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The other networking type among venture firms in DST/Daedeok Innopolis is
collaboration based on the information infrastructure. It is networking that utilizes
cyber space offered by Internet. For instance, there are two firms that manage
online collaboration systems such as Hallow DD and DVI News in DV. These
include serve information, DB for business, publicity (information) activities, and
consulting through online network. Collaboration by information infrastructure has
some advantages because it is not restricted by space and is able to connect in real
time.
High-tech cluster in RIS has been made on the basis of the close relationships
between research institutes, universities, and industrial sectors including venture
businesses in DST/Daedeok Innopolis. It has been developed in three steps; net-
work building for the collaboration between R&D center and industry, diversified
collaboration and networked entrepreneurship of venture businesses and regional
cluster of several specialized high-tech industries. The three different ways of
network development have been aided by self-help meetings and information
exchanges at initial stage and networked community building for developing
competitiveness of industrial activities with the indirect support of local govern-
ment for RIS system.
Evaluation: Social Sustainability in Terms of Networking
The changing process from formal network to regional clustering is meaningful for
the regional technopolis development. The network building called DSTA was a
formal association only to play a limited role for public interest. It opened a
possibility of collaboration among research institutes in DST at the first stage. The
second stage of development initiated by major research university (KAIST) and
research institute (ETRI) in 1990s was the starting point for the close cooperation
of technology transfer and commercialization. In particular, the regional cluster of
specialized industrial sectors (IT, BT, etc.) is the most important development. It
can accelerate the regional capability of technology-based development and
regional innovation through closer collaboration among high-tech SME's which
were spin-offs from universities and research institutes and keep them closely
linked. This kind of process enables the city to form RIS system to integrate these
three stages of the sustainable development for regional innovation. The high-tech
cluster in RIS can be a very important base for the economic sustainability of DST/
Daedeok Innopois and Daejeon Metropolitan City. Clustered development enables
the local parents of industrial sector to join the stage of regional economic growth
through close collaboration with high-tech sectors including R&D centers, HEIs in
DV. Furthermore, the regional cluster of IT, BT, can give the potential of high-
tech industrial growth in the future (Table
5
).
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