A Study on the Indexes for Evaluating Technology Competitiveness of Venture Firms using Statistical Factor Analysis

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Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management > Volume 31(2); 2003 > Article

Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management 2003;31(2): 207-.

통계적 요인분석을 이용한 벤처기업의 기술경쟁력지수에 관한 연구

성웅현

한신대학교 정보통계학과

A Study on the Indexes for Evaluating Technology Competitiveness of Venture Firms using Statistical Factor Analysis

ABSTRACT

The future will see all industries become technology-driven in the competitive global marketplace. Venture firms with deep technological roots and innovation strategies have some advantages. In this situation, existing methods for technology assessment are not enough to evaluate their relative technology competitiveness. Therefore, a more useful and comprehensive approach is needed to obtain the desired outcomes for measuring the relative competitiveness of technology effectively. In this research, I applied factor analysis, which is methodology to be capable of determining the common factors and associated weights reasonably, to the development of the technology competitiveness indexes.

Key Words: Technology Assessment;Factor Analysis;Competitiveness Indexes;