• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2006

The diffusion of innovation theory provided the basis for a model of agricultural development that the extension service continues to use today. This study aims to examine the history, influence, and impacts of innovation diffusion theory on the extension service. It reviews some of the major developments in the literature related to the theory, examines its criticisms, and discusses the implications for extension. As such, innovators are younger, more cosmopolitan, have higher incomes than later adopters, and have the largest operations of all adopter categories. There are two critiques on diffusion of innovation theory in which are the method and inequity recurring from diffusion.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.128-137
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• 2019

This study typified and analyzed local governments' innovation policy through brand task and provided policy implications. A total of 844 local governments' brand task were used to classify the policy fields of the brand task by eight types of local governments. The main analysis results are summarized as follows. First, the ratio of social economy/local economy was the highest in all local government. Second, there is a difference in the policy fields that are focused by local governments. Third, the selection of innovation policy reflects the specificity of the region. Fourth, local government focusing on the type of brand task were differentiated. Therefore, these results confirm the theoretical relevance of the typology of local government suggested in the theoretical background. Policy implications are as follows: the necessity of innovation policy for revitalization of local economy, establishment of innovation policy in accordance with local characteristics, and propagation of excellent innovation policy.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.69-112
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• 1993

최근 한국(韓國)을 비롯한 동(東)아시아지역(地域) 몇 나라들의 성공적인 성장업적(成長業績)에 자극되어 이들 국가들의 성공사례를 모형내(模型內)에서 이론적으로 설명해 보려는 노력이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이 글에서는 최근의 이러한 노력의 일환으로 개발되고 있는 '내생적(內生的) 성장이론(成長理論)'을 개관하고 그 함의(含意)와 한계점(限界點)을 정리해 보았다. 먼저 내생적(內生的) 성장모형(成長模型)의 비판대상이 되고 있는 신고전파(新古典派) 성장모형(成長模型)의 한계점(限界點)을 요약하고 대체모형(代替模型)으로 제시되고 있는 몇 가지의 대표적인 신성장모형(新成長模型)을 그 특성별로 구분하여 정리하였다. 성장(成長)의 기본적 동인(動因)이라고 할 수 있는 기술진보(技術進步)나 인적자본(人的資本)의 축적(蓄積)을 내생화시키고 이를 통해 국가간(國家間) 성장률(成長率) 격차(隔差)를 모형내(模型內)에서 설명하려고 시도하는 등 여러 가지 새로운 이론적(理論的) 혁신(革新)이 이루어지고 있으나, 아직 비현실적인 수학적(數學的) 가정에 의존하고 있고 모형(模型)의 경직성으로 인하여 성장과정(成長過程)의 설명에 필수적인 주요 이슈들이 간과되어 있다는 점 등을 지적하였다.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.91-105
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• 2002

This paper extends the empirical analysis on R&D based growth model so that the nonstationary panel unit root testing methods can be used to distinguish the exogenous growth model and R&D based growth model for the 1981-1999 period with fourteen OECD economies including Korea. Our results show that first, using U.S. and Group mean as benchmarking, the stochastic R&D productivity convergence to benchmarking is not supported in our data set. Second, the empirical results for stochastic nonconvergence to the U.S. or group mean also are robustness to panel unit root methods. We, therefore, find strong support for the implications for R&D based growth model.

• Journal of the International Relations & Interdisciplinary Education
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.77-86
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• 2023

At present, under the background of "One Belt and One Road", great achievements have been made in cultural confidence, overseas communication, education, and modernization of Chinese medicine. However, the overseas dissemination of Chinese medicine culture has not yet fulfilled the requirements of the Cultural Power Strategy and the historical mission of Chinese medicine. Challenges are still faced in the cultural theory of traditional Chinese medicine, overseas communication mechanisms, and translation of Chinese medicine terms. Therefore, Chinese medicine practitioners must firm their faith in culture and traditional Chinese medicine, disseminate the cultural theory of traditional Chinese medicine, exert the advantages of the media and improve its mechanism, and speed up cross-cultural language exchange and research. These efforts will innovate Chinese medicine culture, strengthen overseas exchange and cooperation as well as flourish traditional Chinese medicine overseas.

• Information Systems Review
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.61-84
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• 2005

Previous studies indicate that information and communication technology (ICT) adoption is affected by innovation influence such as usefulness, ease of use and self-efficacy. Most of these studies, how-ever, bypassed imitation influence such as subjective norms, word-of-mouth, and advertising, specifically, interactive innovation having critical mass in technology acceptance research. Thus, this study focuses to investigate imitation influence in individual adoption of mobile communication technology. The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the causal relationships between initial acceptance and the intention to use in terms of a holistic approach. The results of this study show that there is an imitation influence including word-of-mouth and subjective norms, from the prior adopters to potential adopters, and mass advertising through TV or news-paper commercials in the ICT diffusion process. In addition, this imitation influence also stimulates innovation influence such as perceived usefulness. Finally, this study provides a set of guidelines to mobile communication equipment manufacturers and ICT vendors in developing effective strategies for technology diffusion.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.443-475
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• 2010

Despite the rapidly increased concern on the circularity of the program development activities in the social service agencies, there are only a few studies about the phenomena. This study is to describe the characteristics of program development in the process of adopting, developing, and disseminating the social programs and to figure out the factors influencing differences in the 3 activities in social service agencies. The researchers constructed an explanative model including each 12-13 independent variables with 3 consecutive dependent variables on the basis of reviewing the related literatures. A multiple regression analysis was applied to predict the features of the program development using 195 questionaries responded from social workers in community service centers. As the result of the descriptive analysis, the two noticeable features are found; (1) the agencies have very actively adopted outside programs, developed appropriate programs for the agency, and disseminated the programs into other agencies in the community. (2) there are some positive aspects of the factors in related to the process of the program development. The results of the regression analysis show that the three dependent variables of the adoption, development, and dissemination are very closely interconnected with each others, showing the evidence of the circularity in the agencies. In addition, the 5 independent variables at the value of p .01 are statistically related with the circularity of the three dependent activities. The implication of major findings were discussed in academic and practical perspectives in Korea, including future research works in the area.

• Journal of Distribution Research
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.101-125
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• 2008

This research suggests an ideal role between franchisee and franchisee for survival and development of the Korean franchise business by identifying causal relationships between entrepreneurship of franchisees and their business performance. Besides, when considering multi-dimensional features of a franchise system, this study aims to show that the market orientation of the franchisee and the relationship commitment between franchisee and franchisee will play an important mediating role to achieve a better business performance. Thus specific causal relationships among sub-dimensional constructs of entrepreneurship and market orientations were investigated. They are innovativeness, risk-taking propensity, pro-activeness, information creation, intelligence generation, intelligence dissemination, response design, response implementation. The results demonstrate that pro-activeness of franchisee plays a crucial role for franchisee's business performance. It was noted that franchisor's market orientation and innovativeness is also important for high market orientation of franchisor. The higher the market orientation of franchisor was, the higher relationship commitment of franchisee was formed. By identifying the mediation effect of relationship commitment and market orientation of franchisor, this paper showed that relationship commitment positively affect the improvement of franchisee's business performance. Above all, it should be noted that this research empirically identified the relationship between franchisee's entrepreneurship and business performance that most of the previous researchers have ignored. Furthermore, the analysis was conducted at sub-dimensional construct level. It is expected that empirical results from this study will be able to provide a meaningful framework and theoretical basis for future research on franchise, entrepreneurship and market orientation.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.94-110
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• 2000

While most of the previous information technology adoption and diffusion researches focus the critical factors not on the organizational perspective but on the individual perspective based on the various reasons such as informational characteristics. This paper will try to analysis the adoption and diffusion factors of the Internet related technologies based on the organizational perspective. Nowadays, in especially, the evolving and fast diffusing Internet related technologies and the flourishing e-commerce applications pressure retail banks that prepare the new types of online payment systems to maintain their existing and new customer relationship and compete with their potential competitors in the coming market environments. In addition, while most previous researches only focus on the adoption of new information technologies, this paper not only analysis the adoption of innovational technology but also analysis the diffusion process in an organization, which encourage practitioners and researchers to reveal more detail and practical analysis of the innovational technology adoption and diffusion process in ann organizational setting. Based on the previous researches, there are several factor-category will be selected for this research: 1) organizational factor, 2) within banking industry factor, 3) non-banking industry factor, 4) customer acceptance factor, 5) government factor, and 6) the functionality of e-commerce systems factor. Finally, in this study, we assumed that the more sophisticated e-commerce adopting banks provide the more broad range of banking services in general. Thus, we develop the extended integrated technology diffusion model to provide empirical evidences to distinguish between adopters and non-adopters and explain the diffusion levels of e-commerce using the level of services provided via Internet to the customer in retail bank industry.

• Journal of the Daesoon Academy of Sciences
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• v.29
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• pp.241-278
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• 2017

This study aims to classify broadscale anti-religious movements in Korea based on critical public sentiment and analyze the meanings of these movements. To carry out the research, global religious changes that have occurred in modern times were closely looked into first. The world religions have had an influence on the world's religious awareness. As a result, they intend to acquire universality on their own individual grounds while keeping consistency with the past. This phenomenon used to appear to retain the identity, recreate tradition, transform itself to fit in the present times, pursue innovation, or even become overshadowed by other forms of thought such as when religions have collided with nationalism. How does Korean society perceive the changes that emerged in world religions? In general, the circumstances that Korea faces in this era tend to manifest themselves via the Internet, multimedia, and Youtube wherein they sound off on religion and this includes criticism of Christianity, demand for reformation, attack on minor religions, pro-reform academic circles and media, and the propagation of anti-theism. Criticism of religion is interpreted as an anti-religious movement. The secularism and anti-theism brought up by some Western scholars and critical theories of religion from scientific or historical perspectives are being spread through bookstores. Christianity is prone to reflecting on itself and trying to emphasizing a meta-religious spirituality. This in short, characterizes anti-religious movements in Korea. Indeed, criticism against particular religions has also emerged in the past. However, anti-religious movements that have recently come into existence in Korea are in some regards unprecedented when compared to that of the past in terms of their patterns and context. Especially, the active anti-Christianity movement in general is definitely a new phenomenon. This research mainly focused on Christianity, but on-going anti-religious movements will be a major topic for further research that aims to understand the religious changes unfolding in Korea.