1University of Science and Technology, 217, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
2National Science & Technology Information Service Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, 245, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
Korea is focusing to improve its innovative system and performance based on collaborative structure and it is important to analyze impact of R&D collaboration on innovative performance of the nation.
We empirically analyzethe role of collaborative research and its influence in determining innovative performance. For that, we developed certain hypothesis to examine the role of input factors and its impact and further tested our hypothesis. We empirically analyzed data of national collaborative R&D projects conducted between 2012–2016 in Korea. We used the negative binomial regression method for analysis the result and to find a meaningful implication of our study.
The result proposes that collaborative research input factors and collaborative partners have significant impact on technology and knowledge innovation outcomes. The study also provides evidence that university, industy and research institutes as research partners has different influence on innovative performance. Moreover, collaborative research factors like number of participants, duration of projects and government investment has specific effects on determining the innovative capabilities of the nation.
The result gives insight on effect of collaborative research on innovative performance and specifies the implications for better management of input factors in order to improve its impact on performance.
Collaborative R&D, Innovative performance, Research Input, Innovative Performance, Innovation System
