한국 이공계 대학교수 지식이전 경로의 영향요인 = Influencing Factors on the Knowledge-Transfer Channel of the Korean Academics Engaged in Science and Engineering

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Against Nonaka’s seminal work in 1999, this study aims to investigate various influencing factors on knowledge-transfer channels of Korean academics. To do this, we surveyed 20,000 Korean academics in science and engineering with regard to factors involved in their formal and informal collaborative activities with firms. In particular, we focus on the individual characteristics of the academics when the channels are changed from informal channels (e.g. consulting)to formal channels (e.g. licensing), as the codification of knowledge is important when it is spilled over. According to the results, male academics with a longer career and in the field of applied disciplines in a big laboratories are likely to join the transformation of the channels. Interestingly,application capacity as measured by the number of patent application is significantly and positively related to the participation of formal channels. In contrast, scientific capacity as measured by the number of papers is significantly and negatively, or in some case weakly, related to the participation.
Finally, based on the findings, some policy implications are put forwarded.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 Nonaka(1999)의 지식이전 경로에 대한 연구를 바탕으로 우리나라 이공계 대학 교수의 기업 지식이전 경로(특히, 공식·비공식 경로)에 그들의 인적, 환경적 특성이 어떤 영향을 미치고 있는지에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 이에 따라 56개 이공계 대학 2만여 명의 교수에 지식이전 경로에 대한 설문이 실시되었으며, 그 응답을 바탕으로 경험적 분석이 이루어 졌다. 분석을 통해 한국대학의 지식이전이 어떤 경로로 이루어지고 있으며, 대학교수의 인적, 연구역량, 환경적 특성 중 어떤 특성과 관련을 맺고 있는지 밝혀냈다. 특히, 비공식 경로에서 공식경로로 전환될 때(암묵지에서 형식지로의 전환) 교수의 어떤 특성이 영향을 주는지 확인하는 것은 중요하다. 왜냐하면 형식지로 전환될 때 많은 지식수요자에 통용되기 위한 표출화가 중요하기 때문이다. 분석결과, 대학교수의 인적 특성에서 남성이고, 경력이 길고, 응용성이 강한 분야를 전공인 경우 혹은 큰 실험실에 근무하는 교수일수록 공식 경로로의 전환에 참여할 가능성이 높았다. 특히, 특허 수로 측정된 응용적 연구역량은 공식적 경로의 참여에 중요한 요소인 반면, 논문 수로 측정된 과학적 연구역량은 유의미하지 않거나 부의 방향으로 유의미한 관계를 보여주었다. 이러한 분석 결과를 바탕으로 정책 시사점을 제시하였다.

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