• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.153-184
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• 2011

This paper investigates what kind of technological partner firms want to cooperate with in terms of partner location. Two geographical factors are considered. One is geographical proximity, given the tradeoff between the effectiveness of knowledge spillovers in proximity and diverse knowledge absorption from geographically distant partners. The other is how many other firms are co-located with potential partners because it is known that clustering regions can create more technological outputs. Analysis on 2008 Korea Innovation Survey data finds that partner proximity is the single most important factor in choosing a cooperation partner. While firms that are located in a region crowded with related industries prefer proximate partners, others that are surrounded by unrelated industries are more likely to cooperate with distant partners. The findings suggest that geographical proximity matters in partner selection because it not only stimulates knowledge spillovers but also reduces costs involving R&D cooperation such as monitoring costs and information costs. Moreover, firms take into consideration both the benefits and risks of clustering regions. If there are so many unrelated firms that they create agglomeration diseconomies such as congestion costs and unintentional knowledge leakages, firms are more likely to try to find their cooperation partners in other regions.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.57-87
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• 2017

This study analyzes whether cooperating with various types of partners contributes to a company's innovation performance as well as the moderating effect of absorptive capacity and appropriability that may affect learning in such relationship. The hypothesis is that cooperating with diverse partners will have a positive effect on the innovation performance since it acquires their knowledge and information. In addition, an analysis is conducted on the moderating effect of absorptive capacity and appropriability on the relationship between alliance portfolio consisting various partners and innovation since absorptive capacity that encourages learning is likely to positively moderate the relationship between partner diversity and innovation while appropriability, the capacity to protect the proprietary technology, is likely to undermine learning from partners. The result of the empirical analysis on Korea's key industries, machinery and automobile, using the 2010 Korea Innovation Survey(KIS) data on manufacturing shows that cooperating with various types of technology partners has a positive effect on innovation performance and moderating effect on appropriability.

• The Journal of Small Business Innovation
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.1-17
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to suggest an efficient way for ventures to achieve innovation performance through R&D cooperative arrangements. Achieving innovation is one of the critical factors for the survival of ventures. Unlike established firms, ventures often do not have the specialized assets necessary to take technological developments to the product and market stages. Young and resource-constrained firms can achieve innovation by finding and accessing to the complementary resources from R&D cooperation. In the current business environment, many firms are likely to engage in multiple simultaneous R&D cooperations with different partners. Recent research stream addresses the importance of efficient cooperation management from the holistic portfolio perspective. Since maintaining the multiple cooperative relations require substantial amount of time and effort, managing cooperative relationships play a more important role to resource-constrained firms. In order to find an efficient composition of R&D cooperative partners, we mainly focus on the diversity of partner type and dependence level in partnership. We analyze the data on Korean manufacturing ventures collected in the Korean Innovation Survey (KIS) which was conducted by the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI). The KIS questionnaire assesses the existence of cooperative relationships with different types of partners respectively. The types of cooperating partners are affiliated companies, suppliers, clients & customers, competitors or other firms in the same industry, consulting firms, universities, and research institutes. We confirm that ventures obtain relatively higher benefits from R&D cooperation compared with established firms in terms of innovation performance. The results show that a moderate level of diversity in cooperative partner type composition increases innovation. Moreover, diversity of cooperation dependency among the partners enhances innovation performance. Likewise, concentrating on the quality aspects of cooperative composition, such as diversity of partners and degree of dependencies, this study offers some implications for ventures in managing partners from an integrative perspective.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.131-150
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• 2016

As global partnership is recently getting important in order to establish supply chain network in global managing environment, companies tend to improve quality and warranty in SCM(Supply Chain Management) by certifying ISO(International Organization for Standardization). This research investigated structural relationship how strategic and operational ISO application level and trust, immersion, collaborative factors in partnership process affect to companies business performance. This research was surveyed with 147 manufacturing companies in South Korea and conducted empirical analysis using Structural equation model. The research hypothesis and model was derived from the basis of existing theory and empirical research, and obtained the following results. Firstly, the strategic ISO level showed positive(+) effect on trust and immersion factor. Second, the operational ISO level showed positive(+) effect on trust and collaborative factor. Third, trust factor in the partnership process showed positive(+) effect on immersion factor. Lastly, collaborative factor in partnership process showed positive(+) effect on companies business performance. Implication for this research is that companies must consider ISO application in establishing partnership and companies require prolonged effort using trust, immersing, collaborative factors into partnership process to improve business performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• autumn
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• pp.275-278
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• 2002

The reinforcement of competitiveness and prevention of false construction has become the management goal of construction companies since construction market was opened. In this study, we introduced the concept, 'Partnering' to effectively manage subcontractors, and shed light on again the relationship between contractor and subcontractor, and tried to find its mutual progressive relationship. This study looked at the theories through existing literature to build mutual cooperation system by 'Partnering', and then sampled 'Quality Management System' of general construction companies and looked into their present state in managing subcontractors, and then compared and analyzed the problems in managing subcontractors by questionnaire survey with specialized construction companies. And, in order to establish a reasonable plan in managing subcontractors based on these problems, we progressed the study on how to build mutual cooperation system using 'Partnering'.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.07a
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• pp.371-372
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• 2022

본 연구는 국제 합작투자사업 참여 기업들을 대상으로 국제합작투자 사업에서의 합작사업 파트너 기업 간 통제가 합작투자사업참여 파트너간 지식공유 및 협력과 합작사업성과에 어떠한 영향을 주는지를 살펴보고자 하는 실증연구이다. 본 연구에서는 국제합작사업 참여기업간 통제를 과정통제와 산출통제로 구분하여 통제유형별로 분석하고자 한다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 구조방정식을 이용하여 합작투자사업 참여 파트너간 통제유형별로 지식공유와 협력 및 합작사업성과에 어떠한 유의한 영향을 미치는지 실증분석을 통하여 알아보고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.604-633
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• 2016

In this study, we attempt to identify factors that influence the performances of Korean firms regarding global R&D cooperation, and to derive policy implications for performance improvement. The hypothetic influential factors include firms' general characteristics, purposes and types of cooperation, technology, partners and their countries, and government support. We categorize the performances of global R&D cooperation into technological, economic, and strategic performance, and analyze the effects of those factors on each of the performances as well as the overall performance. We use a standard tobit model for the overall performance, while using a multivariate tobit model for the other performances to reflect the possible correlations among them. The survey data was collected from 162 Korean firms that had previously conducted or were currently conducting global R&D cooperation.

• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.371-379
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• 2009

A famous foreign mining company in Argentina, Yamana Gold, its profile including company history, current and future mining projects, and production are introduced in this paper for the Korean mining companies those are sincerely looking for reliable collaborative partners to deliver the practical company informations.

• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.269-278
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• 2009

A famous foreign mining company in Argentina, Barrick Gold, its profile including company history, current and future mining projects, and production are introduced in this paper for the Korean mining companies those are sincerely looking for reliable collaborative partners to deliver the practical company informations.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.261-274
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• 1998

최근 EDI, EC, CALS 등과 같은 조직간 정보시스템을 가반으로 한 전자적 파트너십에 대한 관심이 고조되고 있다. 조직간 정보시스템의 도입은 거래비용절감뿐만 아니라 거래 파트너와의 관계 개선 및 협력 증진을 목적으로 한다. 조직간 정보시스템의 한 유형인 전자자료교환의 도입과 성과에 대한 사례연구 및 실증연구들은 활발하게 진행되고 있으나 조직간 정보시스템이 조직간 관계 변화에 미치는 영향을 실증한 연구는 찾아보기 힘들다. 본 연구에서는 문헌고찰을 통해 이 주제에 대한 연구모형과 가설을 도출하였다. 향후에 모형을 더욱 정치화 시켜 경험적 자료를 토대로 검증하고자한다.