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Dense Communication and R&D in Knowledge-based Industrial Clusters: Comparative Study of Small & Medium-sized Firms in Korea and China
| Author | Nobuaki Hamaguchi, Yoshihiro Kameyama |
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| Date of Publication | 2007. 10 |
| No. | 2007-21 |
| Download | 975KB |
Contents Introduction
This paper presents an analysis of the effects of dense communication of industry-university-government cooperation on enhancing in-house (a company’s own) R&D activities in Korean and Chinese knowledge-based industrial clusters: the Seoul Digital Industrial Complex, Daedeok Valley, and the Zhongguancun Science Park. Our unique survey data enable us to examine firms’ communication behaviors, i.e., communication frequency, participants, and purposes, related to the choice of communication mode. Results of this study demonstrate that agglomeration might impart least two influences on an individual firm: agglomeration stimulates more in-house R&D through exchange of ideas; and it reduces in-house R&D by promoting its outsourcing.