With the era of the Fourth industrial revolution looming, Technopark is leading the 4th industrial revolution such as new convergence technology planning and promotion of technological commercialization. In order for Technopark to fulfill its original role in a stable maimer, a sustainable management system should be established.
However, as a result of checking the financial statements of Technopark, most of Technoparks are in a deficit status. In order to improve the situation, this study examines the current situation of Technopark and analyzed the profitability, soundness, growth and dependency of the 18 Technoparks nationwide from 2011 to 2018. In addition, this study analyzed the status and actual situation of financing that Technopark needed to conduct business and operate the organization
As a result of the analysis, business profits have increased every year in terms of profitability, while only a few technoparks were surplus and most Technoparks recorded annual deficits. Since the majority of Technoparks can not afford to lose deficits annually in each business, there is a problem with the profit and loss structure of the inherent purpose business and the profit business.
As a result of analysis of business financing situation, projects are operated by department store type and partition type every year, it leads to a problem that project operation is highly likely to be subordinated to the country and local government issuing project expenses.
In this study, I suggest the improvement methods for these problems.
First, rent and equipment usage fees can only cover cash costs and a portion of depreciation. Therefore, when rent and equipment usage fees are charged, the total depreciation cost of buildings and equipment must be included to compensate for the total cost of revenues. However, if the price is increased or the reduction system is reduced to compensate the total cost, the total profit may decrease due to the decrease in demand. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the existing support projects so as to minimize the burden of SME customers who mainly use the service of Technopark to ensure that the profit business contributes substantially to the financial independence of Technopark.
Second, since 18 Technoparks are in charge of similar functions with the same governance structure in accordance with the Act on the Spedal Cases on Support of Industrial Technology Parks and the Act on the Operations of Local Government-funded institution, they should realize economies of scale and minimize losses through joint purchases of goods and services rather than purchasing them separately.
Third, the national and local governments should ensure that at least 50% of the total projects are entrusted with a comprehensive project in order to ensure sufficient independence and autonomy in project operations and to enhance creativity in order to create business performance and to strengthen responsibility management.