An Empirical Analysis of Technology Transfer of National R&D Projects in South Korea

Table 1

The R&D development stages.

R&D development stage	Criteria
Basic R&D	Originally conducted, a theoretical or experimental R&D to obtain a new knowledge on the observable objects or the natural phenomena, without any purpose of a special application or industrialization
Applied R&D	An R&D initiative to obtain new scientific knowledge mainly with a practical purpose or goal, utilizing the knowledge given by basic R&D
Development R&D	A systematic research to substantially improve the products, which are already produced or set, or to produce a new product or equipment by utilizing the knowledge obtained from basic, applied R&D or actual experience
Others	Other R&D activities, which do not belong to any of the above categories