collection. The results suggest that the UIC Faculty System has provided retirees with an opportunity to move into a second career. Their intangible assets such as industrial field experience, R&D competency, organizational competency, and network all together have contributed to the innovation of the university education. However, the short-term performance-oriented operation has prevented the development of the UIC faculty system. These findings suggest that the system should be improved in order to promote its mutual benefits to both universities and UIC faculties.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
• /
• v.9 no.6
• /
• pp.173-186
• /
• 2011

In this study, the influence of the CEOs' characteristics on the technology innovation performances of IT venture companies was analyzed. The relation between business performance and the characteristics of CEOs has been dealt with in earlier studies, but most paid attention to financial perspective, and few of these focused on the influence of managers on technology innovation. On the other hand, most of the studies related to the role of managers in technology innovation mainly focused on R&D investment and research infrastructure but did not delve on the characteristics of them in an in-depth way. In this study, the characteristics of CEOs and their technology innovation performances were empirically analyzed based on the results of a recently conducted survey on the IT venture companies. In the analytical aspect, a negative binominal model was applied to solve the over-dispersion problem that often appears in the count variable analysis. As a result, it was found that major, work type, and work experience, among managers' characteristics, have significant influences on managers' technology innovation performances, along with the company's innovation capacity, technological competitiveness, market competition, and support from the government.

• Proceedings of the Technology Innovation Conference
• /
• 2004.02a
• /
• pp.132-151
• /
• 2004

Regional innovation capabilities have been regarded as essential in developing regional economy. Many regional governments all over the world have been pouring great efforts to increase their regional innovation capabilities. In these days, this trend has been prevailed among Korean regional governments. In line with the active support of the central government, Korean regional governments have started their own regional innovation policies. This paper aims at discussing a regional government`s efforts in enhancing its innovation capabilities. As a representative region, we select Kyunggi Province, because it is one of the most advanced regions in Korea. We discuss Kyunggi Province`s innovation promotion efforts in terms of organization, budget, and programs. According to our analysis, the Kyunggi`s provincial government increased its innovation capabilities to a large scale. It has extended its S&T promotion organization, increased its R&D budget to a large scale, and increased its R&D promotion programmes and even initiated its own programs.