• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2018

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the strategies for managing firms' business activities but may have heterogeneity depending on ownership structures. This study investigates the association between group-affiliation and CSR activities. Drawing on a theory from the prior research, this study predicts that group-affiliated firms are less likely to invest on CSR activities. For instance, prior research finds that controlling shareholders expropriate the values of minority shareholders. As one of the motivations of investing on CSR activities is the harmonization among the stakeholders, it leads to the prediction that firms controlled by large shareholders are less likely to engage in CSR activities. Second, group-affiliated firms under poor financial performance benefit from other group members through sharing their financial resources. Thus, there is less incentive for managers of group-affiliated firms to increase their financial performance by conducting CSR. By leveraging firms listed in Korean stock market and CSR score from Korea Economic Justice Institute, the result shows that the group-affiliation is negatively related to CSR activities. The result is consistent in case of applying propensity score-matched sample. Based on the findings of this study, this paper contributes to the related literature by showing the significant association between group-affiliation and CSR decisions.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2018

Purpose - This paper examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial reporting quality. Corporate social responsibility is a way for firms to take responsibility for the social and environmental impacts of their business operations. Corporate social responsibility is a broad concept that can take various forms depending on the firm and industry. Through corporate social responsibility programs, firms can benefit society. At the same time, firms improve their reputations by increasing engagement in corporate social responsibility activities. However, corporate social responsibility activities are not directly related to profitability, especially for distribution firms. Research design, data, and methodology - 229 distribution & service firm-years between 2011 and 2016 are used for the main analysis. In Korea, Korean Economic Justice Institute evaluates the ethical performance of Korean firms, and the institute annually discloses the scores of top firms. This study uses the KEJI Index scores to measure firm-level corporate social responsibility activities. Discretionary accruals are used as a proxy for financial reporting quality. Discretionary accruals can be used opportunistically, and thus distort the information in earnings. We extract financial data from the KIS Value database. Results - We find that distribution & service firms' engagement in corporate social responsibilities is positively related to their financial reporting quality. First, there is a negative correlation between implementation of corporate social responsibility activities and discretionary accruals. In addition, we find that the coefficient of CSR is significantly negative, supporting our prediction. The result is significant at the 1% level. Conclusions - We examine the relationship between corporate social responsibility activities of distribution firms and their financial reporting quality while most prior studies examine the engagement in corporate social responsibility activities of manufacturing firms. The results of this study show that distribution & service firms engaging in corporate social responsibility activities are likely to maintain high-quality financial reporting.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.35-54
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• 2020

Purpose - It seems common sense that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a key driver of business sustainability. Nevertheless, there has been little research on the performance of socially responsible activities, including economic and environmentally responsibility activities, in internationally diversified firms. Design/methodology - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of CSR activities on management performance. For this evaluation, an empirical analysis was conducted with total of 2,520 cases, selected from companies listed on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index market for six years from 2013 to 2018. As proxies for management performance, financial data such as a total asset net profit ratio and a total asset operating ratio were used. A multivariate regression analysis was conducted to test hypotheses. Findings - The results of this analysis indicated that firms in the CSR outstanding group were ranked significantly higher than other groups in management performance. In addition, CSR activities of internationally diversified firms positively influenced the total asset net profit ratio and total asset operating ratio. Originality/value - The results suggest that the CSR activities of these firms can play a significant role in enhancing management performance in the economic status of Korea, where the degree of export dependency is high.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2016

Patent management activities are considered to play a key role for technology-based firms under the recent knowledge-based economies. This is because intellectual property, including patents, can act as a system for continuous profit generation by protecting firms' products, processes and services. In Korea, healthcare industry is now regarded as one of the promising next generation industries. Despite the promise of healthcare industry, Korean healthcare product manufacturers are faced with turbulent business changes, such as market opening. Even though there are various industrial studies on the effect of patent management activities on firm outcome, previous studies have hardly paid attention to Korean healthcare product manufacturing firms. For this reason, this study identifies the effect of patent management activities, such as patenting activeness, technical excellence and cooperation degree, on firm outcomes, including financial profitability and firm growth, with respect to the Korean healthcare product manufacturers. In this study, we located 86 Korean healthcare manufacturing firms from KORCHAMBIZ and DART, and then collected the data of their patenting activities and outcomes between 2001 and 2013. By applying factor analysis and regression analysis, our empirical study found that firms' patenting activeness has the significant positive relationship on firms' financial profitability, and firms' patenting activeness and technical excellence have the significant positive relationship on firms' financial growth. Our study is an initial attempt to identify the effect of patent management activities on firm outcome within Korean healthcare product manufacturing industry, and thus its results can be used as the basis to formulate national policies for Korean healthcare product industry.

• 분석과 대안
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.111-145
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• 2023

본 연구는 중국 상장기업의 정치적 연계(political connections)가 기업의 사회적 책임(Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR) 활동에 미치는 영향을 확인하고 있다. 기업은 정치적 연계를 '비시장 전략(non-market strategy)'으로 인지하여, 이를 통해 획득한 다양한 혜택을 경영 활동에 적극적으로 활용하고자 한다. 반면에 이러한 정치적 연계를 활용하고자 하는 기업은 그 혜택에 대한 대가로 정부의 사회 정책적인 의무를 수행해야 할 필요성이 제기된다. 특히, 중국 정부는 기업이 CSR 활동을 통하여 산재되어 있는 사회문제를 적극적으로 해소해주기를 원하고 있다. 이에 따라 정치적 연계를 통하여 정부로부터 경영상의 혜택을 획득하고자 하는 기업은 적극적인 CSR 활동을 통하여 정부의 요구를 수용하고 있다는 신호를 보낼 필요성이 제기된다. 이러한 환경에서 본 연구는 기업의 정치적 연계가 정부가 요구하는 CSR 활동을 수행하는 요인으로 작용하는지를 2013년부터 2019년까지 중국 전체 상장기업을 대상으로 실증적인 검증을 한다. 분석 결과, 중앙정부와 정치적 연계를 지닌 기업을 중심으로 CSR 활동에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것을 보여준다. 또한, 이러한 관계에서 정부 보조금이 매개효과로 작용하면서, 중앙정부와 정치적 연계가 있는 기업은 정부로부터 혜택을 얻는 것과 동시에 정부의 사회 정책적인 의무를 모두 수행하고 있는 것을 의미한다.

• 무역학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.131-152
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• 2021

Political connections may facilitate firms' exporting activities, particularly in developing countries, because politically connected firms may be more likely to receive informational and financial support, allowing them to overcome barriers to export. We test this hypothesis using a unique, firm-level dataset from traditional apparel and textile clusters in the Red River Delta Region in Northern Vietnam. We find that political connection of certain types increases the chance of receiving valuable information or financial support from the government. Moreover, those firms that have access to government information have higher chances of being direct exporters. However, firms that receive financial support from the government are not necessarily engaged in exporting activities. Although politically connected firms are more willing to export, they do not necessarily engage in more exporting activities than firms without such connections. These results suggest that the misallocation of information and financial resources to politically connected but insufficiently productive firms leads to a failure to promote exporting activities. In contrast, political connection increases the chance of importing materials and parts, possibly because high productivity is necessary for exporting, but not for importing.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.145-173
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• 2007

Using patent and firm-level panel data for 1982-2001, this study investigates spillover effects of patents and the strengthening of intellectual property rights on Productivity and Innovation. As well as we consider the effect of intra-industry spillovers, we extend the effect to inter-industry spillovers which implies the effects of IT industries on non-IT industries. The empirical results are summarized as follows. First, allowing for firm-level variables, market competition and technological spillovers, the strengthening of intellectual property rights does not play a significant role on innovative activities. Second, while innovative activities of domestic firms affect significantly firms' innovative activities, those of foreign firms do not. Third, innovative activities of IT industries as inter-industry spillovers play a significant role on innovative activities and labor productivities of domestic firms.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.431-457
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• 2007

본 연구는 부품소재 중핵기업의 기술혁신 결정요인을 분석하기 위해 기업규모, 시장집중도 그리고 기업의 특성을 나타내는 일반변수들과 혁신유무의 관계를 측정하였다. 본 연구는 이를 위하여 과학기술정책연구원이 조사한 '기술혁신조사' (KIS2005)의 원자료와 Probit 모형을 활용하였다. 실증분석 결과에 의하면 기업규모는 혁신의 유무와 정(+)의 관계에 있으나 시장집중도는 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 기업특성을 나타내는 일반변수 중에는 순이익과 연구개발비가 혁신유무와 정(+)의 관계를 갖는 반면, 수출액과 자기자본비율은 부(-)의 관계에 있는 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로, 부품소재 중핵기업의 기술혁신 활동을 촉진하기 위해서는 기업규모의 증대와 경쟁적인 시장구조의 조성이 이루어져야 할 것이며 또한 연구개발 활동에 대한 재정적 지원과 함께 자본 및 금융시장에서의 원활한 자본조달이 뒷받침되어야 할 것이다. 다만, 본 연구의 실증분석에서 나타난 수출액과 혁신유무의 관계에 대해서는 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것이다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.251-265
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• 2021

It seems a common sense that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a key driver to attain business sustainability. Nevertheless, there has been little research on the performance of socially responsible activities, including economic and environmental responsibility activities in internationally diversified firms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of CSR activities on management performance. For this evaluation, an empirical analysis was conducted with a total of 2,520 cases, selected from companies listed on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index market for six years from 2013 to 2018. As proxies for management performance, financial date such as a total asset net profit ratio and a total asset-operating ratio were used. A multivariate regression analysis was conducted to test hypotheses. The results of this analysis indicated that firms in the CSR outstanding group are significantly higher than other groups in management performances. In addition, CSR activities of internationally diversified firms positively influence their total asset net profit ratio and total asset-operating ratio. The results suggested that CSR activities of these firms can play a significant role in enhancing management performances amid the economic status of Korea, where a degree of export dependency is high.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.59-76
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• 2019

대부분의 기술기반창업기업이 죽음의 계곡(VoD: valley of death)을 극복하지 못하고 쇠퇴하거나 소멸하는 과정을 겪게 된다. 본 연구는 기술기반창업기업의 성장차원을 구분하고, 기술기반창업기업의 기업활동이 기업성장에 미치는 영향력의 시간 흐름에 따른 변화를 확인할 목적으로 수행되었다. 본 연구는 다수의 성장지표에 대한 탐색적요인분석(EFA: exploratory factor analysis)을 통해 규모와 수익으로 구분된 2차원의 성장차원을 확인하였으며, 규모와 수익으로 구분된 4가지 상태와 폐업을 포함한 5가지 상태의 이산적 기업성장상태를 정의하였다. 기술기반창업기업의 기업활동이 기업성장에 미치는 영향은 고용활동, 마케팅활동, 연구개발활동, 재무활동, 일반관리활동 등 5가지 대표적인 기업활동을 독립변수로 하고, 이산적 기업성장상태(규모×수익, 폐업)를 종속변수로 한 다항로짓모형(MNL: multi-nomial logit model)을 이용하여 분석하였다. 시간 흐름에 따른 기술기반창업기업의 성장단계는 창업생존율이 급격하게 저하되는 주요 기간을 고려하여 창업초기, 창업중기, 창업후기 등의 3단계로 업력을 범주화하였다. 본 연구의 분석자료는 정부·공공기관의 창업지원기업에 대한 2차자료를 바탕으로 하였으며, 분석대상은 업력 10년 이내의 기술기반창업기업으로 하였다. 분석결과 기술기반창업기업의 고용활동과 마케팅활동은 창업초기와 중기의 활동이 기업성장상태에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 고용활동은 긍정적 영향과 부정적 영향을 함께 미치는 반면, 마케팅활동은 규모와 수익 성장에 긍정적 영향만을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 연구개발활동, 재무활동, 일반관리활동은 기업성장 전 과정에서 기업성장상태에 긍정적 영향과 부정적 영향을 함께 미치는 기업활동으로 나타났다. 아울러 기업의 고유특성인 창업자 창업당시 연령, 기업의 업종 및 소재지역은 성장단계에 따라 기업성장상태에 차별적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다.