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Information Economics and Policy
Volume 19, Issue 2, June 2007, Pages 249-277
 
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Building the national ICT frontier: The case of Korea

Juneseuk Shina, E-mail The Corresponding Author and Yongtae ParkCorresponding Author Contact Information, a, E-mail The Corresponding Author

aDepartment of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shilim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea

Received 28 February 2006; 
revised 8 January 2007; 
accepted 12 January 2007. 
Available online 19 January 2007.

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Abstract

A new, systematic and integrated way of building a national information and communication technology (ICT) frontier is proposed for countries specialized in ICT for export. Using patent citation as a proxy of interaction between technologies, a national ICT network is developed. Local core ICTs are identified by using two centrality measures and five brokerage measures. The importance in terms of direct flow and indirect flow is captured separately. To keep abreast of global trends, global ICT network is developed and benchmarked. Adding locally missing but globally important ICTs to local core ICT lists, an overall national ICT frontier is built. Cluster-based strategic frontiers are also established to provide a way of focusing on key technologies efficiently and to open various strategic opportunities for national ICT development. Korea’s ICT industry is exemplified in order to make the application of the method clear.

Keywords: National ICT frontier; Patent citation; Centrality; Brokerage; Benchmarking

JEL classification codes: O32; O33; O38; O53

Article Outline

1. Introduction
2. Theoretical background
2.1. Patent network analysis
2.2. Brokerage measurement
2.3. Patent citation as a policy indicator
3. Methodology
3.1. Research framework
3.2. Patent network generation
3.3. Technology importance measurement
3.4. Global benchmarking
4. Empirical analysis: case of Korea’s ICT
4.1. Data
4.2. Korea’s ICT network
4.2.1. Cluster allocation
4.2.2. Local core ICT identification
4.2.3. Comparison with Korea’s ICT industry structure
4.3. Global ICT network benchmarking
4.3.1. Global core ICT identification
4.3.2. Global core ICT and GPT (general purpose technology)
4.3.3. Disparity analysis
4.4. Korea’s national ICT frontier
4.4.1. Overall frontier
4.4.2. Cluster-based strategic frontier
4.4.3. Comparison with Korea’s ICT industry structure change
5. Conclusion
Appendix A.  
Appendix B.  
Appendix C.  
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