• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.63-82
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• 2022

Purpose - Drawing on relational institutional theory, we explored how demographic similarity between board members of a firm and newly emerged political elites led to firms' increased financial resource acquisition such as leverage ratio and decreased export intensity amidst the Asian financial crisis. We also studied how a firm's leverage ratio and export intensity can further affect firm profitability and financial credit rating. Design/methodology - We revisited and explored a unique, unprecedented crisis that affected most Korean firms: the Asian financial crisis that coincided with a governmental shift from a conservative to a liberal party. We collected demographic information from 432 listed Korean firms' board members and 43 political elites of the Blue House from 1998-2000 to create a demographic similarity measurement. We collected firms' financial information, built panel data, and used ordinary least squares regression to test our theory. Findings - Our results showed that demographic similarity between a firm's directors and newly emerged politicians had a positive association with a firm's leverage ratio but a negative association with a firm's export intensity. A firm's leverage ratio had a negative relationship with firm performance measured by firm profitability and financial credit rating. A firm's export intensity showed a positive effect on firm performance. Originality/value - We highlighted that during an economic crisis that coincided with a governmental shift and change of leading political actors, firms exerted efforts to survey the environment and build new external stakeholder relationships to cope with the changing landscape. We proposed that in an emerging market like Korea where low levels of trust and favoritism are prevalent across society, one of the relational institutional strategies that firms can employ is the selection of directors with similar demographic characteristics to political elites based on factors including birthplace and school affiliations. We examined the efforts of firms to build political networks with newly empowered political elites during a financial crisis, and the consequences of establishing such networks. We highlighted that during a financial crisis, the demographic similarity between a firm's board members and newly emerged politicians can provide firms with access to financial resources but can also result in poor management and reduced effort to enhance its international competitiveness.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.165-169
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• 2012

There has been a growing interest in firms' environmental sustainability activities to improve environmental practices in their supply chain. This study aims to deal with supplier evaluation of firm's green supply chain management (GSCM) criteria with incomplete information. Nevertheless, the suitable supplier is a key strategic direction in eliminating environmental impact on supply chain management for manufacturing firms. The firm's GSCM criteria and supplier selection need to be unified as a system to improve the firm's performance.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제7권
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• pp.265-292
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• 2001

This paper examines what determines the use of contingent workers in Korean Department Stores. Drawing on internal labor market, transaction cost & agency, and bureaucracy theories, I hypothesize that four factors affect the use of contingent workers: job characteristics, HRM, occupation, and organizational characteristics. Data from a sample of employers surveyed by the author in 1997 were used to test the hypotheses, and analyses showed the following results. First, consistent with job-based perspective, we find that such job characteristics as firm-specific skill and the level of skill significantly affect the use of contingent workers. But job standardization and outcome measurability have no effects of its use. Second, also we find significant effects on the use of contingent workers of such HRM as scrutiny on employee selection and promotion system. The promotion system has expected effect on its use, but scrutiny on employee selection has opposite effect. Third, we find that occupation significantly affects the use of contingent workers, especially the extent of use of contingent workers of sales service is as five hundred times as that of managerial occupation. Fourth, also consistent with organizational-based perspective, we find that the firm's size significantly has positive effects, and affiliate company and labor union have negative effects. That is, the larger firm's size is, the more possibility of use of contingent workers exists, and the possibilities of its use reduce in case of affiliate company and in front of labor union. Finally, we discuss the implications and limits of theses findings.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2015

최근 기업의 실적 및 주가를 예측하기 위해 매출액증가율, 부채비율 등의 다양한 예측변수를 활용하여 정량적인 예측방법을 활용하는 연구가 많이 이루어지고 있다. 기업실적 및 주가를 정량적 예측하기 위해 수많은 예측변수들 중에서 모델구축을 위해 중요한 예측변수를 선정하는 것이 중요하다. 대부분의 기존연구들에서는 다양한 알고리즘을 활용하여 예측변수들을 제거하는 방법을 사용하는 경우가 많았다. 이러한 경우 각 예측변수들이 가지는 많은 정보들이 제거되는 문제점이 존재한다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 예측모델 구축을 위해 예측변수들을 제거하는 대신 각 변수들이 가지고 있는 정보를 병합하여 새로운 변수를 생성하는 대표적인 차원축소 방법인 주성분분석(PCA)을 활용하였다. 본 연구에서는 제안된 예측모델을 미국의 전자, 전기기업의 재무정보를 활용하여 구축하고 예측성능을 실증적으로 분석해 보았다.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1309-1318
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• 2014

최근 들어 세계적으로 정보자산 유출에 대한 문제가 심각하게 대두되고 있다. 국가정보원 산업기밀보호센터에 따르면 첨단 기술 불법 유출 관련 사건 피해 기업 중 중소기업이 71%에 달하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 대기업뿐만 아니라 중소기업 역시 정보보호 관리체계를 수립 운용하고 이를 인증 받아야 할 필요성이 있음을 뜻한다. 이러한 ISMS 인증을 받기 위해서는 외부 컨설팅 업체의 컨설팅이 필요하지만, 기업이 어떤 요인을 가지고 ISMS 인증을 위한 컨설팅 업체를 선정하는지에 대한 연구가 아직까지 미비한 수준이다. 본 연구에서는 중소기업이 어떠한 요인을 가지고 ISMS 인증을 위한 컨설팅 업체를 선정하는지 탐색적 요인분석 기법을 이용하여 실증적으로 분석하였다. 연구 결과 인적 능력 및 관리력, 시장 선도 능력, 컨설팅 진행 능력 및 실적, 물적 인적 자산규모 등 네 가지의 압축된 요인을 도출하였다.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.629-650
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• 2014

최근 기술과 시장의 변화가 빨라지고 복잡해짐에 따라 기업경쟁력이 내부 역량뿐만 아니라 외부와의 다양한 형태의 기술협력을 통해 효율적으로 창출할 수 있다는 인식이 확산되고 있다. 기업의 기술협력 구조와 성과 결정요인으로 사회적 네트워크와 흡수역량이 중요하다고 지적되고 있지만 대부분의 선행 연구는 사회적 네트워크와 흡수역량을 개별적 요인으로 분석하였다. 본 연구는 기업의 사회적 네트워크와 흡수역량이 벤처기업의 기술협력 파트너 선정, 거버넌스 유형 선택, 성과에 미치는 영향력을분석하였다. 국내 215개 벤처기업의 설문조사 자료를 분석한 결과, 흡수역량은 과업관련 기준과 파트너관련 기준 모두에 영향을 주는 반면 사회적 네트워크는 파트너 관련 기준에 영행을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 흡 수역량과 사회적 네트워크는 기술협력 거번너스에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 조사되었다. 흡수역량은 기술협력 성과에 영향을 주는 반면 사회적 네트워크는 기술협력 성과에 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 분석되었다.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.257-278
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• 2017

본 논문은 전 세계 온라인 기업을 대상으로 소유구조가 기업의 가치에 영향을 미치는지 분석하였다. 실증분석을 위해 FACTIVA database를 사용하여 2014년 온라인 기업 자료를 수집하였다. 최소자승회귀분석, 일반 회귀분석, 모델링 분석 방법을 사용하여 변수들 간의 관계성 분석을 통해 이해일치 이론, 경영자안주 이론, 절충 이론을 검증하였다. 연구결과 대주주가 기업 가치에 미치는 영향이 상반된 것으로 나타났다. 최대 주주는 기업 가치와 음의 관련성을 보였고 나머지 2-3대 주주는 양의 관련성을 보였다. 대주주들 사이에서도 이해상충의 문제가 존재하고 최대 주주의 지분이 증가할수록 기업 가치가 낮은 것을 발견하였다. 최대 주주가 내부자인지 여부도 기업 가치와 관련이 있는 결과를 통해 최대 주주의 출신과 지분율이 중요한 변수임을 파악하였다.

• 경영과학
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.83-90
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• 1998

Today, ERP becomes very popular as a vehicle of implementing an integrated information system since this package not only facilitates reengineering but also provides the function of generating consolidated financial statements. Yet a successful introduction strategy on the integrated information system needs to be set up because ERP has weaknesses as well as strengths. The strengths include the prompt reaction to environmental changes, the integrated management of information, the adoption of open systems, and the selection of modules according to functionsl However, the weaknesses of ERP include the provision of only basic functions, the development of package on international standard processes, and possible disadvantages to small and medium-sized firms. This paper is to suggest recommendations on the implementation strategy of ERP as an integrated information system. According to the case study with Firm A that has successfully implemented an ERP package, the most significant advantage of adopting ERP was that Firm A was able to implement an integrated information system for only six months. Finally, this research generates suggestions, such as the importance of the project team structure, the sufficient amount of time for education, and the minimization of the package modification.

• STI Policy Review
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.69-88
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• 2010

This paper explores the determinants of the innovation impact of publicly funded R&D projects along three broad dimensions, namely project, firm and market-related factors. In addition to these factors we examine the attributes of the research result per se and aspects of the commercialization process. The observations from empirical and qualitative analyses are based on R&D projects funded by the Fifth and Sixth Research Framework Programmes of the European Union. Firm size, prior experience, innovation culture, the nature of the project itself, explicit intension to commercialize, consortium management and strategy are the factors with the strongest effect on project success, defined in terms of product/process innovation and/or technical knowledge creation. The paper provides important implications for the organization, objectives, and management of public programmes that fund R&D and for project and participant selection.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제23권8호
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• pp.27-44
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• 2019

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop a tractable general-equilibrium model of examining the impact of human resource management on intra-industry trade. Commonly, managers of Korean firms are promoted internally. It necessitates a study of human resource management and its impact on an industrial equilibrium. Design/methodology - This paper relies on theoretical analysis. We build a model in firms are hierarchical; an entrepreneur, managers, and workers. All individuals have heterogeneous managerial talents, which are the main source of managerial quality. Firms search talents for prospect managers, and eventually delegate them to supervise workers. The searching incurs a sunk cost. Findings - Our finding is as follows. Country 1, relatively abundant of managerial talents, can gain more from trade than Country 2, relatively scarce of managerial talents. This is because the higher searching cost leads to the lower survival rate of firms in Country 2. Implicatively, good jobs are destroyed, and aggregate income falls in Country 2. Originality/value - According to our study, relative abundance of managerial talents affects distribution of firm size and determines trade gain. This study can contribute to the literature of organization management and trade.