Dense Communication and R&D in Knowledge-based Industrial Clusters: Comparative Study of Small & Medium-sized Firms in Korea and China

Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Yoshihiro Kameyama
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Yoshihiro Kameyama: The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD), Japan

No 206, Discussion Paper Series from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Abstract: This paper presents analyses of the effects of dense communication of industry-academia-government cooperation on enhancement and reduction of in-house R&D activities using survey data of the Seoul Digital Industrial Complex, Daedeok Valley, and Zhongguancun Science Park. Our results show that older firms, presumably with more-experienced personnel, take more advantage of R&D cooperation in large metropolitan areas, whereas in-house R&D of less-experienced younger firms is not influenced greatly by external knowledge. In a science park that is distant from the economic core region, we identified that encouragement by local organization toward R&D by less-experienced younger firms has considerable influence.

Keywords: R&D cooperation; industrial cluster; Seoul Digital Industrial Complex; Daedeok Valley; Zhongguancun Science Park (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O32 O40 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2007-10, Revised 2008-07
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