A System for Technology-Driven Regional Innovation in South Korea

Deog-Seong Oh and Danielle Swanepoel

Chapter 10 in Upending Geopolitics:Strategic Shifts in Technologies, Cities, and Global Influence, 2026, pp 381-409 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:IntroductionRegional Innovation Platforms and TechnopolisUnpacking the ConceptsTechnopolis and the Structure of the Regional Innovation PlatformThe Basic Structure of Technopolis as Regional Innovation PlatformA Mechanism of the Regional Innovation PlatformTechnopark: Implementing a Regional Innovation Platform Type (I)Conceptual Understanding of a TechnoparkChungnam TechnoparkInnovation Cluster: Implementing a Regional Innovation Platform Type [II]The Concept of an Innovation ClusterA Case Study: The Daedeok INNOPOLIS, DaejeonSummary and Policy RecommendationsSTPs/Technopoleis as Central Nodes in the Innovation System: Building Collaborative NetworksTwo Typologies as Practical Regional Innovation Models: Technopark vs. Innovation ClusterSupport for Innovation Discovery and Ecosystem DevelopmentHow the Regional Development Strategies Effectively Answer the Five ChallengesConclusionReferences

Keywords: Geopolitics; Semiconductors; AI; Cities; Economics; Security; Technopolis; Innovation; Technology; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Cyber Warfare; Technological Innovation; Super-States; Authoritarian Impulses; Trade; Capital Flows; International Supply Chains; Russian Bloc; China; Expansionist; Authoritarian; Authoritarian Tendencies; Global Landscape; Us Industrial Policy; Market Distortions; Economic Strategies; Climate Change; Pandemics; Demographic Shift; Long-term Sustainability; Short-Term Gains; National Security; Logistics; Neo-Colonial Dynamics; Cyber Technology; Biotechnology; Space Technology; Dystopia; Economic Policies; Urban AI Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Competition in the Semiconductor Industry; AI Race; Urban Energy; Urban Climate; Global Innovation; Immigration; Immigrant Entrepreneurship; Market Renewal; Post-World War II; Rules-Based System of International Order; Great-power Spheres of Influence; Russia; Ukraine; Communist; Great War Against the World; India; Innovation Economy; South Korea; Regional Innovation; Diplomacy; City-to-City Diplomacy; Technology-Driven Innovation; Evolving Geopolitics; Distributed Work; Air Cargo; Air Cargo Industry; Optimization; Technology in Optimization; Economic Challenges And Conflicts; Geopolitical Environment; Emerging Geopolitical Environment; Climate Crisis; Economic Theory; Radical Reform; Circuits; Systems; Social Change; Technological Forecasting; Science and Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F50 F52 F53 F55 F59 O25 O33 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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