Abstract
Gyeonggi Province is the core area of Korea not only in terms of population, politics, and culture but also in manufacturing and industrial technologies. All the major IT companies and automakers are headquarterd in Gyeonggi Province. Recently, it has started to invest at science and technology to enhance its technological competitiveness. The Gwanggyo Technovalley (GTV) is one of the major S&T policy initiatives in Gyeonggi Province, which is owned and run by the regional government. In this chapter, the theory of innovation cluster was briefly reviewed and GTV situation in 2010 is evaluated in the context of innovation cluster. It is evaluated that GTV has excellent locational advantages but there are many weak points and policy issues for the future development. For instance, it is necessary to make detailed comprehensive master plan including marketing and globalization plans. In addition, it is required to identify the technology areas for the specialization. Finally, it is concluded that GTV case shows typical (or some specific to Gyeonggi Province) characteristics of the development of an innovation cluster in the region. From the GTV case, it can be learned that more thoughts and plans are necessary on management plan as well as hardware infrastructure development in the development of innovation clusters in regional level.
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Yim, D.S. (2014). Development of an Innovation Cluster in the Region: Experience of Gwanggyo Technovalley in Korea. In: Oh, DS., Phillips, F. (eds) Technopolis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5508-9_24
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