TY - JFULL AU - Mario G贸mez and Jos茅 Carlos Rodr铆guez PY - 2014/10/ TI - Innovation Trends in South Korea T2 - International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering SP - 3060 EP - 3065 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999463 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 93, 2014 N2 - This paper analyzes innovation trends in South Korea by means of the number of patent applications filed by residents and nonresidents during the period 1965 to 2012. Making use of patent data released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), we search for the presence of multiple structural changes in patent application series in this country. These changes may suggest that firms’ innovative activity has been modified as a result of implementing some science, technology and innovation (STI) policies. Accordingly, the new regulations implemented in this country in the last decades have influenced its innovative activity. The question conducting this research is thus how STI policies in South Korea have influenced its innovation activity. The results confirm the existence of multiple structural changes in the series of patent applications resulting from alternative STI policies implemented during these years. ER -