논문

This study is a comprehensive theoretical investigation and critique on the existing R&D location studies. The tendency of the existing studies is classified into four group according to their spatial forecaste: spatial dispersion or scatter of R&D, spatial concentration of R&D, spatial agglomeration of R&D, and spatial uneven distribution of R&D location factor. 1) spatial dispersion or scatter of R&D : R&D activity will be dispersed or scattered according to the incoming of the information-oriented society. 2) concentration of R&D : R&D activity will be concentrated in core-region or metro-polititan, area, while production activity dispersed into periphry-region. 3) spatial agglomeration of R&D : R&D activity shows the marked tendency of spatial agglomeration. So R&D aqctivity forms a industrial district including technopoles. 4) spatial uneven distribution of R&D location elements : R&D activity is apt to be distributed unevenly. As the spatial uneven distribution of R&D location elements. But the various existing studies have not suggested the independent model for R&D location. So it is considered that a new model for R&D location has to be proposed. R&D location may be induced from the analysis of the information, when R&D activity is regarded as a acquisition(production and licencing) of industrial information.