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Competitiveness Comparison between Korea and Japan in the Spectacles Industry  

Lim, Jun-Hyeong (Department of Towism Management, Sunghwa College)
Hyun, Sung-Cheol (Department of Ophthalmic Optics, Sunghwa College)
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Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society / v.15, no.1, 2010 , pp. 19-23 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The aims of this paper are to assess the competitiveness about the spectacles industry of Korea against Japan. Methods: We use export competitiveness indexes such as market share index, trade specialization index and market comparative advantage index to evaluate the competitiveness of spectacles industry of Korea against Japan. Results: This paper shows that the comparative advantage of the Spectacles industry of Korea in MC(market comparative advantage) against Japan arc spectacles lenses and contact lenses. Furthermore, it can also be known that the spectacles lenses and contact lenses have export competitiveness in the TSI (trade specialization index) against Japan. Conclusions: We need to choose spectacles lenses and contacts lenses as the main export items against Japan in the spectacles industry of Korea. Along with this, we need to improve the image of the Spectacles industry in Korea; after that, we have to create a strategy that would strengthen export competition in other items.
Keywords
Export competitiveness; MSI; TSI; MCA;
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