• 유통과학연구
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2023

Purpose: This study analyses the current development of cross-border e-commerce in China, outlines the challenges faced by Chinese cross-border e-commerce SMEs, and finally summarises the development strategies of Chinese cross-border e-commerce SMEs in the post-covid-19 era, which will provide opinion references for the development of Chinese cross-border e-commerce SMEs. Research design, data and methodology: The methodology used in this study is to analyse the current situation of cross-border e-commerce development in China in the context of covid-19 through literature; and to summarise the challenges encountered by Chinese cross-border e-commerce SMEs through semi-structured interviews. Results: The article summarises the current status of China's cross-border e-commerce development in the context of covid-19 in terms of cross-border e-commerce trade volume, cross-border e-commerce enterprise and user scale, cross-border e-commerce logistics, cross-border e-commerce global co-operation, government policy, and cross-border e-commerce product distribution, outlining challenges encountered by China's cross-border e-commerce SMEs in terms of logistic pricing, operating capital chain, product service support, and trade protection The paper Finally, it is pointed out that Chinese cross-border e-commerce SMEs must adopt new strategies to adapt to the new development in the context of covid-19. Conclusions: Specific development strategies are provided for Chinese cross-border e-commerce enterprises and reference suggestions are provided for the post-covid-19 era.

• 무역학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.285-304
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• 2016

본 연구는 국제무역에 있어서 전자상거래가 중소기업의 성공에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를, 중국 전자상거래 기업들의 설문조사를 통하여 실증적으로 분석한다. 또한 구조방정식 모형을 통하여 중국 기업의 전자상거래 핵심 성공요인을 추출, 분석하여 중국 중소기업의 전자상거래 발전 핵심요인으로 최고경영자의 혁신성, 최고경영자의 IT지원 및 기업 전략의 세 가지 요인을 통계적으로 유의미하게 도출하였고, 중국 중소기업 맞춤형 해외진출 플랫폼이 필요하다는 정책적 시사점을 함께 제언한다.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.131-153
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• 2019

Purpose This study examines the roles of firm-level IT competence in the relationship between marketing orientation and marketing performance in the context of Chinese SMEs. To achieve this goal, this study presents and empirically tests a model of how competitor orientation and customer orientation can be exploited to positively influence marketing performance through IT competence. Design/methodology/approach The competitor orientation and customer orientation are based on the market orientation construct developed by Trainor et al. (2011). IT competence re based on the market orientation construct developed by Reitz et al. 2018) and the marketing performance are based on the performance construct developed by Hooley et al., (2005). To complete the investigation, we conducted a survey in China from February 2019 to April 2019. Randomly contacted 150 Chinese SMEs, including SMEs of all sizes and types. To test our hypotheses, partial least squares (PLS) method was employed. Findings The findings indicate that customer orientation is antecedent to IT competence, while competitor orientation has no significant relationship with IT competence. This study provides a better understanding of the connection between IT competence and firm performance. So companies should focus on shaping customer-oriented culture and training IT competence.

• 무역학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.103-124
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• 2022

For venturing into international markets, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have not only emphasized internal resources but entrepreneurial orientation has also become the need of the day due to its significant role in increasing firm's competitive capabilities. Although research indicates that the competitive strategies can significantly impact export performance, minor attention is given to the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, business competitive strategy and export performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study scrutinizes the effect of each dimension of entrepreneurial orientation (i.e., innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness) and each of generic competitive strategies (i.e., cost leadership and differentiation) on the export performance of Chinese SMEs. And we investigated the moderating effect of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationship between the competitive strategies and export performance. We surveyed 217 Chinese SMEs through a structured questionnaire. For the data analysis and hypotheses testing, we used AMOS. 27. The findings display that differentiation and cost leadership strategies significantly improve export performance. The innovativeness, risk-taking and proactiveness also spur Chinese SME's export performance. Further we find that adding entrepreneurial orientation significantly improves our model of the relationship between the competitive strategies and export performance. Thus, our study extends the entrepreneurial orientation literature and provides interesting new insights into how entrepreneurial orientation helps firms create more successful export operations.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권10호
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• pp.959-968
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• 2020

Research underlined that Small and Medium Enterprises' performance is enhanced by different types of innovation capabilities. This research tends to present a comprehensive model to explain the relationship between innovation capabilities and SMEs' financial and operational performance. Specifically, this study tends to achieve three objectives: explores the set of product, process, organizational and marketing innovation capabilities possessed by owners/managers of SMEs and their impact on Chinese manufacturing SMEs' operational and financial performance dimensions, identify the determinants of innovation capabilities, and determine the contextual factors that moderate innovation capabilities and SMEs' performance. This research employed a qualitative research method using in-depth interviews with eight owners/managers of Chinese manufacturing SMEs. Research findings revealed that product and marketing innovation capabilities have a significant impact on SMEs' financial performance while process and organizational innovation capabilities positively influence SMEs' operational performance. The major determinants of innovation capabilities involved availability of sufficient organizational resources, entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge development and external networks. The contextual moderating factors on the relationship between innovation capabilities and SMEs' performance involved internal factors which are: SME size, SMEs' owner/manager work experience, entrepreneurial mindset; and external factors: market dynamism and cooperation strategies. This paper ends by drawing some concluding remarks and proposing future research avenues.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.95-116
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• 2006

Many SMEs have adopted ASP models which have brought various benefits to SMEs such as decreasing the total cost, using new IT technology, enhancing the maintenance, and implementing the information systems rapidly. Ministry of Information and Communication had implemented the ASP diffusion project for the ASP venders and SMEs between 2001 and 2003. As results of this project, various industries adopted the ASP applications of which the performance was enhanced, and then the competitiveness of the ASP vendors in Korea was increased. The purpose of this study is to make a strategy of the penetration into China market for ASP services which have competitive advantages. This study uses various research methods such as questionnaire survey, visiting SMEs in china and making interviews. This study shows the current status of Chines ASP market, the several cases of using ASP services, and questionnaire analyses(service recognition, service requirement and factors and infrastructure, business environment and supporting organizations etc) of ASP demand. And finally this study proposes several strategic considerations in entering China market and suggests several support policies for supporting Korean ASPs.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.659-670
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• 2018

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) confronts industrial manufactures with economic, ecological, as well as social benefits and challenges, referring to the Triple Bottom Line of sustainability. So far, research has mainly investigated its dimensions in isolation or economic aspects have not been compared with ecological and social perspectives. Further, research misses studies that are devoted to the special characteristics and requirements of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). This study aims to contribute to close this research gap, providing a research context that encompasses all three dimensions of sustainability. The results are based on data obtained from 329 SMEs, 222 in Germany and 107 in China, therefore allowing for a comparison of the concepts "Industrie 4.0" and "Made in China 2025" in the context of SMEs. In general, German SMEs expect a lower impact through "Industrie 4.0", perceiving the concept as more beneficial for larger enterprises. We further find that Chinese SMEs foremost see social benefits. Challenges whilst introducing "Industrie 4.0"by German SMEs as well as several frame conditions are perceived more relevant than for "Made in China 2025", as seen by Chinese SMEs. The paper closes with implications for research and practice based on these findings.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.65-75
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• 2022

Purpose: Environmental pollution problems have become more and more serious, how to effectively protect the environment has become a hot spot of concern to all sectors of society. The way to solve this problem is environmentally friendly management. However, theoretical perspectives and research frameworks of existing research on environmentally friendly management are still unclear. This study aims to examine how the CEO's beliefs for SMEs of Chinese distribution industry affect the environmentally friendly management based on institutional theory. Research design, data, and methodology: This paper collected data from 215 SMEs in China distribution industry and conducted a series of data analysis and hypothesis testing based on an institutional theory perspective using Amos and SPSS to verify the effects of regulatory pressure, normative pressure, and imitation pressure on firms' environmentally friendly management. Results: Through the analysis, this paper tests that normative pressure and imitative pressure have a positive effect on CEO's beliefs. However, regulatory pressure did not have a significant effect on beliefs of CEO. Meanwhile, the degree of CEO's beliefs has a positive effect on environmentally friendly management in Chinese distribution SMEs. Conclusions: Theoretical contributions, practical implications, and future research directions are discussed.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.107-117
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• 2022

COVID-19의 지속적인 영향에 따라 경영환경의 열악함과 경제 전반의 하락으로 조직성과에 막강한 부정적인 영향을 미치고 있다. 본 연구는 중국 중소기업에 종사하는 구성원을 대상으로 그들의 부정적인 변수로 지식은폐에 초점을 두었고 긍정적인 변수와 관련하여 직무열의에 초점을 두었다. 실증분석 결과를 다음과 같다. 첫째, 상사의 비인격적 감독은 구성원들의 상사신뢰에 부정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 구성원들의 상사신뢰는 지식은폐에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 구성원들의 상사신뢰는 직무열의에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 구성원들의 상사신뢰는 상사의 비인격적 감독과 구성원들의 지식은폐 및 직무열의 사이에서 모두 매개 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이에 따라 본 연구는 어떻게 조직에서 상사들의 비인격적 감독과 구성원들의 지식은폐를 감소시키는 방법과 구성원들의 상사신뢰, 직무열의를 높이는 방법에 대한 시사점을 제시한다.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.25-47
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• 2013

중국 중소형 기업들에게 상업은행을 통한 자금 조달은 매우 중요한 자금 조달의 원천이 되고 있다. 그러나 이러한 기업들의 신용보증 부족으로 중국 상업은행은 중소형 기업들에 대한 자금 공여를 꺼리고 있는 실정이며 이러한 현실은 이들 기업의 무역활동에 부정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 중국 중소형 기업들에 대한 신용 보증기관의 위험에 관해 VAR 모델을 적용하여 중국 보증기관의 위험에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하고 자 한다. 분석 결과, 기업 규모는 그다지 통계적으로 유의한 요인이 되지 못하였으나 기업의 고정자산 비율 등 담보 관련 정보는 신용보증기관의 VAR를 감소시키는 요인으로 분석되었다. 또한 기업 관련 제품의 독창성 여부 및 중소형 중국기업의 운영위험은 신용보증기관의 VAR와 양의 관계를 보여주고 있다고 분석되었다.