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Analysis of Individual Capability Factors to Improve Business Performance in the Environment of Technological Convergence  

Kang, Su-Hyun (연세대학교 정보산업공학과)
Lee, Hong-Joo (경기대학교 산업경영공학과)
Leem, Choon-Seong (연세대학교 정보산업공학과)
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The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies / v.15, no.3, 2010 , pp. 183-193 More about this Journal
Abstract
Corporate business environment is rapidly evolving with the dramatic development of Information Technology. On that regard, companies are exploring various ways to create values in a bidto deliver outstanding business performance as well as coping with a changing business environment. Companies, in addition, have exerted extra efforts in developing and retaining talents as a way to enhance business performance. Against the backdrop, this paper presents a research-analysis model to analyze capability factors of corporate members which are essential for a company to create more values in the rapidly changing business environment. To this end, this paper carried out the following researches : First, through a literature review, capability types, which are required to improve business performance, as well as individual capability factors, were analyzed. Second, based on analysis result, Attitude, Skill and Knowledge were presented as individual capability factors essential to the technological convergence environment. Third, to analyze the validity of the research analysis model, expert interviews with corporate human resource as well as a large scale survey were performed.
Keywords
Technological Convergence; Individual Capability; Business Performance;
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