• 지능정보연구
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.93-110
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• 2015

기존의 협업필터링 추천시스템 연구는 상품에 대한 고객의 평점(rating)이나 구매 여부 데이터로부터 하나의 프로파일을 생성하고 이를 기반으로 추천 성능을 향상시킬 수 있는 새로운 알고리즘을 개발하는 위주로 진행되어 왔다. 그러나 빅데이터 환경이 도래하면서 기업이 수집할 수 있는 고객 데이터가 풍부해지고 다양해짐에 따라, 보다 정확하게 고객의 선호도나 행태를 파악하는 것이 가능하게 되었고 이러한 데이터, 즉 퍼스널 빅데이터(personal big data)를 추천시스템에 활용하는 연구의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 마케팅의 시장세분화 이론에 근거하여 퍼스널 빅데이터로부터 고객의 선호도나 행태를 다양한 관점에서 표현할 수 있는 5종의 다중 프로파일(multimodal profile)을 개발하고, 이를 활용하여 협업필터링 추천시스템의 성능을 개선하고자 한다. 제안하는 5종의 다중 프로파일은 프로파일 통합 유사도, 개별 프로파일 유사도 평균, 개별 프로파일 유사도 가중 평균이라는 세 가지 앙상블 기법을 통해 협업필터링의 이웃(neighborhood) 탐색과정에 적용된다. 실제 퍼스널 빅데이터에 본 연구에서 제안하는 방법론을 적용한 결과, 단일 프로파일을 사용하는 협업필터링 알고리즘보다 추천 성능이 상당히 개선되었으며 앙상블 방법 중에서는 개별 프로파일 유사도 가중 평균 기법이 가장 높은 추천 성능을 보여주었다. 본 연구는 빅데이터 환경에서 추천시스템을 개발하고자 할 때, 어떠한 성격의 데이터로부터 고객의 특성을 규명하는 프로파일을 만들고 이를 어떻게 결합하여 사용하는 것이 효과적인 지 처음으로 제안하였다는 점에서 그 의의가 있다.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.83-108
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• 2007

경제, 사회, 생태의 조화를 추구하는 지속가능한 발전은 21세기에 마케팅의 중요한 도전과제 중의 하나라 할 수 있다. 사회 및 생태적 관점의 통합을 통해 마케팅은 범세계적으로 대두되는 환경과 개발을 위한 패러다임으로서 지속가능한 발전 의제에 크게 기여할 수 있으리라 기대한다. 본 논문은 국제기업환경 변화의 패러다임으로 등장한 지속가능한 발전의 의미와 마케팅 영역에 제시되는 과제로서 지속가능마케팅컨셉의 의사결정 지향적 접근을 시도한다. 본 논문에서는 지속가능마케팅의 의사결정 지향적 컨셉을 여섯단계로 체계화하며, 생태 및 사회적 문제들의 분석, 고객욕구의 분석, 규범적 지속가능마케팅, 전략적 지속가능마케팅, 운영적 지속가능마케팅 그리고 변환적 지속가능마케팅으로 구분하여 고찰한다.

• 산업클러스터
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.67-86
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• 2007

원주의료기기 산업은 업력, 매출, 인력 등의 열악한 초기조건에도 불구하고 단기간에 괄목할만한 성과를 나타냈다. 2007년 말 기준 기업 수 79개로 전국대비 4.6%가 원주에 입주하고 있으며, 매출액은 국내 총생산의 10%, 국내 총수출의 15%를 차지하고 지난 3년간 평균성장률 66.7%로 국내 의료기기산업 활성화에 기여하고 있다. 또한 우리나라 의료기기산업의 각 분야별 대표업체가 이미 원주로 이전하였거나, 이전계획을 가지고 있어 앞으로 원주의료기기 클러스터 형성이 가속화될 것이다. 현재 원주의료기기 클러스터는 초기 창업단계를 벗어나 성장단계로 진입하고 있다. 특히, 중앙정부의 클러스터 사업유치로 공통부품개발, 기업 ${\infty}{\pounds}$ 협력모델 구축, 공동마케팅 추진 등 네트워크 기능이 활성화되고 있으며 이를 통해 빠르게 성장하고 있다. 비록 선진국의 의료산업 관련 클러스터와 비교할 때 투자금액이나 인프라 측면에서 크게 미약하지만 지금까지 국내 의료기기 업체들의 독자적 성장모델 추구로 인해 국제경쟁력 확보에 실패하였다는 과거의 문화를 바꾸고 있다는 측면에서는 긍정적 성과를 이루었다고 판단된다. 원주의료기기 산업이 단기간에 급속히 발전했지만 국제적인 경쟁력을 갖춘 선진 산업클러스터와 비교하면 산업규모나 기업지원 인프라가 아직은 대단히 취약하다. 요약하면, 적은 R&D투자와 그에 따른 기술력 취약, 의료기기 연구개발 인력확보의 어려움, 국내외 마케팅 역량취약, 금융 인프라와 제도적 지원정책의 부족, 혁신주체들 간 네트워킹의 미성숙으로 요약될 수 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하고 원주의료기기 산업을 세계적 경쟁력이 있는 의료기기산업 클러스터로 육성하기 위해서는 부족한 관련 인프라를 보완하고 기술혁신과 공동마케팅, 기업지원 네트워크 확대가 더욱 필요하다. 지금까지 원주에서 추진해 온 경험을 바탕으로 판단하면 결론적으로 지역에 따라 차별화되고 산업구조 및 성숙도에 적$\ll$朗(낭)-유연한 형태의 우리만의 클러스터 모델발굴과 체계적인 산업육성전략 수립에 필요한 지자체 및 중앙정부의 구체적인 역할모색이 있어야만 원주의료기기 산업이 세계적인 클러스터로 발전할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.66-94
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• 2004

The objective of this study is to examine how to maximize the efficiency of hospital management by minimizing the unit cost of hospital operation. For this purpose, this paper proposes to develop a model of the profit maximization based on the cost minimization dictum using the statistical tools of arriving at the maximum likelihood values. The preliminary survey data are collected from the annual statistics and their analyses published by Korea Health Industry Development Institute and Korean Hospital Association. The maximum likelihood value statistical analyses are conducted from the information on the cost (function) of each of 36 hospitals selected by the random stratified sampling method according to the size and location (urban or rural) of hospitals. We believe that, although the size of sample is relatively small, because of the sampling method used and the high response rate, the power of estimation of the results of the statistical analyses of the sample hospitals is acceptable. The conceptual framework of analyses is adopted from the various models of the determinants of hospital costs used by the previous studies. According to this framework, the study postulates that the unit cost of hospital operation is determined by the size, scope of service, technology (production function) as measured by capacity utilization, labor capital ratio and labor input-mix variables, and by exogeneous variables. The variables to represent the above cost determinants are selected by using the step-wise regression so that only the statistically significant variables may be utilized in analyzing how these variables impact on the hospital unit cost. The results of the analyses show that the models of hospital cost determinants adopted are well chosen. The various models analyzed have the (goodness of fit) overall determination (R2) which all turned out to be significant, regardless of the variables put in to represent the cost determinants. Specifically, the size and scope of service, no matter how it is measured, i. e., number of admissions per bed, number of ambulatory visits per bed, adjusted inpatient days and adjusted outpatients, have overall effects of reducing the hospital unit costs as measured by the cost per admission, per inpatient day, or office visit implying the existence of the economy of scale in the hospital operation. Thirdly, the technology used in operating a hospital has turned out to have its ramifications on the hospital unit cost similar to those postulated in the static theory of the firm. For example, the capacity utilization as represented by the inpatient days per employee tuned out to have statistically significant negative impacts on the unit cost of hospital operation, while payroll expenses per inpatient cost has a positive effect. The input-mix of hospital operation, as represented by the ratio of the number of doctor, nurse or medical staff per general employee, supports the known thesis that the specialized manpower costs more than the general employees. The labor/capital ratio as represented by the employees per 100 beds is shown to have a positive effect on the cost as expected. As for the exogeneous variable's impacts on the cost, when this variable is represented by the percent of urban 100 population at the location where the hospital is located, the regression analysis shows that the hospitals located in the urban area have a higher cost than those in the rural area. Finally, the case study of the sample hospitals offers a specific information to hospital administrators about how they share in terms of the cost they are incurring in comparison to other hospitals. For example, if his/her hospital is of small size and located in a city, he/she can compare the various costs of his/her hospital operation with those of other similar hospitals. Therefore, he/she may be able to find the reasons why the cost of his/her hospital operation has a higher or lower cost than other similar hospitals in what factors of the hospital cost determinants.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제4권
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• pp.43-71
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• 1975

Operations research has developed rapidly since its origins in World War II. Practitioners of O. R. have contributed to almost every aspect of government and business. More recently, a number of operations researchers have turned their attention to library and information systems, and the author believes that significant research has resulted. It is the purpose of this essay to introduce the library audience to some of these accomplishments, to present some of the author's hypotheses on the subject of library management to which he belives O. R. has great potential, and to suggest some future research directions. Some problem areas in librianship where O. R. may play a part have been discussed and are summarized below. (1) Library location. It is usually necessary to make balance between accessibility and cost In location problems. Many mathematical methods are available for identifying the optimal locations once the balance between these two criteria has been decided. The major difficulties lie in relating cost to size and in taking future change into account when discriminating possible solutions. (2) Planning new facilities. Standard approaches to using mathematical models for simple investment decisions are well established. If the problem is one of choosing the most economical way of achieving a certain objective, one may compare th althenatives by using one of the discounted cash flow techniques. In other situations it may be necessary to use of cost-benefit approach. (3) Allocating library resources. In order to allocate the resources to best advantage the librarian needs to know how the effectiveness of the services he offers depends on the way he puts his resources. The O. R. approach to the problems is to construct a model representing effectiveness as a mathematical function of levels of different inputs(e.g., numbers of people in different jobs, acquisitions of different types, physical resources). (4) Long term planning. Resource allocation problems are generally concerned with up to one and a half years ahead. The longer term certainly offers both greater freedom of action and greater uncertainty. Thus it is difficult to generalize about long term planning problems. In other fields, however, O. R. has made a significant contribution to long range planning and it is likely to have one to make in librarianship as well. (5) Public relations. It is generally accepted that actual and potential users are too ignorant both of the range of library services provided and of how to make use of them. How should services be brought to the attention of potential users? The answer seems to lie in obtaining empirical evidence by controlled experiments in which a group of libraries participated. (6) Acquisition policy. In comparing alternative policies for acquisition of materials one needs to know the implications of each service which depends on the stock. Second is the relative importance to be ascribed to each service for each class of user. By reducing the level of the first, formal models will allow the librarian to concentrate his attention upon the value judgements which will be necessary for the second. (7) Loan policy. The approach to choosing between loan policies is much the same as the previous approach. (8) Manpower planning. For large library systems one should consider constructing models which will permit the skills necessary in the future with predictions of the skills that will be available, so as to allow informed decisions. (9) Management information system for libraries. A great deal of data can be available in libraries as a by-product of all recording activities. It is particularly tempting when procedures are computerized to make summary statistics available as a management information system. The values of information to particular decisions that may have to be taken future is best assessed in terms of a model of the relevant problem. (10) Management gaming. One of the most common uses of a management game is as a means of developing staff's to take decisions. The value of such exercises depends upon the validity of the computerized model. If the model were sufficiently simple to take the form of a mathematical equation, decision-makers would probably able to learn adequately from a graph. More complex situations require simulation models. (11) Diagnostics tools. Libraries are sufficiently complex systems that it would be useful to have available simple means of telling whether performance could be regarded as satisfactory which, if it could not, would also provide pointers to what was wrong. (12) Data banks. It would appear to be worth considering establishing a bank for certain types of data. It certain items on questionnaires were to take a standard form, a greater pool of data would de available for various analysis. (13) Effectiveness measures. The meaning of a library performance measure is not readily interpreted. Each measure must itself be assessed in relation to the corresponding measures for earlier periods of time and a standard measure that may be a corresponding measure in another library, the 'norm', the 'best practice', or user expectations.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.107-120
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 사회연결망분석기법 중 하나인 구조적 공백 분석 결과를 이용하여 추천과정에 사용자의 정성적이고 감성적인 정보를 반영할 수 있는 협업필터링 기반의 추천시스템을 제안한다. 협업필터링은 추천기술 중 가장 많이 활용되고 있지만 전통적으로 확장성과 희박성 등의 문제점뿐 만 아니라 사용자-상품 매트릭스의 선호도만을 이용하여 추천을 함으로써 사용자의 정성적이고 감성적인 정보를 추천과정에 반영하지 못한다는 한계점이 있다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 추천시스템은 사회연결망분석에서 중심성 분석과 함께 연결망 내의 주요개체를 탐지할 수 있는 구조적 공백 분석을 이용하여 연결망 내의 대표 사용자들을 추출한 후 이들을 중심으로 군집을 형성한 후 각 군집색인 협업필터링을 수행하는 과정을 통해 전통적인 협업필터링에서 반영하지 못했던 정성적, 감성적 정보를 반영한다. 한편, 군집색인 협업필터링을 수행함으로써 추천의 효율성을 높일 수 있는 장점도 있다. 본 연구에서는 실제 사용자들의 상품에 대한 선호도 평가점수와 사용자들의 사회연결망 정보를 수집하여 실험을 수행하고 전통적인 협업필터링과 다양한 형태의 협업필터링과의 추천성과 비교를 통하여 제안하는 시스템의 유용성을 확인한다. 비교모형으로는 전통적인 협업필터링, 임의 군집색인 기반 협업필터링, k평균 군집색인 기반 협업필터링을 이용한 추천시스템이며, 실험 결과, 제안한 모형이 다른 비교모형에 비해 추천성과의 정확도가 가장 우수하였다. 추천성과의 차이에 대한 통계적 유의성 검정 결과, 제안 모형은 전통적인 협업필터링 기반의 추천시스템과는 통계적으로 유의한 성과 차이가 없었으나, 다른 두 모형에 대해서는 통계적으로 유의한 성과의 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2011

전통시장의 화재발생 위험요인은 대부분 도심이나 주택가 밀집지역에 위치해 상권상의 입지여건은 양호하나 시설 낙후와 재난 시설의 미비로 인하여 화재 발생시 대형화재로 전이될 위험성을 가지고 있다. 또 많은 사람들이 밀집돼 있다 보니 전기·가스시설의 무분별한 사용과 겨울철 난방기의 과도한 사용으로 화재발생 요인이 높다. 이처럼 전통시장은 화재에 취약한 점으로 인해 화재보험가입도 어려워 대부분 영세 상인들의 정신적 피해와 막대한 물질적 피해를 입게 됨에도 불구하고, 전통시장의 대다수 상인들이 생계형 상인으로 안전의식 부족 및 안전 시설관리가 미흡한 실정이다. 영세 상인이 다수로 화재시 기초적 생계 곤란과 경제적 부담 등을 이유로 대다수 시장의 화재보험 가입률이 저조하고, 노점상의 가입은 전무하여 사후 보상에도 한계를 가지고 있다. 이러한 문제점에 따라 본 연구는 전통시장의 시설 낙후성, 화재 취약성 등에 노출된 시장의 보험가입 실태 파악하고자 한다. 그리고 문헌 연구를 통한 이론적 고찰과 관계자 인터뷰를 통한 현장사례 연구, 재래시장 보험실태조사를 통해 문제점을 분석하였다. 전통시장 108여개와 점포 981개를 대상으로 화재보험가입자및 실태조사를 실시하였다. 조사방법은 설문지에 따라 직접 개별점포를 방문하여 일대일 개별면접조사 방법으로 조사를 실시하였다. 조사내용은 보험가입현황과 보험에 대한 인식을 조사하였다. 이러한 분석을 토대로 전통시장의 화재발생 안전성 확보를 위해 화재보험 가입을 위한 대안 제시와 중앙정부에서의 시설 현대화 사업의 정책 중 안전부문을 보강할 수 있는 개선 방안을 제시하였다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.115-137
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• 2010

Information technology (IT) outsourcing, the use of a third-party vendor to provide IT services, started in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Korea, and has increased rapidly since 2000. Recently, firms have increased their efforts to capture greater value from IT outsourcing. To date, there have been a large number of studies on IT outsourcing. Most prior studies on IT outsourcing have focused on outsourcing practices and decisions, and little attention has been paid to objectively measuring the value of IT outsourcing. In addition, studies that examined the performance of IT outsourcing have mainly relied on anecdotal evidence or practitioners' perceptions. Our study examines the contribution of IT outsourcing to economic growth in Korean industries over the 1990 to 2007 period, using a production function framework and a panel data set for 54 industries constructed from input-output tables, fixed-capital formation tables, and employment tables. Based on the framework and estimation procedures that Han, Kauffman and Nault (2010) used to examine the economic impact of IT outsourcing in U.S. industries, we evaluate the impact of IT outsourcing on output and productivity in Korean industries. Because IT outsourcing started to grow at a significantly more rapid pace in 2000, we compare the impact of IT outsourcing in pre- and post-2000 periods. Our industry-level panel data cover a large proportion of Korean economy-54 out of 58 Korean industries. This allows us greater opportunity to assess the impacts of IT outsourcing on objective performance measures, such as output and productivity. Using IT outsourcing and IT capital as our primary independent variables, we employ an extended Cobb-Douglas production function in which both variables are treated as factor inputs. We also derive and estimate a labor productivity equation to assess the impact of our IT variables on labor productivity. We use data from seven years (1990, 1993, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007) for which both input-output tables and fixed-capital formation tables are available. Combining the input-output tables and fixed-capital formation tables resulted in 54 industries. IT outsourcing is measured as the value of computer-related services purchased by each industry in a given year. All the variables have been converted to 2000 Korean Won using GDP deflators. To calculate labor hours, we use the average work hours for each sector provided by the OECD. To effectively control for heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation present in our dataset, we use the feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) procedures. Because the AR1 process may be industry-specific (i.e., panel-specific), we consider both common AR1 and panel-specific AR1 (PSAR1) processes in our estimations. We also include year dummies to control for year-specific effects common across industries, and sector dummies (as defined in the GDP deflator) to control for time-invariant sector-specific effects. Based on the full sample of 378 observations, we find that a 1% increase in IT outsourcing is associated with a 0.012~0.014% increase in gross output and a 1% increase in IT capital is associated with a 0.024~0.027% increase in gross output. To compare the contribution of IT outsourcing relative to that of IT capital, we examined gross marginal product (GMP). The average GMP of IT outsourcing was 6.423, which is substantially greater than that of IT capital at 2.093. This indicates that on average if an industry invests KRW 1 millon, it can increase its output by KRW 6.4 million. In terms of the contribution to labor productivity, we find that a 1% increase in IT outsourcing is associated with a 0.009~0.01% increase in labor productivity while a 1% increase in IT capital is associated with a 0.024~0.025% increase in labor productivity. Overall, our results indicate that IT outsourcing has made positive and economically meaningful contributions to output and productivity in Korean industries over the 1990 to 2007 period. The average GMP of IT outsourcing we report about Korean industries is 1.44 times greater than that in U.S. industries reported in Han et al. (2010). Further, we find that the contribution of IT outsourcing has been significantly greater in the 2000~2007 period during which the growth of IT outsourcing accelerated. Our study provides implication for policymakers and managers. First, our results suggest that Korean industries can capture further benefits by increasing investments in IT outsourcing. Second, our analyses and results provide a basis for managers to assess the impact of investments in IT outsourcing and IT capital in an objective and quantitative manner. Building on our study, future research should examine the impact of IT outsourcing at a more detailed industry level and the firm level.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.234-257
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• 2000

At present in the medical care, the study and effort for producing health service to consider efficiency, effectiveness, and quality are urgently called for because of the difficulty in the keen competition according to the inter- nationalization and opening, the operation in the medical institution service testing system, the change in the medical policy of KDRGs, and the lack of the health care cost increasing rate. As an alternative, the case management for the new management system is introduced in the U.S., and the Critical Pathway that is the method designing the contents of activity and its result has been developed and applied in order to anticipate and manage the patient-outcome for the realization of the cost-effective case-management. Thus, this study intended to analyze the effectiveness to obtain by developing the Critical Pathway presented as the method to improve the quality-betterment and cost effectiveness through the continuous and consistent patient management for the hysterectomy patient and applying it to the real practice. As a study method, this author formed a conceptual framework through considering five Critical Pathway used in the current U.S. and three Critical Pathway presented in the literature to develop the Critical Pathway for the hysterectomy patient, and made out the preliminary Critical Pathway through reviewing the old chart. This author made the verified the validity of the expert group about the developed Critical Pathway, and to confirm the possibility of practice application, completed and settled the final Critical Pathway after using the Critical Pathway to the hysterectomy patient from March 1st to 15th, 1997. Finally, to analyze the application-effect of the developed Critical Pathway, this author offered health care service applying the Critical Pathway to the hysterectomy patient from April 15th to August 31th, 1997. The guide for the Critical Pathway was carried out in advance by outpatient setting nurse for outpatient setting visit before the operation, and after hospitalization the primary nurse monitored the execution degree on the every duty. After discharge this author surveyed the complication through phone visiting, and one month after discharge surveyed the patient's reaction about the offered service when outpatient setting visit and analyzed the result. The source for health care cost was obtained by the statistics about the hospital charge which was offered by the General Business Department. The results were as follows. 1. It was decided that the vertical line of the Critical Pathway was made up of eight items such as monitoring/assessment, treatment, line/drains, activity, medication, lab test, diet, patient teaching, and the horizontal line of the Critical Pathway was made up of from hospitalization to discharge. 2. After the analysis of service contents through reviewing the old chart, it was decided that the horizontal line of the preliminary Critical Pathway was made up of from hopitalization to fourth postoperative day, and the vertical line of it was divided into eight items which were the contents to occur with the time frame of the horizontal line. 3. After the verifying the validity of the expert group about the preliminary Critical Pathway, the horizontal line was amended from hopitalization to third postoperative day, and taking their consensus, some contents of the horizontal line was amended and deleted. 4. From March 1st to 15th, 1997, to confirm the clinical suitability, this author offered eight hysterectomy patients the medical service through the Critical Pathway. The result was that three of them could be discharged at the expected discharge day, and the others later than that day. Supplementing the preliminary Critical Pathway through analyzing the cause of that delay- case, this author developed the final Critical Pathway. 5. There were no significant differences between the experimental and the control group in the incidence of complication(P > 0.05). 6. The 92.4% of experimental group was satisfied with the Critical Pathway service. 7. The length of hospital stay of the experimental group offered with the Critical Pathway service was 4.6 days and there was a significant difference that it was 1.3 days shorter than that of the control group(t=-29.514, P=0.000). 8. There wsa a significant difference that the mean medical charge per one patient of the experimental group offered the Critical Pathway service was cheaper \124,150 than that of the control group(t=-9.826, P=0.000). 9. The result that the author assumed and analyzed hospital income with the rate of turning bed was assumed that the increase of hospital income was \63,245,072 for that study, and the income increase was expected with \68,704,864 for a year. The result that this author applied the Critical Pathway to the hysterectomy patient have no differences in the incidence of complication, high satisfaction with that service, and the length of hospital stay decreased in the experimental group, and the mean hospital charge per one patient decreased, but hospital income increased. Suggestions for further study and nursing practice are as follows. 1. The study to apply the Critical Pathway for a year, verify the validity, and measure the effect repeatedly is needed. 2. To apply and manage the Critical Pathway effectively, the study to computerize it is needed. 3. The study to develop hospital-based Critical Pathway about other diseases or procedure, and measure the effect is needed.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.143-172
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• 2012

기업과 소비자간 전자 상거래 시장이 급속히 성장하고 있으나 많은 전문가들은 아직도 그 잠재력을 충분히 발휘하지 못하고 있다고 주장한다. 이에 대한 이유로 온라인 쇼핑환경이 지니는 인간적 사회적 요소의 부재를 들고 있다. 온라인 쇼핑은 전통적인 면대면 상거래에 비해 보다 비인적이며 익명성이 강해 인간적인 온정과 사회성이 부족하다. 본 연구에서는 전통적 상거래에 비해 온라인 쇼핑이 가지는 태생적 한계인 면대면 사회적 상호작용을 대신할 수 있는 개념으로 사회적 실재감을 도입하여 사회적 실재감의 선 후행변수간의 관계를 규명하고자 하였다. 이러한 연구 목적을 달성하기 위하여 본 연구주제와 관련 있는 마케팅, 심리학, 커뮤니케이션 연구분야의 연구결과들을 고찰하였으며, 이를 기반으로 하여 연구모형을 제시하였다. 제시된 연구모형을 검증하기 위하여 자기 보고식 설문지를 사용하여 자료를 수집하였다. 본 설문의 응답자들은 최소 5회 이상 인터넷 구매를 경험한 소비자들로 구성하였는데, 이는 사회적 실재감에 대한 지각은 인터넷 쇼핑몰과의 잦은 접촉이 있어야만 생길 수 있는 지각으로 판단하였기 때문이다. 실증분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 먼저 쇼핑몰의 맞춤화 노력은 지각된 사회적 실재감에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 쇼핑몰의 반응성 역시 지각된 사회적 실재감에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 쇼핑몰은 고객의 요구에 다양한 방법으로 신속하고 성실하게 반응함으로써 사회적 실재감을 높일 수 있다. 셋째, 지각된 게시판 활동성은 사회적 실재감에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 쇼핑몰 운영자는 자사 게시판을 적극적으로 활성화하여 소비자의 사회적 실재감을 높일 수 있을 것이다. 마지막으로 지각된 사회적 실재감은 쇼핑몰 신뢰와 즐거움에 영향을 미치고 쇼핑몰 신뢰와 즐거움은 쇼핑몰 충성도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 기존 온라인 쇼핑에 관한 연구의 중심이 되고 있는 쇼핑몰 충성도와 신뢰 형성에 사회적 실재감이 중요한 영향요인임을 의미하는 것으로 쇼핑몰 신뢰와 충성도를 위한 새로운 전략적 시사점을 제공하고 있다고 볼 수 있다.