Study on Efficiency of Joint Research on National R&D Projects by Research Entity and Technology Life Cycle Kim Byeongjeong1, Jeong Hanjo2,* 1SMEs Support Center, KISTI, 245 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea 2Department of Information Convergence, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Korea *Corresponding Author: Hanjo Jeong, Professor, Department of Information Convergence, Kwangwoon University, Korea. Email: hanjojeong@kw.ac.krevaluate
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Background/Objectives With the recent growth of industry, there has been a rising demand for evaluation of efficiency of collaborative R&D projects among industries, universities, and research institutes against R&D investments. Method/Statistical analysis In this paper, we analyzed the efficiency of the joint national R&D projects performed on the display technology fields, which is considered as an out-performed area as South Korea possesses number of world-leading technologies in the area. To evaluate the efficiency of the joint R&D projects, we mainly used the research outputs of the national R&D projects such as research papers, domestic and overseas patents, technology transfer, and commercialization. Findings At first, we compared the productivity of the research outcome for the display technology area with the research outcome of the entire research area. The results of the analysis show that the research efficiency of the display technology area is higher than the efficiency of the other area of research in overall except the technology transfer. In addition, we also analyzed the efficiency of the research based on the technology life cycle and research entities of the joint R&D projects for the display technology area. The results show that the efficiency of the early stages of the joint R&D projects is higher than other life stages in terms of the productivity of the research papers and patents, and the efficiency of the growth and maturity stages is superior on the productivity of the technology transfer and commercialization. Furthermore, the productivity of the research papers of the university is higher than the other research entities while the industry has higher productivity on the technology transfer and commercialization. Improvements/Applications With results of analysis shown in this paper, we can apply it for formation and management process of the joint R&D projects to maximize the efficiency of the R&D projects. Top Keywords Efficiency of Research, Joint Research, Technology Life Cycle, Research Entity, National R&D Projects, R&D Outcome. Top |