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Determinants of Technology Transfer and Commercialization in National Research and Development: Focusing on Korea Railroad Research Projects

  • Received : 2018.07.30
  • Accepted : 2018.10.15
  • Published : 2018.12.31

Abstract

This study aims to understand the importance of commercialization of research and development projects and examines key factors that allow successful technology transfer and commercialization. Given the characteristics of the railway research project, and assuming that R&D input factors would vary depending on the technology readiness level and the degree of research convergence, this study analyzes the moderating effect of each R&D input factor on technology transfer and commercialization to determine their eventual impact. Through this study, it was found that it was necessary to proceed to technology transfer and commercialization of the national research and development projects via strategic workforce composition and allocation of research funding given the subjects and development goals of R&D projects.

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Table 1 List of national R&D project data used for analysis

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Table 2 Characteristics of sample

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Table 3 Factors affecting technology transfer and commercialization

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Table 4 Moderating effects of TRL before R&D

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Table 5 Moderating effect of TRL after R&D

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Table 6 Moderating effect of the degree of research convergence

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