• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.211-232
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• 2014

Recently, there is a growing interest toward social commerce using SNS(Social Networking Service), and the size of its market is also expanding due to popularization of smart phones, tablet PCs and other smart devices. Accordingly, various studies have been attempted but it is shown that most of the previous studies have been conducted from perspectives of the users. The purpose of this study is to derive user-centered CSF(Critical Success Factor) of social commerce from the previous studies and analyze the CSF perception gap between social commerce service providers and users. The CSF perception gap between two groups shows that there is a difference between ideal images the service providers hope for and the actual image the service users have on social commerce companies. This study provides effective improvement directions for social commerce companies by presenting current business problems and its solution plans. For this, This study selected Korea's representative social commerce business Ticket Monster, which is dominant in sales and staff size together with its excellent funding power through M&A by stock exchange with the US social commerce business Living Social with Amazon.com as a shareholder in August, 2011, as a target group of social commerce service provider. we have gathered questionnaires from both service providers and the users from October 22, 2012 until October 31, 2012 to conduct an empirical analysis. We surveyed 160 service providers of Ticket Monster We also surveyed 160 social commerce users who have experienced in using Ticket Monster service. Out of 320 surveys, 20 questionaries which were unfit or undependable were discarded. Consequently the remaining 300(service provider 150, user 150)were used for this empirical study. The statistics were analyzed using SPSS 12.0. Implications of the empirical analysis result of this study are as follows: First of all, There are order differences in the importance of social commerce CSF between two groups. While service providers regard Price Economic as the most important CSF influencing purchasing intention, the users regard 'Trust' as the most important CSF influencing purchasing intention. This means that the service providers have to utilize the unique strong point of social commerce which make the customers be trusted rathe than just focusing on selling product at a discounted price. It means that service Providers need to enhance effective communication skills by using SNS and play a vital role as a trusted adviser who provides curation services and explains the value of products through information filtering. Also, they need to pay attention to preventing consumer damages from deceptive and false advertising. service providers have to create the detailed reward system in case of a consumer damages caused by above problems. It can make strong ties with customers. Second, both service providers and users tend to consider that social commerce CSF influencing purchasing intention are Price Economic, Utility, Trust, and Word of Mouth Effect. Accordingly, it can be learned that users are expecting the benefit from the aspect of prices and economy when using social commerce, and service providers should be able to suggest the individualized discount benefit through diverse methods using social network service. Looking into it from the aspect of usefulness, service providers are required to get users to be cognizant of time-saving, efficiency, and convenience when they are using social commerce. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the usefulness of social commerce through the introduction of a new management strategy, such as intensification of search engine of the Website, facilitation in payment through shopping basket, and package distribution. Trust, as mentioned before, is the most important variable in consumers' mind, so it should definitely be managed for sustainable management. If the trust in social commerce should fall due to consumers' damage case due to false and puffery advertising forgeries, it could have a negative influence on the image of the social commerce industry in general. Instead of advertising with famous celebrities and using a bombastic amount of money on marketing expenses, the social commerce industry should be able to use the word of mouth effect between users by making use of the social network service, the major marketing method of initial social commerce. The word of mouth effect occurring from consumers' spontaneous self-marketer's duty performance can bring not only reduction effect in advertising cost to a service provider but it can also prepare the basis of discounted price suggestion to consumers; in this context, the word of mouth effect should be managed as the CSF of social commerce. Third, Trade safety was not derived as one of the CSF. Recently, with e-commerce like social commerce and Internet shopping increasing in a variety of methods, the importance of trade safety on the Internet also increases, but in this study result, trade safety wasn't evaluated as CSF of social commerce by both groups. This study judges that it's because both service provider groups and user group are perceiving that there is a reliable PG(Payment Gateway) which acts for e-payment of Internet transaction. Accordingly, it is understood that both two groups feel that social commerce can have a corporate identity by website and differentiation in products and services in sales, but don't feel a big difference by business in case of e-payment system. In other words, trade safety should be perceived as natural, basic universal service. Fourth, it's necessary that service providers should intensify the communication with users by making use of social network service which is the major marketing method of social commerce and should be able to use the word of mouth effect between users. The word of mouth effect occurring from consumers' spontaneous self- marketer's duty performance can bring not only reduction effect in advertising cost to a service provider but it can also prepare the basis of discounted price suggestion to consumers. in this context, it is judged that the word of mouth effect should be managed as CSF of social commerce. In this paper, the characteristics of social commerce are limited as five independent variables, however, if an additional study is proceeded with more various independent variables, more in-depth study results will be derived. In addition, this research targets social commerce service providers and the users, however, in the consideration of the fact that social commerce is a two-sided market, drawing CSF through an analysis of perception gap between social commerce service providers and its advertisement clients would be worth to be dealt with in a follow-up study.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.895-911
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to examine consumers' perceptions of eco-friendly children's-wear and their impact on the selection criteria for children's-wear and stores. A descriptive survey method using a self-administered questionnaire was employed. The sample consisted of mothers with children under the age of 13 residing in Seoul and the Gyeonggi area. Data were collected from September 2011 to October, 2011. The collected data were analyzed to find the differences between purchasers and non-purchasers of eco-friendly children's-wear in terms of their perceptions of eco-friendly children's-wear, as well as the influence of these perceptions on the consideration degree of criteria for the selection of children's wear and store. The results indicate that perceptions of eco-friendly children's-wear implied five key factors related to quality reliability, expected value, style, degree of recognition, and dissatisfaction with design and price. The results also revealed some differences between the group purchasing eco-friendly children's-wear and the group not purchasing eco-friendly children's-wear. These different perceptions were related to the aspects of quality reliability, expected value, style, degree of recognition. In general, the non-purchasing group displayed a lower mean score than the purchasing group. Both groups showed a low interest in aesthetic appreciation and the degree of recognition factor. The results showed that consumer's perceptions of eco-friendly children's-wear had an influence on the criteria for the selection of children's-wear and store type in both groups. Considering the findings of the study, it is clear that both purchasers and non-purchasers of eco-friendly children's-wear showed differences in their perceptions and purchasing behavior. Therefore, marketing strategies to appeal to the non-purchasing group should be differentiated from strategies used to ensure the loyalty of the purchasing group.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.23-33
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• 2013

Purpose - Numerous studies have tried to assess the role of a warranty as an explanatory instrument for product quality. While one study argued that manufacturers signal their superior quality to consumers by extending the duration of a warranty, quality is not necessarily related to warranty and a warranty for a short duration is a sign of high product quality. However, there are limitations to measuring product quality in terms of a single variable such as a warranty. Some other studies have evaluated the influence of brand power or value and price on the supposed quality of a product while the influence of warranty was found to be insignificant. Research design, data, methodology - The study analyzes the influence of brand power and the country of origin effect on consumers' perception of product quality in line with warranty and establishes a priority strategy. Especially, consumer experience has a significant influence on state of the art technology products like applied home electronics as these goods are generally quite expensive and consumers expend significant energy in purchasing them, so the associated warranty and brand can have a critical role in the decision making process. The price of the product was excluded in this discussion as it continually varies with the market share of the product. Results - The results of the analysis are as follows: First, each of the factors such as the standard of the warranty, brand power, and country of origin effect influences the degree of satisfaction of an individual. Second, the factors brand power and quality of the warranty interact both complementarily and synergistically at a time, depending on the brand power. As brand power is more significant, the degree of satisfaction is greater in case of products with low quality warranty compared to those with high quality warranty. Third, the brand power and country of origin effect present a complementary interaction. Fourth, the country of origin effect and quality of a warranty interact synergistically. Conclusions - Thus, the higher the quality of warranty, greater is the increment in the degree of satisfaction. The comprehensive study on the effect of the country of origin on the purchase decision process and the degree of satisfaction compared to the other elements shows that in case of Japanese and Korean markets the brand power of a company is desirable in sustaining the quality of warranty to the industrial average. Also, there is no significant improvement in the perceived quality of the product when the quality of the warranty is lowered. Therefore, the warranty effect diminishes when the value of the brand is known, while it perishes when both the brand power and the country of origin effect are strong enough.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2016

Purpose - This study was conducted to present a study on the perception and satisfaction with the brand agricultural products targeted at consumers who use a lot of local products. According to the data of 2011, the total number of the brand agricultural products of Korea is 5,291 with various kinds. Research design, data and methodology - The survey shows that the brand agricultural products are being used by some specific people. However, it can be a useful idea which can help the consumption of brand agricultural products to be expanded if we understand how consumers' recognitions are different between various groups. For an empirical Analysis, the response data of 110 adult patients residing in the metropolitan area were used and conducted with a factor analysis, frequency analysis in order to ensure the validity and conducted a regression analysis and correlation analysis using SPSS statistical program. Results - According to the analysis, it showed consumers with an interest in brand agricultural products are 40-50 age housewives and the middle class of about 5 million won in monthly income more than 3 million won with a college education. As for consumers' purchasing status, all the subjects said that they had experienced buying brand agricultural products and the level of satisfaction for them was very high. Relatively, consumers' satisfaction level with high income and education is high. And recognition of the brand agricultural products was found mainly goes through word of mouth. The age and income are very important factors in customers' repurchase for brand agricultural products. The result of the analysis for the influences on brand agricultural products of customer satisfaction suggests even if the recognitions for safety, quality, and value are vital factors, the recognition of quality doesn't influence on brand agricultural products statistically and significantly. It was analysed if there were any differences between recognitions by group to brand agricultural products, that is to say recognition of safety, quality and value and the result can be summarized as follows. There are all statistical significant differences depending on their age, educational background and income. In the case of 30 or 40 aged, as they got the education level of college and graduate school and earned relatively high income, most customers have positive recognition on the brand agricultural products. This implies the group which can buy and consume the brand agricultural more easily has much more positive recognition. Conclusion - The results of this study shows consumers' brand awareness and satisfaction with brand agricultural products are affected by their age and income level. The purpose of this study is to find the information that can help brand agricultural products markets to be expanded by understanding the factors which encourage consumers to behave repurchase as well as customers' various levels of recognition to the brand agricultural products. The survey says that brand agricultural products are being used by some specific people.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.633-643
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• 2013

본 연구는 전라남도지역 대학급식의 서비스 품질에 대한 인식 및 고객의 태도를 파악하고 대학급식의 운영전략을 제안하고자 수행하였다. 2011년 8월 30일에서 11월 30일 사이에 설문조사를 진행하였고, 총 600부의 설문지를 배포하여 총 580부가 회수되었으며, 부적절한 응답을 한 것을 제외하고 571부를 최종분석에 사용하였다. 대학급식 이용 실태조사 결과, 대학급식을 전혀 이용하지 않고 있는 비율이 21.9%로 조사되었고, 48.7%가 1주일에 1~2회 정도만 대학내에 급식을 이용하고 있는 것으로 나타났고, 1주일에 3~4회 이용은 20.4%로 나타나 대학급식의 이용횟수가 비교적 좋지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 서비스 품질에 대한 평균 수행도는 3.01점으로 중간 수준을 보였다. '편이성' 점수가 3.25점으로 '서비스 품질' 점수(2.93)와 '음식 품질' 점수(2.94)보다 높은 수행도 인식을 가지고 있는 것으로 조사되었다. 13개의 항목 중에서 '식당위치의 편리성(3.31)'이 가장 높은 수행점수로 나타났고, 그 다음으로 '신속한 배식(3.23)', '식사 가격(3.22)'으로 조사되었다. 반대로 '메뉴선택의 다양성(2.60)'은 가장 낮은 수행도로 조사되었다. 대학급식에서 우선적으로 개선해야할 품질속성을 제언하기 위하여 서비스품질 속성에 대한 인식도와 중요도를 기초로 IPA 수행한 결과, 대학급식에서 우선적으로 개선이 필요한 속성으로는 '음식의 맛', '메뉴선택의 다양성', '음식의 질(재료의 신선도)'로 분석되었다. 중요도 수행도 모두 높은 항목은 '위생 및 청결', '식사가격'으로 분석되었다. 이에 비해 중요도 수행도 모두 낮은 항목으로는 '편안하고 조용한 식사분위기', '쾌적한 환경', '고객 불만에 대한 신속한 처리'로 분석되었고, 중요도 대비 수행도가 높은 항목으로는 '식당위치의 편리성', '신속한 배식서비스', '음식의 양', '종업원의 서비스', '영양적으로 균형 있는 식사'로 조사되었다. 서비스 품질이 전반적인 만족도에 미치는 영향 분석결과, 대학급식의 전반적인 만족도에 영향을 미치는 회귀계수에는 '음식(p<0.001)'과 '편이성(p<0.05)'으로 분석되었고, 서비스 품질이 가치에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과, 대학급식의 가치에 대한 인식에 영향을 미치는 독립변수는 '음식(p<0.001)'과 '서비스(p<0.05)'로 분석되어 가치에는 '음식'이 가장 큰 영향을 미치고 '서비스'가 그 다음 순으로 분석되었다. 서비스 품질이 재방문의도에 미치는 영향분석결과에서는 재방문의도에는 '음식'이 가장 큰 영향을 미치고 '서비스'가 그 다음 순으로 나타났다. 서비스 품질이 추천의도에 미치는 영향 분석결과에서는 '음식(p<0.001)'만 유의적인 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 이상의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 대학급식의 고객인 대학생들이 인식하는 대학급식은 대학 내에 편리한 장소에 위치하여 신속하게 양껏 먹을 수 있는 편이성과 종업원들에 대한 서비스는 상당히 만족하는 것으로 분석된 반면에 음식의 맛과 다양성, 그리고 음식의 질에 대해서는 상당히 불만족한 요인으로 분석되었다. 이에 대해 음식의 맛과 메뉴 선택의 다양성 개선을 위한 실질적인 운영전략을 세우고 노력해 나가야 할 것이다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2019

스마트기기의 발달과 보급에 따라 모바일 쇼핑의 비중은 점차 증가하고 있으며 그 중에서 모바일 상품권의 시장도 점차 커져가고 있다. 본 연구는 모바일 상품권의 주요 고객인 대학생들을 대상으로 모바일 상품권의 이용 현황과 수용 태도를 살펴본다. 또한 확장된 통합기술수용모형(UTAUT2)을 기반으로 대학생들의 모바일 상품권 수용과 추천의도의 관계에서 사용의도의 매개효과에 대한 분석결과를 제시하였다. 분석결과 연구모형의 독립변수 중에서 노력기대, 쾌락적동기, 가격효용성, 습관은 모바일 상품권 사용의도에 유의한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 모바일 상품권 사용의도는 노력기대, 쾌락적동기, 가격효용성과 추천의도의 관계에서 매개효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과는 모바일 상품권 사업자 또는 향후 진입 예정자들에게 고객들의 기술수용 태도를 설명하는 동시에 모바일 상품권을 통한 신규 고객 모집 등의 전략적 마케팅에 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2009

The marketing environment has become competitive to an extent that requires firms to target their products at markets that span national boundaries. However, competitive clout cannot be achieved in global consumer markets unless firms thoroughly understand and adequately respond to the core values and needs of those consumers. Brand equity is one of the most important assets to a company. Especially in sportswear markets, brand equity is the crucial value added to a product by its brand name. Factors such as country of origin also influence customer's attitude towards brand equity. Therefore, this paper discusses the relationship between country of origin effect and brand equity, and how they influence consumers' loyalty for respective brands. This paper focused on the sports shoes market, because it is an increasing area of opportunity for world manufacturers. The objectives of this study were the following. (1) Test the effect of country of origin on brand equity. (2) Test how brand equity influences consumers' brand loyalty. (3) Find whether there are differences in the effects of country of origin and brand equity among the three countries. (4) Find whether there are differences in the effects of country of origin and brand equity among the different lifestyles. Based on the review of literature results, the hypotheses are concluded as the following: H1-a: Country image has positive influence on country of origin. H1-b: Product perception has positive influence on country of origin. H2-a: Perceived quality has positive effect on brand equity. H2-b: Perceived price has positive effect on brand equity. H3: Country of origin has positive effect on brand equity. H4: Brand equity has a positive impact on brand loyalty. Research model was constructed (see Fig. 1). After data analysis, the following results were concluded: sports shoes purchase behavior showed significant differences among Korean, Chinese, and American consumers for favorite brand, purchased brand, purchased place, information usage, and favorite sports games. The results of this study also extend the research of the relationship among country of origin, brand equity and brand loyalty to the sports shoes market. Brand equity was proven to have a significant relationship with brand loyalty for all countries. The factors which can influence brand equity are different for different countries. The third finding of this paper is that we identified different three lifestyles, adventurer, follower, and laggard, for Korean, Chinese and American consumers. Without the nationality boundary, seeing the emergence of a new group of consumers who have similar preferences and buy similar brands is more important. All of the consumers consider brand equity to keep their brand loyalty. Perceived price is the only factor which can influence brand equity for adventurers; brand is more important for them. The laggards were not influenced by any factor. All of the factors expect perceived price are important for the followers. Marketing managers should consider brand equity when introducing their brand into a new market. Also localization is the basic strategy that all the sports shoes companies should understand. But as a global brand, understanding the same characteristics for each country is more important to build global strategy.

• 동남아시아연구
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.159-212
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• 2018

본 논문은 빠르게 변화하는 베트남 기업의 사회 환경을 분석하기 위한 작업으로, CSR에 대한 베트남 현지 인식변화와 지역인식 차이 연구에 초점을 맞추었다. CSR의 사회적 수용성 연구는 베트남에 많은 투자를 하고 사회적 영향력을 행사하는 한국기업, 일본기업 및 중국기업 비교분석을 중심으로 하였다. 또한 한국기업의 CSR활동 과제와 방향을 점검하여, 한국기업의 지속가능한 발전 모색 및 베트남 사회와 기업이 조화로운 협력을 하는데 기여하고자 하였다. 아울러 문헌연구로 얻은 베트남 사회의 CSR 가치발전 연구와 실증조사로 얻은 사회책임 가치관 분석 결과를 연계하여 베트남 사회가 지향하고자 하는 사회책임 가치와 향후 그 발전방향을 조망하였다. 베트남의 CSR을 이해할 때, 지역성(locality)에 기초하여 북부와 남부를 각기 다른 공통지식과 환경을 공유하는 사회로 분류하여 이해할 경우, 각 지역은 고유의 배경요인에 의거해 CSR 사회인식을 분석할 수 있다. 연구분석 결과, 북부에서는 외국기업의 CSR을 기업 경제수입과 분배의 관점에서 바라보고자 하는 경향이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 남부에서는 마케팅 활동으로 이해 하고자 하는 경향이 강한 것으로 나타났다. 전반적으로 북부 하노이에서는 '고용개선'과 '근로자의 노동환경 개선'과 관련된 항목에서 기대감이 존재하는 것으로 나타났으며, 남부에서는 '거주민의 삶의 질' 개선과 '소비자 보호' 관련 항목에 관심을 보이고 있었다. 이는 두 지역의 상이한 식민화, 근대화, 공산화 과정에서 경험한 경제시스템 영향이 작용하였기 때문이며, 시장경제 도입 이후에도 서로 다른 경제발전의 속도와 경제 환경에 의하여 형성된 지역성이 작용한 것으로 판단된다. 특히 CSR가치에 대한 사회적 수용성은 북부와 남부에서 약간의 인식차이를 보이긴 하였지만, 두지역이 공통적으로 '정부의 역할 개입'을 희망하는 것으로 나타남에 따라, 베트남의 CSR은 공동체주의(Communitarianism)적 관점 안에서 형성된 '정부-사회' 관계를 기반으로 하고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 이와 더불어, 해외기업의 투자유입이 늘어날수록 현지정부와 이해관계자들의 CSR에 대한 기대와 인식문제는 더욱 복잡해지는 양상이다. 기업고용과 노동문제, 생활환경개선에 대한 문제는 베트남 사회의 최대관심사로 떠올랐다. 우리기업들의 사회책임 활동과 관계하여, 베트남 사회의 지역성(locality)과 니즈(needs)대한 점검이 필요한 때이다.