• Korea Trade Review
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.177-197
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• 2023

The rent seeking behavior of monopolistic online platform enterprises against digital contents suppliers is similar to the importing countries transfers the monopoly profit acquired by exporting companies in the imperfectly competitive market through optimal tariffs. If such an optimal tariffs imposing mechanism of importing countries, according to so-called strategic trade policy theories, is applied to the rent-seeking behavior of online platform companies, important insights can be obtained in discussions on regulatory reform. In other words, if an online platform enterprises impose a differentiated fee on each contents-suppliers in a monopolistically competitive markets that pursues contents differentiation through R&D investment, it would reduce the innovation investment by contents suppliers. Nevertheless, profit-maximizing online platform enterprises would not voluntarily give up the discriminatory fee system. Therefore, we would like to propose the introduction of a regulation that can force the introduction of an non-discriminatory fee system for all the contents suppliers.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.10
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• pp.19-29
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• 2012

We made a regression analysis on the early IPO of venture capital investments in Korean IPO market. First, we found that it was likely to shorten the period to IPO in companies which were fast growing with a good operating cash flow, but these companies had a higher possibility of the earning management. Second, companies with more assets and larger size of the board of directors did not take companies public any earlier. Third, a better corporate governance also had no impact on the time period to IPO in the newly public firms. The findings above clearly show that venture-backed companies in Korea pursue the tendency of an early IPO. This phenomenon was much clearer when the companies were invested in by multiple venture capital firms than by a single investor. In general, venture capital firms invest in companies which are fast growing and which have a good operating cash flow. On the other side, venture capitals make investee companies go public earlier by manipulating operating earnings, so that they themselves may exit early. In conclusion, this research has shown that venture capitals in Korea do not play a positive role in the corporate transparency. This is the paradox of venture capital investment and this also shows the current status of Korean venture capital firms.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.31-44
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• 2020

Accelerators that invest in early startups, as well as nursery and overall management, have recently emerged as "key players" in the startup ecosystem. This can be proved by the case where the number of domestic accelerators registered in the Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups has recently reached 208. Accelerators provide the necessary education for early-stage companies, including guidance for a certain period of time, and support startups in ways such as demo days to attract subsequent investment after the seed investment. There is not much research in academia about what factors impact on these accelerators when making investment decisions at the time of seed investment. In this study, we checked the meaning and function of the accelerator and tried to analyze what factors affect on accelerators when making a decision to invest in startups. The research method is based on a literature survey of previous studies on investment decision-making factors of venture capital and angel investors, and a lens model and judgment analysis method through empirical research targeting 43 accelerator investment decision-makers. Empirical analysis shows that accelerators have three of the key factors to consider when choosing the first startup to invest and educate; entrepreneurs' entrepreneurial traits, their product and service expertise and a potential return on success. This will provide an opportunity for early startups to gain strategic access to accelerators when they need money or need a structured educational program. Also, the results obtained through this research will be a kind of guideline for startups to attract accelerators' investment. The significance of this study is that discriminatory evidence was presented on the accelerator determinants of investment, and it would be highly suggestive to startups and related public institutions.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.29-56
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• 2018

The purpose of this research is to examine whether investment portfolio composition affects the technological performance of corporate venture capital (CVC). The stages of investment are categorized from "start-up/seed", "early", and "expansion", to "later" stage. We posit and test that the investment stage composition in a portfolio is highly correlated with the growth potential and downside risk of the portfolio, which in turn influences an investor's innovation performance. To test this hypothesis, we used negative binomial panel regression with 21 years of deal data from 70 cases of CVC. The results show that there is an inverted U shaped relationship between investment portfolio composition and technological performance. This means that the more seed or early stage investment within the investment portfolio, the higher the innovation performance; however, if the amount of seed or early stage investment is over a certain level, the performance decreases. Further, this study finds that the external partners of a venture negatively moderate the inverted U shaped relationship between portfolio composition and innovation performance. We believe that corporate planners, venture capitalists, and policy makers will be helped by these results showing that companies can maximize their investment performance by considering the investment stage and progress of investments.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.503-514
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• 2015

This study aims to analyze the relationship between transport infrastructure investment and rural development in Korea in a more systematic and empirical way. To do so, we formulate research framework to examine the multi-faceted relationship through extensive literature review and carry out a descriptive study on the spatial patterns of road investment and rural development in Korea. Finally, using the structural equation model, this study carries out the exploratory empirical analysis on the direct and indirect relationship between transport infrastructure investment and rural development. The study finds that the transport infrastructure investment in rural Korea impacts clearly on both the population base promotion and production and income growth through better accessibility. In addition, the investment has an indirect effects on the production and income growth through its influence on the population base promotion. This implies that the transport infrastructure investment in rural Korea so far exerts both long-term and short-term influences on rural development through various channels of impacts.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.47-57
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to grasp the correlation between network and firm's performance by analyzing the perception and characteristics of network of business founder and investor from the perspective of the network. We selected a TIPS support program which is evaluated to be a best practice as a research target for empirical analysis. The empirical results using social network and statistical analysis, shows that the stronger the investor's network connectivity, the more likely it is that the investor's start - up succeeds in attracting subsequent investment. In addition, both the entrepreneurial team and the management think that the internal human network between the enterprise and the investor plays an important role in inducing investment or exploring the company, and recognizes that the value of the human network will have a significant influence on the enterprise value evaluation or investment decision.

• The Optical Journal
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• s.167
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• pp.19-23
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• 2017

최근 국내 실물경기는 수출 부진이 지속되는 가운데 건설투자 중심으로 내수가 완만하게 증가하는 추이를 보이고 있다. 내수는 설비투자가 부진한 반면 건설투자가 높은 증가세를 보이면서 전체 성장을 주도하고 있고, 민간소비는 완만한 증가세를 지속하고 있다. 수출은 전년에 이어 감소세가 지속 중이나, 금년들어 감소폭이 줄어들고 있다. 전체적으로 수출 부진에 따른 성장 둔화를 건설투자가 보전하는 구조로, 경제성장의 건설투자 의존이 심화되는 특징을 보이고 있다. 2017년 세계경제는 완만한 회복세가 이어지면서 전년보다 소폭 높은 성장을 보일 것으로 예상된다. 선진권의 경우 비교적 꾸준하고 완만한 성장세가 이어질 것이나, 중국은 완만한 성장 둔화 추이가 이어질 전망이다. 유가는 세계경제의 소폭 개선과 OPEC의 감산 합의 등으로 2017년 중 평균 배럴당 50달러 내외로 높아질 전망이며, 원/달러 환율은 연중 비교적 높은 변동성을 보이겠지만, 연평균 기준으로 전년과 비슷한 수준(1,150원대)이 예상된다. 2017년 국내경제는 수출 부진이 다소 완화되겠지만, 2016년 경제성장을 견인해 온 건설투자 증가세가 크게 둔화되고 구조조정 등이 민간소비 증가를 제약하면서 전년보다 약간 낮은 2.5% 내외 성장을 보일 것으로 예상된다. 전기비로는 상${\cdot}$하반기 비슷한 성장이 예상되지만, 전년 패턴의 기저효과로 전년동기비 성장률은 소폭의 上低下高 흐름이 예상된다. 대외적으로는 미국 신정부의 정책 기조와 연준의 금리인상, 중국의 성장 둔화 폭 확대 가능성 등이, 국내적으로는 가계부채 문제와 구조조정 여파 등이 주요 변수로 작용할 전망이다. 부문별로 살펴보면 민간소비는 유가 반등에 따른 소득 증가세 둔화, 가계부채 부담, 구조조정 여파 등이 제약요인으로 작용하면서 전년보다 소폭 낮은 연간 2% 내외의 증가세가 예상된다. 설비투자는 수출 부진의 완화에 힘입어 소폭 증가세가 예상되며, 건설투자는 전년의 높은 증가에 따른 기저효과와 건설규제 등에 따라 증가세가 크게 둔화될 전망이다. 수출은 세계경제의 소폭 개선과 유가 반등에 따른 단가 하락세 진정 등으로 증가세로 돌아설 것이나, 매우 완만한 흐름이 예상된다. 2017년 수출은 2.1%, 수입은 3.6% 증가하면서 무역수지는 전년보다 약간 줄어든 857억 달러의 흑자를 보일 전망이다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.315-324
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• 2012

Waste reduce, recycle, energy recovery technology is one of 27 key green technology by 2012, the government should increase R&D investment, despite the period 2008 to 2010 average annual growth rate was decreased. Accordingly, this area of government investment in R&D status analyzed in detail and as a result, total government investment in R&D decreased, but in these fields to define strategic product services investment in technology is increasing centralization trend that appears to be investment in the quality of determined that the good is. In particular, in 2010, strategic product service of the technologies 3 technology groups ((1) waste energy equipment (2) waste resource recycling facilities (3) waste based materials production facilities) the proportion of 24-28% relatively evenly invested, government R&D is judged that adequate investment in quality.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.353-363
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• 2021

This study analyzed to provide information for business improvement by analyzing the management efficiency of start-up investment companies so that startup investment companies can operate efficiently and by presenting information on inefficient factors. From 2014 to 2018, 83 start-up investment companies were analyzed using the DEA model. Input variables were he number of employees, capital, and output variables were selected for start-up investment assets, operating income, and net profit. As a result of the analysis, technical efficiency and pure technical efficiency showed a pattern with an increase in average, but scale efficiency repeatedly increased and decreased. It is believed that the decline in technology efficiency was due to the decrease in pure technology efficiency, and the inefficiency of start-up investment companies seems to have influenced the inefficiency of start-up investment companies rather than the inefficiency of scale. In addition, the size revenue shows that the DRS value is gradually decreasing, and the IRS value is generally increasing. It is believed that efficiency can be improved if operational inefficiency is improved based on the results and efficiency measures are established through scale expansion.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.803-825
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• 2009

There have been many critical point of view on the Korean industrial relations arguing that its conflictual nature and combative unions, and too much protective labor laws make the foreign investors to avoid Korea as an investment location. This argument has been raised since IMF' financial bail-out when Korea needed badly foreign FDI. Since then, however, any significant improvement in industrial relations field has not been made. In this kind of dead-lock situation, the Ireland' success story give us an important lesson, in which the strong economic growth had been made through the massive FDI, stimulated by the social partnership between government, unions and employers. Our study has an aim to examine the several success factors for Ireland's economic success, and to take a deep look into the context and characteristics of the Ireland' social partnership, and its outcome. We also try to draw some lessons to Korean economy, in particular, in its economic policy and industrial relations.