An International Comparative Study of Basic Scientific Research Capacity: OECD Countries, Taiwan and Korea

摘要

This article presents an econometric model relating to the technological development problem of a technologically less developed country, by which its basic scientific research capacity (BSRC) and the gap in terms of time lag can be measured and forecasted in connection with factor analysis and the estimated BSRC progress function. Based on the analysis, the coauthors recommend some technology policies designed to promote total factor productivity as well as the international competitiveness of Korea. There is an emphasis on the importance of research activities of universities in basic science, which yield a synergy effect with domestic innovation in the dynamic process of assimilation, absorption, improvement, and indigenization of the technologies imported from technologically advanced countries, especially in the era of "technological war."