• Journal of KIISE
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• v.44 no.12
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• pp.1258-1268
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• 2017

Capturing real-time daily information on food prices is invaluable to help policymakers and development organizations address food security problems and improve public welfare. This study analyses the possible use of large-scale online data, available due to growing Internet connectivity in developing countries, to provide updates on food security landscape. We conduct a case study of Indonesia to develop a time-series prediction model that nowcasts daily food prices for four types of food commodities that are essential in the region: beef, chicken, onion and chilli. By using Twitter price quotes, we demonstrate the capability of social data to function as an affordable and efficient proxy for traditional offline price statistics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.450-453
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• 2001

It is requested interoperability and inter-connection among technologies due to inertia and network externalities in the telecommunications industry. for that reason, firms in the telecommunications industry compete intensively against preempting their markets. Consumers' utilties can be increased, but searching or transaction cost of consumers may be decreased by standardization which is the core issue in the telecommunications. Also, standardization may prevent firms in that industry from overplus investment. However standardization may decrease the diversity of goods and technologies, so it can be the constraint factor in the consumption. In this paper, we'll examin the economic effects of standardization in the telecommunication industry and the effects to the industrial structure of standardization. After that, we'll suggest national policies in relation to standardization.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.27-48
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• 2011

Single window has become a critical point of trade facilitation. While Korea has set up the first web based single window 'uTtradeHub', China has also been working on a seamless single window. As strong governmental support, advanced technology, leading agency and legal framework are success factors for single window, China already has solid foundation for this. For the leading agency, this research suggests the CIECC as a leading agency with linkage to E-Port service for seamless trade service for companies. We expect that Chinese single window will materialize in near future by a leading agency with the help of strong governmental support.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.237-258
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• 2022

As the global market environment changes, the domestic ICT industry has a growing influence on the world economy. This industry is regarded as an important driving force in the national economy from a technological and social point of view. In particular, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the ICT industry are regarded as essential actors of domestic economic development in terms of company diversity, technology development and job creation. However, since it is small compared to large-sized enterprises, it is difficult for SMEs to survive with a differentiated strategy in an incomplete and rapidly changing environment. Therefore, SMEs must make a lot of efforts to improve their own capabilities, and the government needs to provide the desirable help suitable for corporate internal resources so that they can continue to be competitive. This study classifies the types of ICT SMEs participating in government support programs, and analyzes the relationship between resources and performance creation of each type. The data from the "ICT Small and Medium Enterprises Survey" conducted annually by the Ministry of Science and ICT was used. In the first stage, ICT SMEs were clustered based on common factors according to their experiences with government support programs. Three clusters were meaningfully classified, and each cluster was named "active participation type," "initial support type," and "soloist type." As a second step, this study compared the characteristics of each cluster through profiling analysis for each cluster. The third step carried out in this study was to find out the mechanism of R&D performance creation for each cluster through regression analysis. Different factors affected performance creation for each cluster, and the magnitude of the influence was also different. Specifically, for "active participation type", "current manpower", "technology competitiveness", and "R&D investment in the previous year" were found to be important factors in creating R&D performance. "Initial support type" was identified as "whether or not a dedicated R&D organization exists", "R&D investment amount in the previous year", "Ratio of sales to large companies", and "Ratio of vendors supplied to large companies" contributed to the performance. Lastly, in the case of "soloist type", "current workforce" and "future recruitment plan", "technological competitiveness", "R&D investment", "large company sales ratio", and "overseas sales ratio" showed a significant relationship with the performance. This study has practical implications of showing what strategy should be established when supporting SMEs in the future according to the government's participation in the startup program and providing a guide on what kind of support should be provided.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.1-16
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• 2022

This paper studies the impact of regulatory approaches on innovation and entrepreneurship. As technological progress and environmental changes avail new business opportunities to innovative startups, many governments find it difficult to regulate new and unprecedented businesses promoted by the innovative firms. In order to provide academic and practitional implications on the regulatory design with which to support innovation and entrepreneurship, this paper aims to review classical theories on the demand and supply of regulation as well as empirical research on the impact of regulation on market entry and incentives for innovation. Based on the findings, this paper discusses the recent controversies around the regulatory approaches on new businesses pursued by startups, which are as known as the "positive regulatory approach" vs. "negative regulatory approaches" among practitioners and policy makers in Korea. This paper claims that the Korean context provides an useful opportunity to investigate how the ongoing transition of the once "fast follower" economy into a pacesetter one changes the nature of businesses pursued by firms, investors, and related market players and, accordingly, calls for the changes in the way the government intervenes in markets to regulate businesses of firms. By doing so, this paper sheds light on the role of the government in establishing an entrepreneurial ecosystem where innovative ideas of startups can be tested and nurtured.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.689-710
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• 2011

The purpose of this paper is to positively analyze firms' innovative performance enhanced by cooperation, such as industry-university or industry-government, in service industry. We use PSM method (Propensity Score Matching) based on Korea Innovation Survey data in service industry to investigate it. This empirical study finds that cooperation with university or government partially has positive effects on firm's patent applications and innovation. So, we suggest we need various policies for research institute linkage in service industry.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.147-158
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• 2010

Knowledge spillover among firms is a crucial ingredient in realizing the benefits of agglomeration. This paper provides an overview and critical assessment of the Shihwa Industrial Complex (SIC) in Korea. In order to identify the relationships and interplay among different agents in the area, a survey was conducted on business networking of industry-academia-government collaboration in research and development. Unlike the closely knit input-output relationship, the findings suggest that the technological linkages in the SIC still have room for improvement. As the role of small and medium enterprises as catalysts of regional economic development in Korea is expected to grow in importance, more effort should be made to nurture clustering and R&D networking among them.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.63-67
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• 1999

This study investigated the management environment of medium and small business by examining the role of medium and small business in national economics, the change in management condition, and the problems in quality and technique. Also we analyzed problems in the past quality control activity of our medium and small business, and examined the driving direction and intorduction method of QM. And to understand the effect of manager's concern in quality management to observe the quality system before and after introduction of QM A target for this investigation is the medium and small business which has introduced QM through ISO 9000.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.139-155
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• 2022

This paper presented a research model to investigate the relationship between the psychological traits of small business entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial orientation and the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance. To verify the research model, a total of 202 entrepreneurs in Daegu were surveyed and the data obtained were used. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS and AMOS. The results of the analysis showed that all of the psychological traits except 'Agreeableness' and 'Extroversion' among the small business entrepreneur's psychological trait had a positive(+) effect on entrepreneurial orientation. In addition, it was confirmed that entrepreneurship orientation had a positive(+) effect on performance, and government policy funding had a moderating effect between entrepreneurship orientation and performance. In conclusion, the causal relationship between the small business entrepreneur's psychological traits and entrepreneurial orientation is examined, and the moderating effect of government support programs is examined to find out what psychological traits of small business entrepreneurs affect the expression of entrepreneurial orientation. In addition, since entrepreneurial orientation affects performance and government policy funds control, it suggests that continuous financial support for small business entrepreneurs is needed.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.67-78
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• 2001

Market environment of current e-Business is being transfered to B2B from B2C. The objective of this paper is to introduce ERP system as a device of IT(Information Technology) for this B2B. Firstly we proposed the characteristic of ERP and the problem of corporate application. And so, we examined various values and benefits when ERP system is applied to corporate strategy. Finally, in the side of corporate application, we proposed the plan of ERP introduction and the policy support of government. As the further study, empirical analysis and detailed plan must be considered.