by Graham Robinson, Samsung Electronics

Within the last ten years, Korea has demonstrated an unprecedented level of technological achievements. These include being:
- Ranked no. 1 in penetration of high-speed internet access in the world
- Ranked no. 1 in world market share in high-tech industries such as DRAM, TFT_LCD and CDMA. 

To fully understand why Korea has achieved this level of technological development, a careful examination of the following is necessary: (a) its technological history, and (b) a case study of the creation of Korea’s largest company—Samsung’s—memory business.  An examination of these two areas is particularly illuminating as it provides insight into how Korea’s colonial history—the pride, determination and hard work of its people—transformed an agriculturally based economy to one based on technology.   In addition, this analysis may provide insight into Korea’s technological future. More

In today’s environment, technologies are changing faster than ever. Companies have to keep an eye on the emergence of new technologies as they constantly monitor the development progress of existing technologies. The success of implementing technologies in new products can open windows of opportunity for companies to gain competitiveness.

 However, managers of technology development divisions in companies often struggle with finding a proper way to analytically evaluate the impacts of those emerging technologies on a company’s objective.

 To find the proper solution for these issues, the study began with understanding how emerging technologies replace existing technologies, how the future trend of an emerging technology can be captured, how the best emerging technologies can be identified in support of a company’s strategic objectives, how a company selects the technologies in which to invest for development, and how a company incorporates the results of its selected technology development path into its corporate strategic plan. More