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Fig. 8
Collaborative network between R&D and industrial sector in DV
Regional Cluster of Specialized Industries
The several specialized industries in Daedeok like IT, BT, NT are now charac-
terized by many high-tech SME's concentrated in regional clusters and engaged in
symbiotic relationships with multi-international firms. The networked communi-
ties consisted of the firms of these specialized industries and are present at mature
stage of DST development. A survey of these patterns (Oh
2002
) in detail has
indeed confirmed that life-style reasons are the main factor in the initial location
decision, while this might suggest some magnetic effect as the basis for all parts of
DST and Daejeon City area. In other words, high-tech clusters start by accident
due to the presence of focal organizations (R&D centers, universities) that generate
spin-offs. These spin-offs, lead to continuous links, which sustain clusters of
several specialized sectors of industry in the long run. There are several good
examples such as 'Daedeok IT-net', and 'Daedeok Bio Valley'.
Daedeok IT-net in Daedeok Valley is a university—R&D center partnership in
field of IT industry, whose purpose is to create a new business model for clus-
tering. Daedeok IT-net is a cluster that promotes joint ownerships for gathering
market information and know-how and does marketing by members together in the
field of IT. Especially, this cluster keeps on doing the closer collaboration with the
mother organizations of spin-offs like ETRI, KT, and KAIST. The commerciali-
zation from IT-net is involved with SME, venture firms, and also large enterprise
through the collaboration. The supporting institute, Daejeon High-tech Industry
Promotion Foundation plays an important role for high-tech clusters in the field of
IT industry by supporting networking among universities, R&D center, and
industry in the region (Fig.
9
).
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