What works in Daejeon
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Evidence snapshot for Daejeon
Daejeon hosts Daedeok Innopolis, South Korea's largest government R&D cluster, which as of December 2024 comprises 3,063 tenants (including 27 government research institutes and 7 universities) employing 99,715 people and generating annual corporate sales of KRW 27.5 trillion (~USD 20 billion). The zone has executed 2,057 technology transfer agreements and produced 131,644 cumulative patents, with annual R&D expenditure of KRW 9.9 trillion (~USD 7.4 billion). However, the evidence acknowledges a documented gap between the zone's technological output and Daejeon's broader economic growth, suggesting that R&D intensity at the cluster has not automatically translated into citywide economic benefits.
Drawn from: Daedeok Innopolis — South Korea's R&D Commercialisation Cluster · Daedeok Innopolis · Daedeok Innopolis — Korea's Founding Government-to-Market Technology Transfer Zone · Daedeok Innopolis — Korea's Flagship Technology-Transfer Zone · KAIST Institute for Technology Value Creation — Korea's Top University Tech-Transfer Office · KAIST Institute of Technology Value Creation (ITVC) — University Technology Licensing · South Korea Forest Carbon Offset Scheme (FCOS)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +65 pts 100 here · 35 average
Governance, certification & transferability +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication +24 pts 83 here · 59 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +23 pts 83 here · 60 average
Scalability +12 pts 78 here · 66 average
Sustainability / continuity +9 pts 89 here · 80 average
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -9 pts 0 here · 9 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -18 pts 33 here · 51 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -20 pts 33 here · 53 average
Inclusiveness / equity -35 pts 6 here · 41 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Daejeon. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Daedeok Innopolis — South Korea's R&D Commercialisation Cluster · 81
Daedeok Innopolis · 76
Daedeok Innopolis — Korea's Founding Government-to-Market Technology Transfer Zone · 71
Daedeok Innopolis — Korea's Flagship Technology-Transfer Zone · 71
KAIST Institute for Technology Value Creation — Korea's Top University Tech-Transfer Office · 62
KAIST Institute of Technology Value Creation (ITVC) — University Technology Licensing · 57
South Korea Forest Carbon Offset Scheme (FCOS) · 53
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
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Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more