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Table 3 Sectoral of R&D centers; number (employee)
Description
Public sector
Private sector
Total
Comprehensive R&D
4 (1,230)
1 (83)
5 (1,313)
Biotechnology
4 (482)
5 (455)
9 (937)
Information technology
3 (2,655)
5 (848)
8 (3,503)
Precision chemical
1 (403)
9 (1,672)
10 (2,075)
New material (including high molecule)
5 (549)
5 (549)
Meccatronics (including marine science)
2 (571)
2 (305)
4 (876)
Resource, Energy development
5 (2,173)
2 (76)
7 (2,249)
Astronomy, Aerospace, Astronautics
3 (806)
1 (109)
4 (915)
The others
6 (2,483)
2 (112)
8 (2,595)
Total
28 (10,803)
32 (4,209)
60 (15,012)
etc. As R&D activities of private institutes became subdivided and varied, the
potentiality of DST for technology commercialization has increased.
Industrial Activities: Growth of Venture business and SME's
The industrial activities of DST have focused on venture business from research
institutes' spin-off firms. There is a concentration of highly educated and skilled
research manpower in public and private R&D center. This means that there is a
high possibility of commercialization of research results. It is argued that the high
potentiality is because there are about 2000 doctorate degree holders. Recently,
active spin-offs are increasing in the research institutes and universities and sig-
nificant sources of technology-oriented new ventures are being generated. Actu-
ally, 7.1 % of total venture firms in Korea is located in Daejeon Metropolitan City
and Chungnam Province (6 % in Daejeon, 1.1 % in Chungnam Province). It is the
highest concentration outside the Seoul Capital Region.
The start-up activities in DST began to be observed from the time when
institutions launched their TBIs. As research institutes and universities including
ETRI, KAIST, and CNU participated in TBI business, the number of venture firms
suddenly increased. This enabled venture start-up to be accepted as an essential
aspect and activity area rather than be understood as a mere part of R&D activity.
When venture firms from the major 10 R&D centers in DST were surveyed in
2004, there were only 2 venture firms in 1990, 130 firms in 2002, and an increase
to 219 firms in 2004. If job creation is analyzed for the same years, 35 persons
were employed in 1990, 2,212 employees in 2002, and 3,237 persons were
employed in 2004 (See Fig.
5
) ETRI, KAIST, and Korea Standard Science
Research Institute are the main bodies, which actively contributed to technology
commercialization. And, the venture start-ups extended to all area of Daejeon
since late 1990s. The venture inauguration set out from DST/Innopolis began a
full-scale relation with regional territory not only to Daejeon Metropolitan City but
also to its vicinity.
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