• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권12호
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• pp.345-352
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• 2021

Guided by a resource-based theory, this study is the first one that takes a quantitative approach to identify determinants of competitiveness of women-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. The study employs time series data of Vietnamese SMEs extracted from the Vietnam Small and Medium Enterprises Survey conducted biennially from 2005 to 2015 in ten Vietnamese provinces. Firm competitiveness hereby is indicated by revenue, market share, profitability, and export volume. The research reveals a number of determining factors, of all, research and development, labor skills, business environment, technology investment are the most important factors, followed by capital and headcount. It is indicated that the determining factors have different influences on competitiveness obtained by different measurements. Therefore, it is based on specific targets and situations to make wise business decisions. The authors also make comparisons among groups of women-owned enterprises divided by their firm age, location, ownership, export, age, and educational background of business owners. The findings serve as critical empirical evidence and provide policy recommendations for improving the competitiveness of women-owned SMEs in Vietnam. The recommendations range from technology support, education and professional support for female entrepreneurs, access to capital and human resources to business environment improvement.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.469-476
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• 2021

This study aims to examine and measure the impact of capital structure on the profitability of companies in emerging markets. The research sample includes eighteen rubber companies listed on the Vietnam stock exchange from 2015-2019. After collecting the research data, it was imported into excel to calculate the criteria for the research model. By using Stata 16 software, the study selected a data processing model and evaluated the relevance of the regression analysis model. The research results show that the profitability of listed rubber companies in Vietnam (measured by return on equity (ROE) has a positive relationship with the debt-to-asset ratio but has a negative relationship with the long-term debt-to-asset ratio. The results also show a positive impact of firm size and revenue growth on profitability while liquidity and the ratio of tangible fixed assets to total assets do not affect significantly. These results are consistent with most of the previously published studies. However, in contrast to many previous studies, our study shows that the long-term debt-to-assets ratio has a negative effect on profitability while the debt-to-asset ratio has a positive effect. This is entirely consistent with the characteristics of long-term debt use in emerging markets.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.83-100
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• 2004

Understanding characteristics of Internet businesses from a cross-cultural perspective could offer valuable insights on developing business strategies and policies. This work is concerned with revealing divergence and convergence of Internet businesses in their financial performance, given organizational conditions and cultural context. For this, we studied the association between static organizational attributes (core activity, origination, firm age, and industry type) and a firms financial performance (gross revenue and net income). Relevant data was gathered from representative Internet firms in Korea and U.S. Data analysis indicated that, besides industry type, overall connection between selected organizational variables and financial performance was weak. Cross-national comparison showed that Korean firms financial performance was comparable to U.S firms during the period of economic turbulence. A noticeable difference was that Korean Internet firms and their business models were more service-oriented than U.S. counterparts.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제22권51호
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• pp.29-40
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• 1999

The distribution center location and routing problem involves interdependent decisions among facility, transportation, and inventory decisions. The design of distribution system affects the customers' purchase decision by sets the level of customer service to be offered. Thus the lower product availability may cause a loss of demand as falls off the customers' purchase intention, and this is related to the firm's profit reduction. This study considers the product availability of the distribution centers as the measure of the demand level change of the demand points, and represents relation between customer service and demand level with linear demand function. And this study represents the distribution center location and routing to demand point in order to maximize the total profit that considers the products' sales revenue by customer service, the production cost and the distribution system related costs.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.1-32
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• 2014

주파수와 같이 매우 희소한 경제적 자원을 배분하는 경우 경매는 배분적 외부성으로 인하여 비효율적 결과를 낳을 수 있다. 경매수입이 아닌 사회후생을 기준으로 하면, 경매를 통한 배분은 경매참여자가 2인일 때에도 비효율적일 수 있다. 이는 2위 기업이 주파수를 더 효율적으로 활용할 수 있다 하더라도 이를 통해 얻는 이익은 크지 않은 반면에 선도기업이 시장을 잠식당함으로써 입는 손실이 클 때 발생한다. 2-경기자 호텔링 모형을 사용하여 분석한 결과, 2위 기업의 입찰가에 어떠한 승수를 곱함으로써 2위 기업을 경매에서 유리하게 만들 경우 경매를 통한 배분 결과가 파레토 개선된다. 승수는 시장점유율을 바탕으로 구할 수 있으며 시장점유율 격차가 클수록 높다.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2019

Purpose: Corporate social responsibility is a self-regulating business model that helps a firm be socially accountable to the public. By practicing corporate social responsibility, firms can be conscious of the kind of impact they are having on all aspects of society, including economic, social, and environmental. Corporate social responsibility activities are not directly linked to increasing corporate performance and corporate value, but rather involve spending expenses. Based on these facts, this study verifies whether the effects of corporate social responsibility activities differ depending on the firm's situation. Research design, data and methodology: This study analyzed the effect of market competition on corporate social responsibility activities using logistic regression analysis on listed companies in the KOSPI and KOSDAQ for fiscal years 2014 through 2016. In this study, market competition was measured using the Herfindahl-Herschman Index(HHI). Higher HHI value can be interpreted as a lower degree of market competition. We also measured corporate social responsibility activities using the KEJI Index published by the Korea Economic Justice Institute (KEJI). If a firm-year is included in the top 200 companies of the KEJI Index, it is classified as a good corporate social responsibility activity firm. Results: We find that companies in less competitive market were not included in the KEJI Index. This result indicates that firms in the market with lower market competition perform less corporate social responsibility activities that incur costs. An additional analysis showed that there was a significant negative relationship between the market competition and the corporate social responsibility activity scores published by the KEJI Index. These result adds robustness to the result of the hypothesis that firms that have a monopolistic place in the market practice passive corporate social responsibility activities. Conclusions: The results show that managers of a firm in the lower market competition have a lower incentive to use limited resources for projects that are not directly related to revenue. The results of this study imply that corporate social responsibility activities vary according to the position of the business. Therefore, this study suggests that market investors should consider the degree of competition in the market when they evaluate corporate social responsibility activities.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.173-194
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 방송통신위원회에서 지속적으로 추진하고 있는 위치정확도 기준 고시와 관련하여 위치정확도 제고의 경제적 효과를 추정해 보았다. 분석에서는 기업관점의 매출증가효과 및 이를 포괄하는 사회적 관점의 가치창출을 분석하였으며, 산업연관분석을 활용하여 타 산업에의 파급효과까지도 분석을 하였다. 분석의 결과 상당한 수준의 경제적 가치가 확인되었으며, 기업 관점의 가치 대비 사회적 관점의 가치 수준이 매우 높게 나타났다. 이는 LBS가 공공 목적의 서비스 비중이 크며, 기업간, 소비자간 외부성이 큰 서비스라는 직관적 판단을 지지하는 것이며, 위치정확도 제고의 추진에 있어 정부가 적극적인 역할을 해야 함을 보여주는 것으로 해석될 수 있다. 또한, 개략적인 추산이나 위치정확도 제고의 편익-비용비율도 상당히 높은 수준으로 추정할 수 있었다. 이러한 분석을 통해 LBS 위치정확도 제고를 위한 정책의 필요성을 확인하였다.

• 무역학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.83-126
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• 2023

본 연구는 벤처산업 생태계의 환경변화와 이에 따른 기업의 최적전략을 복잡계 관점에서 고찰해보고, 기업 및 업종 간 상호의존도가 심화됨에 따라 험난해지는 적합도지형의 국소최적점을 탈출하기 위해서는 탐험과 활용전략을 균형 있게 사용하는 양손잡이 전략이 필요하다는 가설을 설정하였다. 가설을 검증하기 위해서 신기술, 기업가, 소비자로 이루어진 행위자기반모형을 설계하여 슘페터 마크1/마크2와 같은 가상의 산업 환경에서 시뮬레이션 실험을 수행한 결과, 탐험과 활용을 균형 있게 사용하는 양손잡이 전략이 4개 환경 중 3개 환경에서 가장 높은 점수를 획득하며, 가장 우월한 전략임을 확인하였다. 행위자 기반 모델링 결과의 실증검증을 위하여 617개사의 벤처천억기업의 통계자료에서 활용과 탐험성향을 측정할 수 있는 지표를 선정해서 이를 기반으로 기업전략성향을 분석한 결과, 82%에 해당하는 기업들이 활용전략으로 분류되었으며, 양손잡이와 탐험전략으로 분류된 기업은 각각 9% 수준을 보였다. 가장 높은 성과를 보이는 전략은 양손잡이 전략이었으며 활용전략이 가장 낮은 성과를 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.61-72
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• 2013

Purpose - It is widely accepted that the process of developing marketing strategy is composed of three steps: market segmentation, target market selection and positioning. However, mass marketing strategy based on cost reduction through economies of scale and standardized products, can be also an effective strategic option. Many marketing scholars including Theodore Levitt emphasize the importance of applying the mass production concept to various industries including service industries. Especially, in times of economic downturn, the capability of providing consumers with low-priced, value products can be an important source of competitive advantage, as well as the ability of providing high-priced premium products. Marketers should decide whether they will implement mass marketing strategy or target marketing strategy. The present study theoretically shows that firms should understand the target customers' price elasticity as well as the firm's cost structure in order to make such a strategic decision. Research design, data, and methodology - Instead of implementing an empirical study, this study provides a theoretical(mathematical) investigation on the effect of consumers' price elasticity on a firm's optimal price level, profit, sales volume, revenue, and cost. The results are mostly deduced from derivative calculations and several graphs are utilized to represent the results on the relationships between the variables under study. Results - The analytical results suggest that it is more profitable for a firm to adopt the segment/target marketing strategy (more specifically the differentiation strategy) when the degree of consumers' heterogeneity is high and the proportion of the fixed cost in the total cost is low. On the other hand, if the degree of consumers' heterogeneity is low and the fixed cost is high, it is better to adopt the mass marketing strategy or the cost leadership strategy. The strategy of concentrating on a single target market will be effective when consumers' needs are highly heterogeneous but the fixed cost is high. Any of the three types of generic strategies proposed my Porter(1980, 1985) can be applied when both the consumers' heterogeneity and the fixed cost are low. This study also proposes the contribution-margin-based method for developing the optimal pricing strategy. Conclusions - One of the primary roles of marketers is to find a proper compromise between the two conflicting goals of maximizing customer satisfaction and minimizing cost. In order to do so, he or she should understand the characteristics of the target customers as well as the cost structure of the firm. In addition to the theoretical analyses, this study discusses several business cases and explains how superior companies find the optimal compromise position between these two goals and dominate the market. One of the radical changes recently taking place in business arena is the reduction of production and distribution costs of both physical goods and information due to the advancement and the wide diffusion of information technology. The cost reduction combined with lowered priced elasticity incurred by customized products and services, will enable many firms to adopt the mass customization strategy.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제78권
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• pp.141-176
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• 2016

본고는 기존의 미디어산업 분석에서 사용된 정태적 집중지표가 일부 유형에 한정되어 있다는 것에 주목하고 새로운 정태적 집중지표의 활용 가능성을 탐색하였다. 특히, 산업 내의 불평등 구조를 포착하는 타일지수는 미디어 산업의 정태적 분석에 있어서 유용하게 사용될 수 있다. 동태적 경쟁을 포착하는 여러 유형의 이동지표도 미디어 산업을 동태적 시각에서 분석하는 데에 있어서 다양한 정보를 제공한다. 타일지수와 이동지표들을 활용하여 2001년에서 2015년까지 전국종합일간지 시장구조를 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 시장규모 변화 추세를 보면 매출액 규모는 감소했다. 반면에 자산 규모는 U자형의 추세를 보였는데, 이는 자기자본비율의 증가에 기인한다. 또한 발행부수 및 유료부수 규모도 감소했다(2010~2014년). 자산 기준으로 보면 시장집중도 뿐만 아니라 조중동 그룹과 기타 그룹 간 불균등도가 이명박 정부에서 가장 높았다. 매출액 기준으로 보면 시장집중도는 노무현 정부에서 가장 낮았으며 그룹 간 불균등도는 박근혜 정부 초기에서 가장 높았다. 전반적으로 신문사들의 자산과 매출액은 각각 평균으로 수렴하려는 이동성을 보였다. 그리고 자산에 비해 매출액으로, 매출액에 비해 발행부수로 시장점유율을 측정할 경우에 동태적 경쟁의 정도는 약하게 나타났다.