• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권12호
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• pp.313-322
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• 2021

Horizontal cooperation is seen as an effective way to raise a competitive advantage in logistics and transportation. However, there are many logistics enterprises still operating individually instead of cooperating. This research aims to investigate the factors influencing the decision of horizontal cooperation by surveying a large sample of Vietnamese logistics companies. This study employs 161 logistics companies to examine correlations between potential factors and horizontal collaboration. The structural equation model (SEM) was used to test the conceptual model and the relationships among variables. The findings revealed that information sharing was the most important predictor of 161 supply chain providers' horizontal collaboration decisions, which resulted in increased profitability or service quality. Besides, trust in partners was found to be positively related to the degree of horizontal cooperation among logistics companies. Finally, the finding of this research is that reputation had a positive effect on the strategy of horizontal cooperation. Our findings suggest that SME managers should be concerened about their information sharing, their reputation as well as their trust in partners if they would be invited in cooperation with another firm to increase service quality, performance, and competitive advantage.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.257-269
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• 2021

Intellectual capital is becoming a crucial factor for a firm's long-term profit and performance in the knowledge-based economy as more firms identify their core competence as invisible assets rather than visible assets (Itami, 1987). The company was encouraged to measure financial and non-financial factors, including the customer perspective groups, the internal business process, learning and growth perspective, then to link all these measurements in a coherent system. This paper seeks to investigate the influence of intellectual capital elements on company performance, as well as the relationship among intellectual capital elements from a cause-effect perspective. Resource-Based View (RBV) considers intellectual capital as resource and capability to sustain competitive advantage on company performance. The partial least squares approach is used to examine listed banks in Indonesia Stock Exchange for year 2017-2019. Results show that human capital directly has positive influences on innovation capital, customer capital, and process capital. Innovation capital has positive, but less significant influence on process capital, which in turn influences customer capital. Human capital and process capital also influence customer capital. Finally, customer capital contributes to performance. This study helps management to identify relevant intellectual capital elements as competitive advantage and their indicators to enhance business performance.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2022

This paper analyzes the comparative advantages and development prospects of the China (Anhui) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Based on a SWOT analysis method, this study finds that the Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone has a set of comparative advantages, including location advantage, rich resources, industrial transformation and new industries, technological innovation capabilities, new patterns for development, and policy support. In recent years, by leveraging its key resources, Anhui Province has been committed to developing an open economy. Furthermore, its economic vitality has increased significantly under preferential policies such as the Belt and Road Initiative, the China-Europe International Freight Shuttle, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt Development Plan. As a result, the total foreign trade has continued to grow. The findings of this study highlight that the comparative advantages are of great significance to the development of the Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone, which helped expand the scope and openness of the regional economy and foreign investment. However, to achieve the development objectives of the Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone as planned, these comparative advantages must be developed and converted into a set of sustainable competitive advantages for the regional economy. Therefore, a few development suggestions are put forward.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.65-86
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• 1998

This paper empirically examines relationships among corporate strategy, competitive advantage of information technology(CAIT), and organizational performance. Effects of information technology on the linkage between corporate strategy and performance is investigated and CAIT measures suggested by Sethi and King(1994) as well as Sung(1997) are tested for verification. Research results confirm that information technology provides several traits of strategic advantages such as efficiency, threat, functionality, preemptiveness, and synergy and significantly contributes to corporate performance. CAIT measures developed by Sethi and King show strong reliability and validity, Generally, service industry firms show more strong relationship among CAT strategy, and performance than manufacturing industry firms. The findings reinforce the accepted belief that alignment between corporate strategy and CAT is critical for firms to attain sustainable competitive advantage, subsequently enhances corporate performance and competitive position against rivals, potential entrants, substitutes, suppliers, and buyers.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.299-302
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• 2004

Today, several manufacture enterprises are endeavoring constantly to receive order winners of subsidiary company product. There are tendencies to occupy competitive advantage in high position in price competition and in quality etc. But, it is not easy to keep it even if price has been cheap recently. Also, it is hard to be competitive advantage element more, because production smoothing was made much even if there is in quality. To keep or improve present competitive power, the due date rate is becoming importance. Several techniques with MRP, MRP II appeared in the 1970s by method to improve the these due date rate. These techniques have some defects to due date. Therefore, in this paper, MRP wishes to receive the due date rate that is improved more by supplementing having these defect by DBR of TOC.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.101-104
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• 2005

Recently advanced countries are making every effort to promote the efficiency of electric power production and supply, to deal with the environmental problems, and to develop the new energy. In particular, they are driving forward to develop various technologies for electric power in mid-long term, that are technology for building infrastructure of power transportation, establishing service network for account management using electronic technologies, elevating economic productivity by innovative electronic technologies, control-ling the discharge of global warming gas, using clean efficient energy, and so forth. However, power technology of Korea lagged behind than technology of advanced countries. Also, resources for developing power technology are limited in our country. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the efficiency of R&D investment. For it, our country must compare and analyze with technologies of advanced countries which are taking competitive advantage in the main future energy. Through comparative analysis, limited R&D resources of our country must be concentrated on technologies that can secure competitive advantage from now on.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.751-762
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• 2002

Korean apparel industry is facing critical moment due to shortage of labor, wage increases and intensive competition among domestic manufactures. In addition, international production has been shifting to China and the other low-wage countries from established locations such as Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Global sourcing has been received considerable attention since firms can enhance their competitive advantage as well as comparative advantage by coordinating their sourcing activities global]y. This studs regarded global sourcing as one of the strategic tools to achieve competitive advantage of Korean apparel firms, and explored the current status by literature reviews and series of in-depth interviews with managers of korean apparel firms. The findings of this study were as follows: 1) Due to geographical advantage, China was the most favored nation for outsourcing for domestic markers. However, exporting firms preferred Latin America (including Mexico) to take advantage of duties, quotas and geographical proximity to the US market. 2) In selecting the global sourcing country, productivity, technical ability, local government regulation, and culture were considered important. 3) Most Korean apparel firms sources production globally, and followed by raw materials and trims. 4) Cost and quality were the most important factors in deciding subcontractors, and experience, productivity, equipment and finances were the next concerns. Academic implications and future directions were suggested based on findings.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.9-22
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• 2022

Purpose: Establishing a competitive advantage in the aviation market is essential as the competition among domestic airlines intensifies. Therefore, this study examined the management strategies of both large domestic airlines and low-cost airlines. Research design, data, and methodology: This study classified domestic airlines into Full Service Airlines (FSA) and Low Cost Carriers (LCC), examined each airline's current status and characteristics, and conducted case analyses of FSA and LCC based on Porter's generic competitive strategy. Results: The analyses determined that LCC primarily implemented a cost-advantage strategy, and FSA implemented a differentiation strategy. However, as competition intensified, FSA pursued cost-advantage strategies while establishing LCC through subsidiaries. There are various specific cost reduction methods, including service simplicity, scalability, high utilization, low landing fees, low-cost unit, and point-to-point flight strategies. Conclusions: LCCs are focusing on cost advantage strategies that reduce costs; however, the FSA also runs special price events that are as good as LCCs and are comparable to LCCs on some routes. Furthermore, LCC has recently expanded its mid- and long-distance routes, making competition for long-distance routes with major airlines unavoidable.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.91-104
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• 2017

본고는 광양항의 수출경쟁력을 분석하기 위해 변이할당분석, 국별비교우위(열위)지수, 불변시장점유율분석을 함께 이용한다. 먼저 광양항의 주요 수출품목인 HS 39, 72, 28, 29의 국별비교우위지수를 도출하여 광양항이 중국에 대해 HS 39, 28에서는 비교우위를, HS 72에서는 비교열위를, HS 29에 대해서는 불안정한 우위가 있다는 것과 4개 품목 모두에서 비교우위정도가 계속해서 감소하고 있다는 것을 보인다. 국별비교열위지수를 이용하여 중국이 수입시장에서 다른 품목들에 비해 4개 품목에 대해 비교우위를 가지나 비교우위정도가 점차 감소하고 있다는 것도 밝힌다. 불변시장점유율 분석을 통해 중국의 수입구조는 불리하게 작용하는데 반해 중국의 수입규모효과는 모두 유리하게 작용한다는 것과 경쟁력효과는 HS 39와 29에는 불리하게 작용하나 HS 28과 72에는 유리하게 작용함을 보인다. 변이할당분석을 통해 4개 품목 모두 항만의 혜택을 받지 못하며, HS 28은 산업구조효과와 지역경쟁력이 긍정적이나, HS 72는 지역의 경쟁력은 있으나 산업구조가 불리하며, HS 39는 산업구조는 유리하나 지역경쟁력이 떨어지고, HS 29는 불리한 산업구조는 물론 경쟁력도 약함을 밝힌다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.91-101
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 공급사슬유연성(운영유연성, 물류유연성)과 경쟁우위전략(저원가, 고품질, 납기신속성)간의 관계를 실증적으로 규명하는 것이다. 이를 위해 공급사슬유연성(운영유연성, 물류유연성)과 경쟁우위전략(저원가, 고품질, 납기신속성) 간의 관계에 대한 모형을 구축하였다. 관련된 자료를 수집하기 위해 구미에 위치한 제조 기업에 종사하는 종업원들에게 500부의 설문지를 배포하였다. 수집된 자료들은 SPSS 18.0을 사용하여 기술적 분석, 신뢰성 분석, 요인분석, 상관관계분석, 다중회귀분석 등의 통계적 기법을 활용하였다. 연구결과 운영유연성은 저원가, 고품질전략에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었으며, 물류유연성은 납기신속성 전략에 긍정적인 영향을 미치나, 운영 유연성은 납기신속성에, 물류유연성은 저원가, 고품질 전략에 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 기업은 적용하는 공급사슬유연성과 경쟁우위전략과 적절한 조화를 통해 기업전략을 극대화 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.