• World Technopolis Review
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.46-61
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• 2015

There is an implicit assumption in most regional innovation policy studies that once a policy has been made the policy will be implemented. This assumption is not valid for regional innovation policies formulated in many countries. This assumption rests upon certain political and organization conditions. It is frequently said that regional innovation system in Korea is one of the successful cases because of properly established institution for the implementation of innovation policies. The components of institution for innovation are defined in this article. For the analysis of institution for regional innovation system in Korea, three aspects such as organization, policies & programs, and governance structure were taken into account. Institution for regional innovation system in Korea is analyzed with three aspects: (1) organization for policy implementation, (2) innovation policy, and (3) governance structure. Firstly, organizations for innovation in Korea are composed of three categories such as organizations for policy formulation, organizations for policy implementation and agencies for coordination. Secondly, there are two categories of policies for innovation: (1) policies for the enhancement of national competitiveness and policies for the regional innovation capacity building, and (2) policies for fostering manpower and policy for regulatory reform. Thirdly, innovation governance in Korea is composed of three layer structure: (1) top level governance which is composed of two committee, three ministries and two agencies, (2) local level governance such as one innovation related offices and one center for regulatory reform, and (3) one category of agency for coordination as a regional platform.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2018

최근 신흥개발국들은 한국형 경제개발 정책에 관심을 갖고 한국의 지역혁신 모델을 접목하고자 노력하고 있다. 한국도 신흥국의 수요에 맞추어 지역혁신 모델을 수출하고 해당국과 경제협력을 강화하는데 관심이 있다. 본 연구는 신흥국에 대한 한국형 지역혁신모델 전수사업을 분석하고 정책을 제시하고자 한다. 이를 위해 태국, 키르키즈공화국, 베트남, 멕시코 등 신흥 4개국의 혁신기관 실무자들이 공동학습 - 네트워크- 상호작용 활동에 참여하는 행태를 표적집단면접법에 의해 분석하였다. 한국의 혁신기관에서 제공하는 전수사업에서 현지국가 혁신주체의 초기 활동을 분석한 결과, 전수사업의 연수 시간과 이후 현지인들에 의한 자체 공동학습 참여율의 관계는 가장 밀접한 상관관계 (0.975)가 있음을 발견하였다. 그러나 이들의 자체 공동학습과 현지의 네트워크 참여율의 상관계수는 다소 낮아 (0.667), 현지에서 공동학습을 네트워크로 연결하는 정책이 필요하다. 네트워크 참여율과 혁신주체의 상호작용 참여율은 높은 상관관계 (0.950)로 나타나, 네트워크 구축이 지역혁신 모델의 관건이라는 것을 보여준다. 본 연구는 교육과 컨설팅 형태의 연수보다는 현지의 혁신 네트워크 활동을 촉진하는 사업을 추천한다. 본 연구는 충남테크노파크의 사례와 같이 혁신주체들이 스스로 학습 네트워크를 구축하여 지역에 맞는 혁신모델을 창출하고 지역혁신플랫폼을 직접 운영하는 단계까지 추진하는 전수사업 정책을 제안한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.80-88
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 우리나라의 16개 광역자치단체별 지역 혁신 잠재력을 분석하고자 지역혁신기반, 지역혁신활동, 지역혁신성과 등 3개 분야를 20개 지표에 의해 산출하였고, 이를 총괄한 종합 혁신 잠재력을 측정하였다. 측정결과 지역혁신기반의 불균형이 심각한 것으로 확인되었고 이러한 격차는 연구기반과 정보기반에서도 발견되었다. 3개 분야 모두 수도권과 비수도권 간의 불균형 격차가 큰 반면, 정부의 지역혁신 지원 사업에 기인한 지역혁신활동은 비교적 균등한 것으로 나타났다. 종합 혁신 잠재력이 낮은 일부 지역의 경우 3개 분야 간 편차가 상대적으로 크게 나타나고 있어 이를 보완하기 위한 정책지원이 뒷받침되어야만 지역혁신이 성공적이고 지속적으로 이루어 질 수 있을 것이다. 최근 첨여정부가 추진하고 있는 공공기관 이전 및 혁신도시 건설을 성공적으로 추진하기 위해서는 지식기반산업과 지방정보산업 육성을 중점적으로 추진하면서 연구 인력이 지방에 정착할 수 있는 프로그램을 개발하는 것이 중요하다고 본다.

• World Technopolis Review
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.92-106
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• 2012

This study focuses on exploring the behaviours of high-tech start-up firms in response to the policy interventions undertaken to promote regional innovation in South Korea since 1997. High-tech start-ups and their technological entrepreneurship are increasingly considered by policy makers and academics to play a crucial role in the generation of innovation and economic development. However, this study started from a basic concern of why government intervention does not necessarily result in an increase of regional innovation capacity. To explain this concern, we constructed a new conceptual framework of 'government dependency' and apply this to 'Daedeok,' a regional innovation system in South Korea, to explore the reproduction of path dependency as an impact induced by innovation policy. This conceptual framework was developed by remodeling path dependency approaches through a systemic and interactive lens. An empirical study used qualitative interviews of start-up founders to delineate the emergence of a new development path and the extent to which dependency was reproduced in the Daedeok regional innovation system. Empirical analysis suggested that 'reliance' and 'persistence' were the crucial factors in the production and reproduction of the government dependency. Some firms accepted dependency as reliance, but others regarded it as policy utilization. Thus, a critical juncture could not be clearly identified in actors' behaviour. It was also unclear if dependency had hindered innovation, but it was shown that the regional and institutional contexts strongly influenced the reproduction process. The study concludes that the construct of government dependency can also provide useful insights into policy learning as well as the success of government interventions.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.225-234
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• 2022

혁신은 지역의 경쟁력을 높이는데 있어서 중요한 역할을 할뿐만 아니라 중진국의 함정에서도 빠져 나올 수 있는 역할을 할 수 있다. 본 논문은 중국의 지역별 혁신역량을 비교하기 위해 혁신 투입, 혁신 산출, 혁신 환경의 관점에서 지역혁신지수를 구성하고, 주성분 분석과 클러스터 분석을 이용하여 2006년부터 2019년까지 중국 31개 성, 직할시, 자치구의 지역혁신지수를 추정하였다. 추정결과에 따르면 중국의 지역혁신역량은 지역별 차이가 크며 혁신역량이 높은 지역은 주로 지역경제발전 수준이 상대적으로 높은 동남 연해안 지역에 집중되어 있다. 이는 혁신역량과 지역경제발전 수준과 관계가 있음을 나타낸다. 군집분석은 31개의 지역을 5개 유형으로 분류하였다. 분류결과에 의하면 지역경제발전 수준이 상대적으로 높은 연해안 지역의 혁신역량이 높고 이는 이들 지역이 입지적인 우위와 국가정책에서의 우위를 가지고 있기 때문이다.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.357-379
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• 2022

본 연구는 우리나라 지역의 산업 다양성 및 혁신역량을 진단하고 자생적 지역발전을 위한 우선순위 설정 방식에 대해 논의한다. 1990년대 후반 이후 수도권과 비수도권 간의 경제적 격차를 줄이기 위한 지역발전정책이 다각도로 시도되었지만, 지역의 산업 특성 및 혁신역량을 고려한 발전전략 수립은 미흡하였다. 기술과 산업의 고도화 및 다변화에 따라 지역은 특정 산업에 특화하는 전략에서 벗어나 경제 충격에 대비하기 위한 전략적 다각화를 모색해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 지역의 산업 다양성을 무관다양성(unrelated variety)과 연관다양성(related variety) 지표를 이용하여 특성화한다. 다양성 지표는 수도권-비수도권 간, 제조업-서비스업 간 상이한 양태를 보이며, 이는 지역발전에서 산업적 특성을 고려해야 할 필요성을 제기한다. 마지막으로 다양성 지표와 혁신역량지표를 두 축으로 하여 우리나라 시군구 지자체의 현 상황을 네 가지로 유형화하고 각 유형에 맞는 지역발전정책 우선순위를 제안한다.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.847-859
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• 2019

Purpose: The companies must be located in the area, scale up, create jobs, and return to the local economy. This paper attempted to analyze empirically the relationship between regional context and entrepreneurial orientation(EO) in the region of Korea. Methods: This paper analyzed survey data and regional statistics. We measured EO by region and then examined which regional context affect EO. Regional contexts were measured by population, economic size, budget size, firm size, innovation capacity, and education level. EO was measured by innovativeness, risk taking, proactiveness, autonomy, competitive aggressiveness, and need for achievement. Results: EO was high in the region where the budget size per thousand population, the number of manufacturers per thousand population, the number of new corporations per thousand population, the number of R&D personnel per thousand population, and the number of students of higher education institutions per thousand population were high. Conclusion: The implications of this paper are that regional context affect EO, and there are differences in budget scale, firm size, innovation capacity, and education level. In regions with many investment resources for innovation and startups and manufacturers, the number of R&D personnel and students of higher education institutions (future R&D personnel), in particular, determines EO.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.39-67
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• 2021

This study investigated the policy instruments pertinent to the establishment of a regional innovation system in the Mekong Delta that facilitates the development of a countermeasure towards various issues of industrial and technological nature. First, we conducted the research with regard to the status and environment of the region. Second, a field visiting survey was implemented to analyze the results of international efforts and regional capacity to solve the problems attendant upon introducing technologies related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Third, we derived the key policy issues and challenges from the results of the field visiting survey and experts' conference with a deep focus on technological transfer and international cooperation to enhance the capability in the science and technology field. Fourth, we conducted the opinion survey of the experts from Korea and Vietnam to converge local opinions from both countries and analyzed the results. The range of research subjects is responding to climate change, managing water resources, coordinating energy and industrial structure, making a resilient Mekong regional ecosystem, smartification of local cities, and improving the life quality of citizens, and so on. The results of this study are expected to be the beginning of fundamental research in the mid to long-term view of the Mekong Delta region innovation system of Korea and Vietnam and to evaluate the master plan.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.253-262
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• 2013

In this study, we analyzed the anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities of seven medicinal herbs. All extracts of the tested herbs, Euryale ferox Salisbury, Echinops setifer Iljin, Amomum cardamomum Linne, Tetrapanax papyriferus, Illicium verum Hook. f., Typha orientalis Presl, and Piper longum Linne, exhibited potent anti-oxidative activity as confirmed by DPPH radical scavenging capacity. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced nitric oxide (NO) production, in the RAW 264.7 cell line, was also ameliorated by all extracts' treatments in a dose dependent manner. NO suppressive activity originated from the inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein expression by the extracts. Three extracts, E. ferox S., I. verum Hook. f., and P. longum L., possessed suppressive activity against, not only iNOS, but also cycloxygenase 2 (COX-2) protein expression. These three extracts may then serve as potential candidates for non steroidal analgesic inflammation drugs (NSAIDs). Furthermore, all extracts induced anti-oxidative enzyme, heme oxygenase 1, protein expression. Taken together, these results provide an important new insight into the fact that various medicinal herbs possess potent anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities and might be utilized as promising agents in the field of health products. Further studies for the identification of the active compounds from medicinal herbs are clearly needed.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.298-313
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• 2022

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The effectiveness of natural compounds in improving athletic ability has attracted attention in both sports and research. Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) leaves are used to make traditional herbal medicines in Asia. The active components of G. pentaphyllum, dammarane saponins, or gypenosides, possess a range of biological activities. On the other hand, the anti-fatigue effects from G. pentaphyllum extract (GPE) and its effective compound, gypenoside L (GL), remain to be determined. MATERIALS/METHODS: This study examined the effects of GPE on fatigue and exercise performance in ICR mice. GPE was administered orally to mice for 6 weeks, with or without treadmill training. The biochemical analysis in serum, glycogen content, mRNA, and protein expressions of the liver and muscle were analyzed. RESULTS: The ExGPE (exercise with 300 mg/kg body weight/day of GPE) mice decreased the fat mass percentage significantly compared to the ExC mice, while the ExGPE showed the greatest lean mass percentage compared to the ExC group. The administration of GPE improved the exercise endurance and capacity in treadmill-trained mice, increased glucose and triglycerides, and decreased the serum creatine kinase and lactate levels after intensive exercise. The muscle glycogen levels were higher in the ExGPE group than the ExC group. GPE increased the level of mitochondrial biogenesis by enhancing the phosphorylation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) protein and the mRNA expression of nuclear respiratory factor 1, mitochondrial DNA, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-δ, superoxide dismutase 2, and by decreasing the lactate dehydrogenase B level in the soleus muscle (SOL). GPE also improved PGC-1α activation in the SOL significantly through AMPK/p38 phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS: These results showed that GPE supplementation enhances exercise performance and has anti-fatigue activity. In addition, the underlying molecular mechanism was elucidated. Therefore, GPE is a promising candidate for developing functional foods and enhancing the exercise capacity and anti-fatigue activity.