Service R&D Status and Policy Demands of Innovative Manufacturing Firms in Korea

In order to establish effective policies, it is necessary to ascertain the status of service R&D in the manufacturing sector. We need to know which manufacturing firms participate in service R&D (service R&D participation), and which manufacturing firms make large investments in service R&D (service R&D investment). In addition, in order to establish a policy to revitalize service R&D at manufacturing firms, which is currently at a low level, it is necessary to understand what kind of support policies Korean manufacturing firms demand.Considering that, this study attempts to define the concept of service R&D in the manufacturing sector, and based on that, presents policy directions for revitalizing service R&D in manufacturing by identifying the status of service R&D and the policy demands of innovative manufacturing firms in Korea using survey data.Keywords: service industry; service R&D; R&D investment; innovation; innovation policy; service industry policy; industrial policy; manufacturing; manufacturing policy; manufacturing innovation; service innovation; manufacturing-service convergence; convergence policy