• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.248-258
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• 2021

The study analyzed the financial determinants of corporate R&D intensity that require more attention from academics and practitioners in the Korean capital market. Domestic small and medium enterprises (SMEs) may face with developing substitutes by making more R&D investments in scale and scope, given the unprecedented economic conditions such as the limitation of importing core components and materials from other nation(s). KOSDAQ-listed SMEs were selected as sample data, whose R&D expenditures may be less than those of large firms during the post-global financial turmoil period (2010~2018). Static panel data model was applied, along with Tobit and stepwise regression models, for examining the validity of results. Logit, probit, and complementary log-log regressions were also employed for a relative analysis. R&D expenditures in the prior year, the interaction effect between the previous R&D intensity and high-tech sector, firm size, and growth rate were significant to determine R&D intensity. Moreover, a majority of explanatory variables were found to change between the years 2011 and 2018, while time-lagged effects between the R&D intensity and growth rate exist. Results of the study are expected to be used for future research to detect optimal levels of R&D expenditures for the value maximization of SMEs.

• Korean small business review
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.43-56
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• 2020

The technology conflict between the U.S. and China is deepening recently. The U.S.-China battle began as a national security issue but is comprehending as a U.S.'s check for China's rapid technological advancement. China is rapidly growing in several indexes including R&D expenditure, patent application, and publications, and is challenging the U.S. in 5G and Artificial Intelligence. In 2018, Huawei became the largest 5G network/equipment provider and second largest smart phone manufacturer in the world. Now, Huawei is outperforming at AI chipset manufacturing, Bigdata analysis and cloud, positioning to become a critical player in the 4th industrial revolution. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of recent Huawei issues to Korean SMEs focusing on the relation between Huawei and Korean companies; the cooperation status from the Global Value Chain (GVC) perpsective, and Korean government's policies related to Huawei's information security issues will be the three main frames for the analysis. Then, this research proposes policy implications such as increasing Korea's competitiveness in manufacturing and information security.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.415-423
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• 2003

통계청이 발표한 1998년 광공업통계조사 결과에 의한(종업원 5인 이상의 사업체 대상) 공작기계(성형 기계 포함)산업의 생산액은 1조 2,785억원으로서 시장규모는 기계공업 전체 생산액인 217조 9,952억원 중 0.6%를 점유하고 있다. 또한 기업규모는 공작기계제조에 종사하는 63사의 종업원 수(1999년)로 보면 전체 종업원 수는 6,139명(1사 평균 97명)으로서 300명 미만의 중소업체수가 88.9%이고 종업원 수로는 62.5%를 차지하고 있다. 따라서 공작기계산업은 세계선진국을 비롯한 어느 국가를 막론하고 제품의 특성으로 인하여 기업규모가 비교적 작으며 시장규모보다 다수의 기업이 존립하고 있는 실정으로 우리나라도 예외는 아니다.(중략)

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.95-110
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• 2011

Deepening of the global competitive environment due to changes in operating environment and business, domestic and abroad companies in automotive industry are trying to optimize their production and logistics, to enhance their supply chain competitiveness and to promote information strategic planning to maximize their IT-enabled capabilities. In particular, the automotive industry is showing the various efforts to build the demand-based production system for responding to the market changes and preparing the global production and sales system. Despite of their various effors, the IT deployment and utilization levels of parts suppliers in the field of production/logistics companies are shown as higher in comparison with other area supplies, but the levels are shown as a very low condition compared to the parts suppliers of other manufacturing sectors. In this sense, the subject of this study, 'A' company (SMEs), has the challenges for improving the IS utilization and the accuracy of the information system according to the inefficiency of manual and field validation. Consequently, to improve and enhance the utilization of information systems, A company is carrying out the project to improve the ERP and POP operations by in-house approach, but they have shown the limitation in introducing and applying the latest technology.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.415-430
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• 2023

The Material·Part·Equipment industry is mostly an industry centered on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and is an important industry for revitalizing the local economy, which is the source of manufacturing competitiveness. In this study, we tried to derive the implications necessary for the development of the Material·Part·Equipment industries by analyzing the competitiveness of the Material·Part·Equipment industries in the Chungcheong region. To this end, we analyzed the industrial development stage and competitiveness of each region (Daejeon, Sejong, Chungnam, and Chungbuk) based on business scale factor, industrial growth rate, industrial specialization, and regional competitiveness for the Material·Part·Equipment industries in the Chungcheong region. Using data such as the number of employees, the number of businesses, and the amount of production in 2014 and 2019, significant industrial groups by region were identified considering the level of industrial specialization and regional competitiveness. In addition, by identifying the positions of these significant industrial groups in the stage of industrial development, suggestions for the development of the Material·Part·Equipment industries in the Chungcheong region were presented.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.167-172
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• 2021

In the situation where expectations for the growth potential of the domestic offshore wind market are increasing due to the bright growth prospect of the global offshore wind market and the motivated plan of the Korean government, domestic and foreign literature on the direction of offshore wind power generation are examined for the successful development of domestic offshore wind power, the introduction of offshore wind power is diagnosed, and improvement plans are presented for the wind power-related system being promoted by the government. In addition, practical support measures are suggested to foster related SMEs. The results of the study are as follows. First, as technology development is mainly focused on large corporations, the development capacity of small and medium manufacturing industry is very low. Therefore, it is necessary to establish and operate a core center led by government agencies to provide technical support with the initiative of national research institutes and large corporations, and universities and national research institutes should strengthen the independence of small and medium-sized enterprises through training and research and development of professional manpower. Second, as a result of the survey on the practical support plan of the company, it was found that there is a need for various support for technology development and commercialization of produced parts.

• Journal of Venture Innovation
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.31-46
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• 2019

Materials and Parts acts as the bridge in the manufacturing industry. In 2018, the materials and parts industry became the leading industry in Korea as its export reached $316.2 billion, accounting for 52.3 percent of the country's total exports. As such, it is the main industry of Korea leading the trade surplus, but when it comes to Japan, it is not. The trade deficit with Japan shrinks to $24 billion last year but the materials and parts industry still accounts for 60 percent of total deficit, which is about $15.1 billion. Today Japan has the top competitiveness in the high-tech materials and parts industry and the factors can be found in cooperation and symbiosis among companies, monotsukuri spirit, and long-term government policy. In order for Korean economy to pursue the Japan's high-tech materials and parts industry, the following change of perception is necessary. First, the material and parts industry requires win-win cooperation. In general, materials and parts are intermediate products. Therefore, it is important to understand the characterist that the transactions are all made up between companies not the with consumers. Second, expansion of joint technology development is absolutely necessary. South Korea is a leading country in the field of general-purpose materials and parts. However, the research shows that South Korea has structure which small and medium-sized companies could have difficulties in developing high-tech products as finding demand and developing market are hard due to low participation of large corporations at R&D stage. It is necessary for large corporations to participate in joint R&D and share opinions of customers from the beginning stage of R&D. Third, a long-term approach is needed. Structural vulnerabilities in the Korea's materials and parts industry, including the lack of advanced technologies is the main reason of solidification of Korea's trade deficit with Japan but there are also cultural differences about technology in the background. Even if it takes time, a long-term approach is absolutely necessary to build up technology and know-how in order to secure competitiveness in the high-tech materials and parts industry. This approach applies to act of corporation and government policy.

• TTA Journal
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• s.168
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• pp.100-103
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• 2016

(주)엠투엠테크는 승강기 산업분야에서 IoT 기반 스마트 디바이스를 개발 중인 스타트업 기업이다. 특히, 윈격진단, 포렌식 기능 등 확장된 관제서비스가 가능한 스마트 디바이스 개발에 주력하고 있다. 하나의 디바이스가 다양한 제조사의 승강기에 적용되려면 승강기의 주요 부품, 디바이스, 관제 센터 간의 표준화된 통신 체계가 필요하며, 기존 승강기의 안전을 담보할 수 있는 시스템 유지 관리 체계가 구축되어야 한다. 미래에는 전체 스마트 디바이스로의 연결을 더욱 확대하여 궁극적으로 스마트 빌딩, 도시로의 적용 역시 가능하게 할 단계적 진화 모델의 고려가 필요한 것도 물론이다. (주)엠투엠테크가 TIA의 중소 중견기업을 위만 표준 자문서비스를 신정만 것은 이 때문이었다. (주)엠투엠테크는 TTA 표준 자문전문가들과 함께 국제 표준을 기반으로 한 IoT 프로토콜을 적용해 제품을 업그레이드할 수 있는 시스템 아키텍처를 설계할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.492-506
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• 2008

This paper aims to explore the characteristics of regional network of Korean firms in Dalian City, China, which is focused on social, cultural and institutional characteristics. To achieve this goal, the paper attempts to analyze the supply of raw material and parts, sales and cooperative relations of the firms. Among Korean firms in Dalian City, the characteristic of non-local network can be seen in supply enterprise of raw material, parts and semi products. On the other hand, a tighter local network relationship can be seen in sales. Large companies appear stronger in non-local network than small businesses and small businesses are stronger in local network. In terms of cooperation among enterprises, many firms have networks of joint marketing, joint use of equipments, exchange of techniques and information with the supply enterprise. With the customer enterprise, there is a network in joint marketing and manpower training. Especially, most of the customer enterprises are Chinese ones, which have extensive networks in big cities, such as in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin and Dalian. In local network, the Korean firms in Dalian cooperate in product development, finance and manpower training with local firms. And in non-local cooperation, Korean firms are active in tech support, information exchange and R&D.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.291-305
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• 2017

대전은 전국에서 R&D투자가 많은 지역으로 이는 출연연 및 출연연 출신 연구원의 기술창업의 증가로 나타나는 현상으로 볼 수 있다. R&D가 많이 투자됨에 따라 이에 따른 효율성에 대한 분석들이 많이 이루어지고 있으며, 주로 R&D 투자가 대한 지역내총생산, 기업의 생산성 등에 미치는 영향 즉 R&D투자의 효율성 분석을 많이 하고 있다. 본고에서는 지역 R&D투자가 기업의 생산성에 어느 정도 영향을 미치는 지를 분석하였다. 특히 지역특화(전략)산업 분야별로 분석하여 지역 R&D 투자의 효율적 배분을 위한 전략방안을 제시하고자 한다. 이러한 분석을 위해서 생산성에 대한 대리변수로 종업원 1인당 매출액 종업원 1인당 부가가치를 종속변수로 설정하였고, 독립변수로 연구개발비, 종업원 1인당 영업이익, 종업원 1인당 자본집약도 등의 변수를 다중회귀모형으로 실증분석 하였다. 분석결과 R&D투자가 매출액과 부가가치에 유의한 영향을 미치지만, 연구개발비가 매출액이나 부가가치 등 생산성 증가에 결정적인 요인으로 나타나지 않았다. 산업별 분석결과 정보통신, 바이오산업보다 부품소재 산업에서 결정계수가 높게 나왔다. 또한 조절회귀모형을 설정하여 조절효과를 분석한 결과 R&D투자는 매출액에 영향을 미치지만, 부가가치는 조절효과가 발생하지 않았다. 이는 지역 R&D투자의 효율적 배분 측면에서 투자의 활성화를 이루고 연구개발 투자가 실질적으로 기업의 생산성 증가에 기여할 수 있도록 견인해야 할 것이다.