Title :
R&D success factors and intensity for small and medium-sized enterprises in Korea
Author :
Cho, Daemyeong ; Choi, Gyunghyun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
Innovation is almost a necessity for business nowadays for being competitive. As a practical activity for technical innovation, the significance of R&D is getting on the rise more and more to either large or small and medium sized enterprises. Especially for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), R&D is considered as a main factor for innovation and sometimes is considered as a key factor for their survival. In this paper, we investigate some success factors for SMEs´ R&D and analyze their relative intensity on successive order base. Also, we show the interrelationship between the intensity and both company size and company age.
Keywords :
innovation management; organisational aspects; small-to-medium enterprises; Korea; R&D success factors; company age; company size; innovation management; small and medium-sized enterprises; Companies; Economics; Innovation management; Production; Research and development; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management for Global Economic Growth (PICMET), 2010 Proceedings of PICMET '10:
Conference_Location :
Phuket
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8203-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-890843-21-2
