DOI: 10.5176/2251-1970_BizStrategy16.12
Authors: Yoon Chung Kim
Abstract:In this coming aging society, medical device is expected to become one of the major industries. Since developing medical devices usually requires technology convergence, research collaboration is important, especially for some small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that do not have enough R&D resources in each related field. Collaboration in medical device development has some unique properties; collaboration with different fields, different types of people/institutions are often required, and development process usually takes longer. due to clinical test. However, despite uniqueness, collaboration in medical device has not yet been widely studied. We investigated collaborations in medical device development by conducting surveys and in-depth interviews, especially with SMEs in Korea. The purpose of this study was to examine various factors that determine research collaboration in medical device field to find right strategies to invigorate the medical device field in Korea.
Keywords: medical device, SME. Research Collaboration
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