Abstract
Korea’s R&D investment has significantly increased in recent years and the quantitative outputs such as number of papers and patents have also increased with the investment. However, the quality of R&D outputs has not been fully addressed. In particular, quality of technical performance, such as the quality of patents, has attracted little attention. In this paper, a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method was used to construct models for efficiency analysis of R&D investment, focused on quality of technical performance. Indices were proposed to analyze the quantitative and qualitative efficiencies of R&D investment. In order to effectively analyze R&D efficiencies, the measurement units of the input and output variables were standardized. Based on cases of livestock quarantine R&D projects of Korea, the quantitative and qualitative efficiencies of national R&D projects were analyzed and factors that would influence R&D efficiencies were identified. This paper suggests that both quantitative and qualitative efficiencies should be considered when measuring R&D efficiency. Also, it is recommended to carefully consider the characteristics of R&D projects during project selection stage.
| Translated title of the contribution | A Case Study on Qualitative Efficiency of National R&D Projects on Technical Performances : Focused on Livestock Quarantine |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 8-15 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | 한국산업경영시스템학회지 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Dec 2019 |