• 유통과학연구
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2020

Purpose: Participation of firms in Global Value Chains (GVC) has contributed significantly to the improvement of economic outcomes for firms in developing countries. However, evidence suggests that these economic outcomes are gained at the cost of labourers' poor working conditions. This research contributes to existing literature on GVCs by investigating the influence of different governance structures on economic and social upgrading of firms participating in GVCs. Furthermore, the research attempts to understand the relationship between economic and social upgrading in GVCs. Research design and methodology: Detailed qualitative primary research was carried out in the football industry of Sialkot, Pakistan. The case study approach was employed, and football firms were the unit of analysis. Semi-structured interviews with firms' representatives were conducted. Results: Findings reveal that most firms were found in captive, relational and market governance structures. Furthermore, product and process upgrading were witnessed in all firms; however, social upgrading was observed mostly in captive and relational GVCs. Moreover, social upgrading was linked to economic upgrading in captive and relational networks. Conclusions: The findings from the Sialkot football industry reflect that buyers pay higher prices and margins to their suppliers once they upgrade their products and processes.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.199-211
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• 2012

There have been studies to evaluate valuation of firms by using patents in various ways. Also, the theory that value of patents helps enterprise's growth is valid in economics. However, when evaluating the value of the company, through the patent evaluation has not been used. Because of previous studies researched relation between patents and firms only at certain points. To solve this problem, this study intends to analyze lag between patent and profitability of the firms. In this study, we classified top 100 software firms in the United States through PBR, PER and value of intangible assets by using cluster analysis. And we applied Almon's distributed lag model to each cluster to find out lag between patent and profitability of the firms. As a result, in the cluster of more valuable companies, patents have an effect on profitability of the firms at regular lags. This study indicates that the patents are an important indicator to assess companies.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-31
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• 2022

Personalization and customization of product and service designs involving firms and customers using online design interfaces across the Internet is increasingly being facilitated by brands. Research on the role of information technology and value co-creation across various research disciplines in management has provided learnings on ways to creatively improve products and services by integrating customers and firms in web portals. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the specific attributes of value co-creation between customers and firms relevant to business logic, learnings, projects, personalized products and services, social network innovations, brand management and markets across the Internet for the purpose of enhancing information management of value co-creation for industries and research. The paper draws on published research and industry surveys on how value co-creation is growing in the digital economy. An industry survey of managers who use web portals for their business responded to a questionnaire on how various social, economic and intellectual motivation factors of firm-customer interactions result in value co-creation for customers and firms. These motivation factors can lead to improved learning systems for business process improvements and service management for industries, customers and firms and may also be classified.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.49-59
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• 2021

This study empirically analyzes the effect of firm overinvestment propensity on the value relevance of capital investment. In order to verify this point, this study attempts to analyze the value relevance of overinvestment firms' capital investments. The analysis was performed according to the model of Biddle et al. (2009) and McNichols and Stubben (2008) on overinvestment propensity for analysis, and the results are as follows. First, in terms of overinvestment, corporate capital investment shows negative value relevance, so the excessive investments above reasonable levels have reduced firm's value. In contrast, the value relevance for capital investment showed a positive value for firms whose managerial propensity changed, that is, from under-investment in the previous year, it shifted to overinvestment in the current year. Second, as a result of analyzing the value relevance of the investment increase according to the investment propensity, the overinvestment firms showed negative values and the underinvested firms showed positive values; thus, the value relevance of the increase in investment was opposite to the investment propensity of the firm. These findings confirm that the stock market differentially evaluates investment efficiency according to investment propensity, continuity, and investment alterations, and reflects it appropriately in the firm's value.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국벤처창업학회 2006년 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.77-104
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• 2006

이 연구는 코스닥증권시장 벤처기업과 유가증권시장 일반기업의 특허활동, 즉 특허활동량, 발명기술의 고급정도, 종업원1인당 특허지표 등 3가지 특허활동을 비교 분석하고 벤처기업과 일반기업의 특허활동이 경영성과에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 그 결과 일반기업의 특허활동이 벤처기업의 특허활동보다 경영성과에 더 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치고 있음을 밝혔다. 이러한 결과는 규모가 큰 대기업이 R&D 투자를 통해 유효특허등록을 많이 하고 이를 기업가치의 제고 수단으로 활용함을 의미한다. 따라서 다수의 벤처기업이 대기업 수준 이상의 고급특허를 많이 등록할 수 있도록 정책적 대응이 필요함을 시사하고 있다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.26-39
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• 2016

Korea's main manufacturing industries, which have led its economy for the past three decades, are faced with a serious downturn and loss of competitive advantages due to the current economic depression, China's rise, and the drop of oil prices. Korean business firms must adopt the paradigm shift in their value strategies, along with a government-led industrial restructuring in order to gain sustainable competitive advantages. Business firms allocate their limited resources between value creation and value appropriation, however, what effect does strategic emphasis on value creation versus value appropriation have on a business firm's financial performance? This paper empirically addresses this issue by examining the effect of shifts in strategic emphasis on stock return. Furthermore, this study examines appropriate choices of strategic emphasis to gain differential financial performance. The data set used in this regression analysis comes from the KISLINE database of NICE Information Service. The variables that form the basis of this analysis are stock return, ROA, and Strategic Emphasis [(advertising expenditures-R&D expenditures)/assets]. The interactive effect with situational factors regarding the firm and the type of technological environment in which the firm is operating was also analyzed. Our results show that investors acknowledge a shift of strategic emphasis as a sign of stock valuation. In comparison to US, Korean business firms have weak value creation capabilities in high-technology industries, and weak value appropriation capabilities in low-technology industries. This proves Korean firms are fast followers in the global market. Our findings suggest that Korean firms have to adopt a balanced value strategy, nurturing value creation and developing value appropriation for overcoming the current economic downturn and becoming a first mover in the dawn of "Industry 4.0."

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.70-83
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• 2018

Korea's five leading industries-chemical, automobile, shipbuilding, metal and electronics-have been the growth engines of the Korean economy for the last 30 years. However, with their performance weakening in the past few years, Korea's annual growth rate has dropped to less than 2%. Just as the Japanese economy struggled through the lost decades, Korea's leading industries have been facing signals of arriving at a Strategic Inflection Point ("SIP") since the mid-2000s. The objective of this study is to present an appropriate value strategy for Korean firms in leading industries to gain sustainable competitive advantages. This paper examines the following issues : First, it diagnoses the signs and timing of SIP for the five leading industries. Second, this study examines 78 Korean and Japanese firms in order to understand the adaptation strategies of the highest and lowest performing firms from a value strategy point of view. Third, it empirically analyzes the correlation between the indicators of value strategy and the accounting performances of the Korean and Japanese firms. The data set used in the cluster analysis were collected from KISLINE database of NICE Information Service and annual reports. The findings in the case analyses of high and low performing companies show that high value-added specialty chemical materials and electronic component manufacturers that had a strong focus on value creation were defined as high performing companies. And in the cosmetic and automobile industries, companies with a strong emphasis on value appropriation gained high performance. Furthermore, the study conducted a cluster analysis based on two indicators R&D and advertisement expense. The analysis shows that a significant gap exists in the operating incomes among three groups classified under the value strategy. The study recommends that Korean firms are requested to increase R&D expenditure, conduct M&A and collaborate with companies that own source technologies to narrow the technology gap and improve their segment portfolio from commodity to value-added products.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.153-164
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• 2014

R&D는 산업과 제품의 특성에 따라 그 중요도가 다르며, 제품의 고부가가치를 중요시하는 첨단산업에 있어서 R&D의 중요성이 크다. 그런데 첨단산업의 기업은 전통적인 상장기업에 비해 재무변수의 기업가치 설명력이 상대적으로 낮게 나타나는데 그 원인은 재무제표에 기록되지 않은 무형자산 때문인 것으로 추정된다. 이에 본 연구의 목적은 코스닥기업을 첨단산업과 비첨단산업으로 나누어 무형자산성 지출의 가치관련성을 분석하는 것이다. 무형자산성 지출은 연구개발비, 교육훈련비, 광고선전비로 측정하였다. 분석 결과 첫째, 첨단산업에서는 연구개발비가 기업가치에 양(+)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고 교육훈련비는 기업가치에 음(-)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 비첨단산업에 있어서는 교육훈련비가 기업가치에 양(+)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 첨단산업과 비첨단산업 모두 광고선전비는 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 대형회계법인의 감사품질은 첨단산업의 연구개발비의 가치관련성을 더욱 증가시키고 비첨단산업의 교육훈련비의 가치관련성을 증가시키는 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 투자자들이 전자, 통신, 제약, 정밀기계와 같은 첨단산업군의 연구개발비 투자에 대해 비첨단산업군의 연구개발비 투자와 비교해서 더 가치 있는 투자로 평가하는 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 본 연구의 연구결과는 첨단산업과 비첨단산업의 경영자의 무형자산성 투자의 의사결정에 있어서 유익한 참고가 될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.171-193
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• 2005

Small firms are considered as the last mile in electronic networks of business enterprises. Since small firms lack in their resources and capabilities for IT deployment, it seems a challenging project to make them electronically linked to their trading partners. This study aims to investigate the factors that influence the intent of small firms to adopt electronic linkage to their trading partners. This study considers the context where small firms already have transaction relationships with partner firms and where their adoption of electronic linkage may influence the nature and performance of the transactional relationships. This study considers the expected value of electronic linkage and the joint actions of the trading firms as the major factors. Its research model also includes traditional factors such as influences from the industry and the trading partner, the support of CEO, and the readiness of the trading partner. Based on the survey data from more than 1000 small firms, the present study performs regression analysis and finds that all but one factor are significant in explaining the variations in the adoption intention of small firms. The exception is the joint action, which is shown to decrease the intention. Based on the results, this study offers business and policy implications that would be useful to business managers and policy makers.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.45-62
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• 2022

Purpose - Using unexpected changes in geopolitical tensions on the Korean peninsula as a quasi-natural experimental setting, we examine whether and how geopolitical risks travel across borders through firm-level imports and exports linkages. We also test whether the effects are driven by either imports or exports and assess whether firms can effectively hedge themselves against geopolitical risks. Design/methodology - We focus on a series of unanticipated geopolitical events taken place in Korea in 2018. Making use of the shocks to geopolitical climate, we identify five milestone events toward peace talks. We employ the event studies methodology. We examine heterogenous firm-level stock price reactions around key event dates depending on firms' exposure to geopolitical risks. As a measure of firms' exposure to geopolitical risks in Korea, we utilize a text-based measure of firm-level trade links. When a firm announces and discusses its purchase of inputs from Korea or sales of outputs to Korea in their annual disclosure filings, we define a firm to have a trade relationship with Korea and have exposure to Korean geopolitical risks. Similarly, we use a measure of a firm's hedging policies based on a firm's textual mention of the use of foreign exchange derivatives in their annual disclosure. Findings - We find that U.S. firms that have direct trade links to Korea gained significantly more value when the intensity of geopolitical risks drops compared to firms without such trade links to Korea. The effects are pronounced for firms purchasing inputs from or selling outputs to Korea. We find that the effectiveness of foreign exchange hedging against geopolitical risks is limited. Originality/value - We document the international transmission of geopolitical uncertainty through trade linkages. Export links as well as import links serve as important nexus of transmission of geopolitical risks across borders. Hedging strategies involving foreign-exchanges derivatives do not seem to insulate firms again geopolitical risks. With the recent movements of localization and reshuffling of the global value chain, our results suggest a significant impact of geopolitical risks in Korea on the construction of the global value chain.