Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Suh, Joonghae
Author-Email: suh@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: Korea's Innovation System: Challenges and New Policy Agenda
Abstract: The challenges presented to the Korean Innovation System require several
	 fundamental and structural changes. Some are more directly related to particular
	 innovation actors and activities; but some are, directly and indirectly, related to
	 the much wider context of the economic system as a whole. The role of the National
	 Innovation System (NIS) in a knowledge based economy is as the primary producer of
	 knowledge which enables sustained economic growth; however, at the same time, the
	 configuration and constellation of the NIS is conditioned by a much broader
	 socio-economic context, Some of these changes are already underway in South Korea,
	 particularly in the wake of the financial crisis. Government, industry and research
	 communities are all making painful efforts to reform. Some of these efforts are
	 very positive, but some need to be more carefully designed. 
Keywords: National Innovation Systems, Innovation, Government Policy, South Korea 
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 2000
Number: 4
File-URL: http://www.intech.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/2000-4.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 516 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:200004