Research Article
A Case Study for Enhancing Research Productivity of Public Research Institutes: Focused on E Research Institute in Korea
1 Pukyong National University
Published: January 2017 · Vol. 21, No. 4 · pp. 29-64
DOI: https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.17287/kbr.2017.21.4.29
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Abstract
In the present era, the importance of technology development becomes more important with the advent of the era of the fourth industrial revolution, and economic profit generation through the utilization of developed technologies is very important. At this point, I tried to elucidate the strategies and systems for enhancing research productivity through the case of E research institute, one of the government - funded research institutes of science and technology in charge of national science and technology. First, we analyzed prior research using keywords such as “research productivity”, “technology transfer” and “technology commercialization” which are directly related to research productivity. As a result of the analysis, we apply the key factors of R&D productivity to the R&D process and show them. Since then, research efforts have been conducted on E research institutes that have maintained high productivity. A key effort of the E research institute is the introduction of a customer- oriented full-cycle performance management system and the practical operation of the TLO. These suggest research productivity enhancement plans that can be considered at each stage of the R&D cycle leading to planning, implementation, diffusion, and evaluation, and have been continuously revised, supplemented, and developed over time. In addition, we analyzed the R&D steps of E research institute in relation to the key factors of each process presented in the previous research analysis. As a result, the research institutes' R&D stage systems were in line with the R&D process - specific research productivity factors presented in the previous research analysis. Thus, it can be seen that the various systems have become a source of sustained high research productivity. This research suggests that individual institutions need to make a dictionary, strategic, continuous, and step-by-step effort to enhance research productivity, and suggests the factors for enhancing research productivity through a preliminary research analysis as a checklist for each R&D process. It is meaningful that the related research provided a starting point to be discussed in depth.
