Digitalization and Innovation Policy

Abstract

Digitalization means fundamentally changing the framework of science, technology and social industry, and the services and customs that have been developed in that framework, beyond the mere digitization of existing systems and services. In other words, it is accelerating the transformation of science, industry, and society toward the digital native era, and there are signs of discontinuous change in the way universities, corporations, economies, and legal systems work. In such a situation of change, the framework of innovation policy also needs to change drastically. Although it is still fluid as of 2019, digitalization is also necessary in the creation of innovation policies, and it is foreseen that a mechanism with inclusiveness, immediacy, flexibility, etc. and small and quick trials according to the development of ICT will be necessary in the future.