• Korean small business review
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.213-234
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• 2020

This study investigates the impact of supply chain collaboration on performance in social economy in Korea. Collaboration is an effective method to overcome the disadvantages of newness and smallness of domestic social economy organizations. Nevertheless, most research on social economy examined conceptual relationship between collaboration and performance. Hence, this study focuses on empirically demonstrating the relationship between supply chain collaboration and performance in social economy. We identify two steps of supply chain collaboration structure, i.e., collaboration culture and collaboration implementation, and establish a research model to analyze the impact of collaboration of social economy organization on performance. Based on responses to a survey of 99 social economy organizations, we test the hypotheses in the theoretical model using PLS structural equation modeling. The result shows that both the effect of collaboration culture on collaboration implementation and the effect of collaboration implementation on performance are significant. This study contributes to the social economy literature by empirically investigating the impact of collaboration in social economy organizations on performance based on supply chain theories, and by expanding the application scope of supply chain theories to social economy organizations.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.499-514
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• 2016

Social enterprise is defined as a sort of companies that pursue both publicity and profitability. It is usual that their business activities and viability are dependent upon localized resources in terms of a labor market, raw material procurement and sales market. Also, the characteristics and viability of social enterprises based on local resources within the framework of social economy policy. The social economic policy in Korea is generally treated as means of local developments. This paper aims to examine the localness and socio-economic foundation of social enterprises which are located in the west of Gyeongnam province in Korea and to provide policy recommendations for promoting local resource-based social enterprises. The selection of the case study firms was chosen by considering various factors such as the viability of the firm, location of a company and the types of organization. The research result shows that most of local social enterprises had a viability and profitability to effectively utilize local resources. But it is claimed that the government policy for promoting local social enterprises reveals some limitations to promoting effectively local social enterprises. First, it is necessary to limit the qualification of applying to the government support program. Second, financial support should be changed from hardware-centered programs to software-centered programs such as training and education for human resource development and the business consulting. Finally, it is necessary for the government policy to focus on follow-up programs for firms which are no more capable of receiving the government financial support. For these firms, the government policy needs to focus on facilitating activities of cooperation between local universities and local social enterprise.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.83-94
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• 2019

Recently, the proportion of overseas orders of domestic construction companies is increasing, and the global market demands management transparency on corporate social responsibility activities. Therefore, domestic companies are faced with the need to systematically prepare for social responsibility activities. The purpose of this study was to examine whether CSR activities have a moderating effect on the relationship between organizational trust, job satisfaction, turnover intention and contract type. This study analyzed the effect of CSR activities on organizational trust, job satisfaction and turnover intention. The study targets regular and irregular workers in construction companies who promote CSR activities through the homepage, public service ad, and media. The questionnaire distributed 300 copies online. The final valid sample is 255 (145 Regular and 110 Irregular). Empirical analysis used a structural equation model. The results of the study are as follows. First, in CSR activities, economic responsibility, philanthropic responsibility and ethical responsibility had a positive (+) effect on organizational trust. Second, organizational trust had a positive (+) effect on job satisfaction in CSR activities. Finally, the magnitude of the Moderate effect of the type of labor contract according to the group classification showed that the CSR activity on organizational trust had many regular employees with economic responsibility. Also, organizational trust in job satisfaction was found to be large in regular employees. The results of this study can be a guide to CSR activities of construction companies in terms of organizational effectiveness.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.22-22
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• 2017

소셜벤처는 기존의 일반적인 벤처기업과 달리 기술, 경영 혁신 등의 방법으로 경영 활동을 수행하는 기업 형태에 사회적 가치를 추구해야 하는 기업 형태를 결합한 조직이다. 소셜벤처에게는 창업 초기의 전략 수립과 이에 따른 비즈니스 모델 설정이 일반 벤처보다 더 어려울 수밖에 없는데 이는 소셜벤처들이 경제적 가치 추구와 함께 사회적 가치를 동시에 추구해야 하는 소셜벤처만의 이중적인 사업 목적을 가지고 있기 때문이다. 이런 이중적인 사업 목적을 달성하기 위한 새로운 또는 효과적인 사업 전략의 필요성이 대두되고 있으며, 관련 그룹들을 플랫폼에 모아 네트워크 효과를 창출하고 새로운 기업생태계를 구축하는 플랫폼 전략(Platform Strategy)이 주목된다. 본 논문에서는 국내 소셜벤처중에 점프!라는 기업의 사례를 주목하게 되는데 이 회사는 2011년 5월에 창업한 이래 현재까지 지난 7년동안 사업의 내용과 규모를 확장하면서 지속적인 성장을 이루어 냈기 때문이다. 그런데 이러한 성장의 배경에는 타 소셜벤처가 시도하지 않았던 플랫폼 전략을 시도하여, 다양한 참여자들을 유인하고, 이들이 새로운 혁신과 성장을 리드하였다는 것이 큰 작용을 했다는 사실이 존재한다. 본 논문을 통해 소개되는 소셜벤처 점프!의 창업과 성장 사례를 통해서 소셜벤처에게 창업 초기부터 플랫폼 전략을 적용하는 것이 지속 가능한 성장에 유의미한 효과를 발생시키는지를 알아보고 기업생태계를 넘어 사회전체적인 생태계를 통한 사회적 대공진화를 논의해 보고자 한다.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.165-174
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• 2016

Recently, global economic recession has a significant influence on promoting launch of start-ups around the world. As is often the case, powerful and bright entrepreneurship is required so that the start-ups may be successful in their target markets. Despite the fact that numerous studies about impact of the entrepreneurship on start-ups exist in literature, there is no study attempting to recognize importance of social learning about entrepreneurship on individual creativity of those who have intentions to become entrepreneurs of start-ups. In this sense, this study proposes a new research model in which social learning about entrepreneurship is assumed to have an influence on individual creativity of start-ups candidates. For the sake of proving the proposed research model more rigorously, we include those constructs such as para-social interaction, imitation of role model, and internal motivation. We garnered 89 valid questionnaires from college students who were invited to the experiments designed for this study. Results proved that para-social interaction and imitation of role model affect internal motivation significantly, which in turn affects individual creativity positively. These results also provide theoretical directions revealing the embedding process of entrepreneurial capital among society.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.71-94
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• 1989

본고(本稿)에서는 대기업(大企業)과 중소기업(中小企業)간의 합리적(合理的) 생산분업체제(生産分業體制)를 논의(論議)하기 위한 참고자료(參考資料)로서 후진적(後進的) 상황(狀況)에서 출발하여 효율적(效率的) 분업체제(分業體制)를 형성하게 된 일본하청제(日本下請制)의 전개과정(展開過程)과 하청론(下請論)의 주요논점(主要論點)을 개괄적(槪括的)으로 정리(整理)하였다. 하청제(下請制)의 전개과정(展開過程)에는 일본(日本)에 특수(特殊)한 경제적(經濟的) 사회적(社會的) 문화적(文化的) 요인(要因)들이 작용하였지만, 산업기형발전(産業技衡發展)과 시장규모확대(市場規模擴大)에 의한 분업(分業)의 확대(擴大) 심화(深化), 분업체제(分業體制)의 재편과정(再編過程)에 일관(一貫)된 경제적(經濟的) 합리성(合理性)과 경쟁원리(競爭原理)의 관철(貫徹), 분업집단전체(分業集團全體)로서 고생산성(高生産性)과 환경적응성(環境適應性)을 실현하는 기업간(企業間) 연결조직(連結組織)의 특성(特性) 등은 일본적(日本的) 조건(條件)과 무관한 경제논리(經濟論理)로 설명될 수 있다.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.59-72
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze and compare the perceived job satisfaction of logistics company employees and students majoring in logistics who expect to engage in logistics occupations after graduation, and to suggest its implications in improving logistics job satisfaction. Based on previous studies on job satisfaction for logistics and other industries, the pertinent factors to logistics job satisfaction were identified, and a survey was conducted for logistics company employees and students majoring in logistics. Additionally, frequency analysis, reliability analysis, and t-test were performed to compare the differences in logistics job satisfaction. As a result of comparing the perceptions differences in job satisfaction between logistics company employees and students majoring in logistics, each pair of the following were significantly different: personal achievement, social achievement, job prospect, and economic satisfaction. However, there was no meaningful difference in job security and recognition from others.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.101-121
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• 2016

This research is purposed to analyze the effect of firms' current socially responsible management on the future corporate financial performance with specified areas of socially responsible management according to the beneficiaries. Tobin's Q statistic and return on assets are calculated and exploited as measures of corporate financial performance. as of empirical analysis results, we found that the social contributions in the consumer area and external social contribution at time t influence the Tobin's Q statistic at time (t+1) in the aggregate analysis. as it is revealed that there is no effect in the firms with the outstanding social performance to the future corporate financial performance, we understand that the capital market is very sensitive to the external social contribution including consumers of firms with the weak social performance rather than the social contribution of socially outstanding firms. This sensitivity of capital market can effectively enhance the social contribution of firms, in particular listed firms with the weak social performance.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.157-175
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• 2022

At this moment, a paradigm shift is taking place across all sectors of society for the transition movements to the digital economy. Various movements are taking place in the global agricultural industry to achieve innovative growth using big data which is a key resource of the 4th industrial revolution. Although the government is making various attempts to promote the use of big data, the movement of the agricultural industry as a key player in the use of big data, is still insufficient. Therefore, in this study, effects of performance expectations, effort expectations, social impact, facilitation conditions, based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology(UTAUT), and innovation tendencies on the acceptance intention of big data were analyzed using the economic and practical benefits that can be obtained from the use of big data for agricultural-related companies as moderating variables. 333 questionnaires collected from agricultural-related companies were used for empirical analysis. The analysis results using SPSS v22.0 and Process macro v3.4 were found to have a significant positive (+) effect on the intention to accept big data by effort expectations, social impact, facilitation conditions, and innovation tendencies. However, it was found that the effect of performance expectations on acceptance intention was insignificant, with social impact having the greatest influence on acceptance intention and innovation tendency the least. Moderating effects of economic benefit and practical benefit between effort expectation and acceptance intention, moderating effect of practical benefit between social impact and acceptance intention, and moderating effect of economic benefit and practical benefit between facilitation condition and acceptance intention were found to be significant. On the other hand, it was found that economic benefits and practical benefits did not moderate the magnitude of the influence of performance expectations and innovation tendency on acceptance intention. These results suggest the following implications. First, in order to promote the use of big data by companies, the government needs to establish a policy to support the use of big data tailored to companies. Significant results can only be achieved when corporate members form a correct understanding and consensus on the use of big data. Second, it is necessary to establish and implement a platform specialized for agricultural data which can support standardized linkage between diverse agricultural big data, and support for a unified path for data access. Building such a platform will be able to advance the industry by forming an independent cooperative relationship between companies. Finally, the limitations of this study and follow-up tasks are presented.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.143-163
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• 2023

This study aims to analyze the impact of ESG activities on the corporate performance of logistics companies in Korea. To achieve this, the study examines the factors influencing the adoption and implementation of ESG activities, assesses the extent to which ESG activities enhance corporate trust and image, and empirically analyzes the effect of ESG implementation on the corporate performance of logistics companies. An online survey was conducted using Google Forms for Korean logistics companies, and a total of 463 data sets were utilized for PLS structural equation analysis using the SmartPLS 4.0 software tools. The findings of the study are as follows: Firstly, external pressure, specifically government pressure, significantly influences environmental responsibility activities, while investor pressure significantly affects social responsibility activities and governance responsibility activities. Additionally, internal management pressures significantly impact environmental responsibility activities, and employees have a significant influence on all ESG responsibility activities. Secondly, environmental responsibility activities positively affect corporate image, whereas social and governance responsibility activities influence trust and corporate image. Thirdly, trust and corporate image demonstrate significant effects on both financial and non-financial performance. Fourthly, trust significantly mediates the relationship between social responsibility, governance responsibility, and non-financial performance, while image mediates the connection between ESG responsibility and both financial and non-financial performance. The contribution of this study lies in providing practical insights for logistics companies to actively promote ESG activities, thereby establishing a reputation for being environmentally, socially, and governance responsible and gaining customer trust. By doing so, this study aims to raise awareness of the importance of ESG activities in the logistics industry and help companies recognize their significance for sustainable management