The purpose of this study is to extract the implications of regional innovation system experiences in Korea. In these days regional innovation systems have become popular in balanced national development strategies and endogenous territorial developme...
The purpose of this study is to extract the implications of regional innovation system experiences in Korea. In these days regional innovation systems have become popular in balanced national development strategies and endogenous territorial development plans.
This study has chosen two regional innovation system, seoul clothing industry and Icheon pottery industry. This study compares the two regional innovation systems by survey and interview of firms and supporting organizations. The main focuses of the survey are the characteristics of production system and supporting system, especially in innovation types, innovation sources, innovation difficulties, supporting organization and characteristics, etc.
This study found out the characteristics of regional innovation systems as follows; 1, there are more product innovations than any other innovation types, 2, the main sources of innovation are market and customers, 3. local supporting organizations in Icheon are more helpful than those of Seoul, 4. local government of Icheon is more useful to firms than that of Seoul, 5. 'local innovation system' can be operated in Korea like Icheon.