Hyeonchae Yang, Kyungmo Sung, Yeonglin Kim

KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 355-362, Sep. 2019
https://doi.org/10.3745/KTSDE.2019.8.9.355,   PDF Download:
Keywords: National R&D, R&D Funding, Concentration, Tile Index, Entropy Decomposition
Abstract

In the past, when research and development(R&D) resources were absolutely scarce, the so-called ‘choice and concentration’ strategy of national R&D projects has been persuasive. Under the current situation where various actors such as GRIs(Government-funded Research Institutes) and universities supported by more abundant R&D resources conduct national R&D projects, this strategy cannot be applied without distinction. In order to see how the strategy has worked, this paper analyzes the concentration of research funds allocated to actors performing national R&D projects. Concentration is measured based on the amount of research funds supported by government from 2002 to 2016 using the Theil index to break down the concentration of individual actors in the overall national R&D project. The results from the Theil index were compared with concentrations using the Gini coefficient, a widely known indicator. As a result, the Theil index could be used to analyze the concentration and sub-components’ contribution such as universities and GRIs that make up the entire national R&D system. The results also showed GRIs had the highest concentration, followed by universities, but their concentration has been somewhat reduced compared to 10 years ago. On the other hand, small-sized companies have maintained a certain level, although they are not highly concentrated. In other words, universities and GRIs tend to reduce the gap in the allocation of research funds among institutions, while small-sized companies tend to distribute them evenly.

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