The improvement of spin-offs from national nuclear R and D activities in Korea

The objectives of this study were to identify the influencing factors and suggest guidelines for improving the technological effectiveness of spin-offs concerning the national nuclear R and D programmes in Korea. In order to find the influencing factors on the technological effectiveness of the spin-off process, this study described the conceptual model which was composed of the technological effectiveness and three-group influencing factors such as donor, recipient and common factors. To validate the conceptual model, data were collected from twelve cases through in-depth interviews and well-prepared questionnaires, and the Spearman's correlation coefficient was employed. Finally, the influencing factors at each stage of the spin-off process were integrated to draw up a schematic framework and evaluate the implications for the improvement of technological effectiveness of spin-offs. (author)