국립부경대학교 | Global Innovation College

Department of Global Technology Management

 Overview


This interdisciplinary major integrates technology and management. As the first department of technology management established in Korea’s southeastern region, it has served as a regional hub for cultivating technology-management professionals, producing more than 330 master’s and doctoral graduates by 2025.

 

Students learn how to acquire, manage, and operate technologyone of a company’s core assetsin ways that enhance corporate value and achieve organizational goals.

 

Industry-academia collaborative projects and a practice-oriented curriculum further develop students’ problem-solving abilities.

 

Faculty members conduct research across diverse areas at the intersection of technology and management, have published numerous papers in leading international journals, and possess extensive professional experience in global companies, government and research institutes.

 Educational Objectives and Ideal Graduate Profile


Educational Objectives

- Cultivate interdisciplinary professionals with an integrated understanding of technology, industry, and finance

- Develop practice-oriented professionals with AI application, data-analysis, and industrial problem-solving capabilities

- Cultivate technology-management professionals specialized in globally advanced strategic industries

 

Ideal Graduate Profile

- Interdisciplinary professionals capable of combining technological understanding with management strategy

- Practice-oriented professionals with competencies in data analysis and technology commercialization

- Leaders who drive innovation and entrepreneurship through creative thinking

- Global professionals with an international outlook and strategic thinking

Education and Research Areas 


Common Technology-Management Areas: technology strategy and planning; technology commercialization and valuation; research and development (R&D) management; AI applications and big-data analytics.


Future Mobility: autonomous driving and smart-mobility strategy; analysis of eco-friendly mobility industries; Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and platform business; integrated transportation and logistics systems design.


Maritime and Logistics: smart ports and logistics systems; shipping and port operations and supply-chain management (SCM); marine big-data analysis and logistics optimization; global logistics-network strategy.


○ Technology Finance: technology valuation and intellectual-property (IP) finance; venture investment and startup financial strategy; financial analysis and investment decision-making for technology-based firms; financial-data analysis and risk management.

 Career Paths after Graduation 


Corporate and Strategic Planning: business planning, technology strategy, R&D planning and management, quality and production management.

○ Technology Commercialization and Marketing: technical sales, marketing, new-business development, technology transfer.

Finance and Consulting: technology investment and evaluation (venture capital), technology-finance institutions, technology-management consulting.

Entrepreneurship and Accelerators: venture entrepreneurship, startup accelerators.

Public and Research Institutions: national policy research institutes and specialized technology policy/evaluation organizations.

 Faculty  



Name

Research Areas

Cheon Dong-pil

- Renewable and carbon neutral R&D performance analysis and influence factors

- Corporate sustainability management with ESG

- 3rd level digital divide with digital transformation

- Science and technology policy, venture, start-up performance, business model

Lee Min-gyu

- Science & Technology Policy

- Technology Demand Forecasting

- Technology Economic Evaluation

- Econometric Analysis of Technology Innovation

- Marine, Port, and Logistics Sector Study

Son Ho-seong

- Technology Innovation & Commercialization

- Entrepreneurial Behavior (Techno-, Social-, Public entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, etc.)

- Customer and Firm Behavior for New Technologies

- New Product Development Strategy (Especially for ICT, Automotive, and Robot industries)

- Social Innovation & Social Enterprises

Heo Ji-su

- Knowledge Flow

- Regional Innovation

- Inventor/Researcher Collaboration

- Social Network Analysis

- NLP(Natural Language Processing)

- LLM(Large Language Model)