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An Empirical study on the dynamic capabilities of public innovation cluster

LEE, Jeongyun

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Abstract

This study applies the dynamic capabilities concept introduced by Teece (2007) to examine the sustainable growth capability of the Daedeok Research Complex (DRC), a public innovation cluster in Korea. The thesis measures the three main components of dynamic capabilities - sensing, seizing, and transforming -as well as organizational cultural characteristics. This study conducted questionnaire surveys and semi-structured interviews with employees of public research institutions in DRC. The survey results were analyzed using a structural equation model (SEM), and the author conducted further interview about rejected hypothesis with three principal researchers and two directors who belong to the public IT institute.

The findings indicated that the information searching and benchmarking capabilities of sensing had a significant effect on the internalization of knowledge of seizing, while networking relationships did not it. In turn, the organization’s internalization of knowledge had a significant effect on the resource adjustment or integration capability, but did not have a significant effect on the resource relocation or reconfiguration capability. In addition, organizational cultural characteristics had a positive mediating effect on the resource transformation capability. Through interviews with employees, the reason why networking relationship did not have significant effect on the organization’s internalization of knowledge was the culture of competition among members due to PBS. The reason why the internalization of knowledge did not have a significant effect on the resource relocation or reconfiguration was the complicated research project reporting structure and weak authority of the head of the institution.

Overall, these findings suggest that the Korean government should focus on improving methods of evaluating public research and development (R&D) organizations, giving more authority to the heads of these institutions, and fostering an open organizational culture.

Advisors
Joo, Yu-Min.
Department
KDI School, Master of Public Policy
Issue Date
2021
Publisher
KDI School
Description
Thesis(Master) -- KDI School: Master of Public Policy, 2021
Keywords
Research, Industrial--Korea (South)
Contents
1. Introduction

2. Literature Review

3. Research method and hypothesis

4. Data Analysis

5. Conclusion
Pages
64 p
URI
https://archives.kdischool.ac.kr/handle/11125/42237
Type
Thesis
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