• 국제지역연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.425-446
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• 2011

해외자회사의 자율성이 높아지면 경영성과가 좋아질 것이라는 것은 경영자들에게는 너무나도 당연한 논리로 받아들여 왔지만 실제로 학술적인 실증분석이 이루어지지 못하였다. 또한 글로벌경영으로 경영패러다임 전환 이후 본사의 글로벌조정의 틀 속에서도 자회사의 자율성 수준과 경영성과와의 정의 상관관계가 실제로 유의적인지 밝혀진 바가 없다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제를 확인하기 위하여 한국에 진출한 다국적기업을 연구대상으로 하여 다국적기업 해외자회사(본 연구에서는 한국 국내자회사)의 자율성이 경영성과에 미치는 영향관계를 연구하였다. 검증 결과 자율성은 재무적 성과와 전략적 성과 모두에 유의적인 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 해외자회사의 자율성을 제고시킬수록 자회사의 경영성과가 높아진다는 일반적인 생각을 확인해주는 결과이다. 또한 글로벌경영의 틀 안에서도, 즉 본사의 글로벌조정 속에서도 해외자회사의 자율성을 확보해주는 것이 경영성과 향상에 중요하다는 것을 시사하고 있다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2015

Purpose - There is a lack of research on how much corporate control is sufficient for effective subsidiary business-related decision making. To address this research gap, this study analyzes the impact of the level of control of a Korean corporation's headquarters on its overseas subsidiary performance. Research design, data, methodology - The study's sample comes from the Overseas Korean Business Directory of KOTRA. A multiple regression analysis empirically confirmed the relationship between the headquarters level of control over the subsidiaries and their performance. Results - The results show that the greater an organization's headquarters control over strategic issues, the greater the subsidiary's non-financial performance. However, quick decision-making through decentralization promotes the rapid selection of successful new products that can provide a competitive advantage. Conclusion - This study shows that the impact of control levels on subsidiary performance depends on the type of control involved. Specifically, while low levels of control over operational issues had a positive (+) influence on subsidiary non-financial performance, high control levels led to improved non-financial performance with regard to strategic issues among the subsidiaries.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.108-127
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• 2021

Purpose - On the basis of knowledge transfer theory, we empirically explored how three types of human resource (HR) innovation knowledge exchange within a Chaebol drive the global subsidiary performance of the headquarters (HQ) of a Chaebol's globally affiliated companies. Design/methodology - Using a sample of 176 Korean HQ firms of the top 53 Chaebols and 1,061 of their foreign manufacturing subsidiaries (n = 1,061), we tested the relationship between the exchange of explorative and exploitative sustainable HR innovation knowledge among HQ firms of Chaebols, their subsequent transfer of technical HR knowledge via technical schemas, and the subsequent impact on the global subsidiary performance. Findings - The Chaebols' decisions about the three strategic knowledge management options (i.e., the degree of exchange of explorative and exploitative technological HR innovation knowledge and the extent of HQ-subsidiary HR knowledge transfer) have highly significant relationships with the global subsidiary performance. The results help explains the conditions under which the explorative versus exchange of exploitative sustainable HR innovation knowledge pays off by showing the moderating role of the degree of HQ-to-subsidiary technical HR knowledge transfer, at least in the case of the Chaebol as one representative type of the emerging-market business groups. Originality/value - As the first of its kind in the field of sustainable HR innovation knowledge management at the business group level, the present study makes a clear contribution in demonstrating how the performance of Chaebols' manufacturing subsidiaries depends greatly on their strategy for management of knowledge, as reflected in the choices they make about sharing both explorative and exploitative sustainable HR innovation knowledge among HQ firms and the subsequent transfer of HQ's sustainable HR innovation knowledge to the foreign subsidiaries.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.195-218
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• 2016

다국적기업 한국자회사의 자율성은 자회사에게 주어진 역할과 권한부여에 따라 자율성의 정도가 결정되어지기도 하나 다른 요인들에 의해 정해지기도 한다. 본 연구에서는 자회사 성과의 결정요인을 규명하고 또한 자회사 역량, 자회사관계 및 자회사구성형태와 자회사 성과와에 관계에 있어서의 자율성의 조절효과를 규명하고자 한다. 다국적기업은 본사국과는 이질적인 환경에 투자를 통해 자회사를 설립하고 이들 자회사가 본사가 기대하고 있는 성과를 창출하기를 기대할 것이다. 자율성의 조절효과의 실증분석 결과는 한국에서 경쟁하고 있는 다국적기업 자회사에게 보다 경쟁우위를 확보할 수 있는 방안을 제시할 것이다. 실증분석 결과를 살펴보면 다국적기업 네트워크 내에 있는 본사 또는 다른 자회사와의 상호교류관계의 정도가 높은 자회사 일수록 한국시장에서 더 높은 성과를 창출하고 있다. 또한 자회사 역량의 정도가 높을수록 더 높은 성과를 창출하고 있다. 자회사의 자율성은 자회사구성형태와 자회사성과 관계에 조절효과를 보이고 있다. 그러므로 최적의 자회사구성형태와 자율성의 확보는 한국시장에서 성공할 수 있는 필요조건이라 할 수 있다. 다국적기업 한국자회사가 경쟁이 치열한 한국시장에서 성과를 제고하려면 자회사 특유의 역량을 확보해야 할 뿐만 아니라 본사 및 다른 자회사로부터의 지식과 정보 획득을 통한 자회사의 역량강화를 위해 다국적기업 네트워크 관계에도 적극적으로 참여하여야 한다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 다국적기업 한국자회사의 성과 극대화를 위한 유용한 의사결정 방향을 제시하고자 한다. 자회사의 역량제고, 다국적기업 네트워크에서의 긴밀한 관계유지 및 자율성 확보를 통해 다국적기업 한국자회사는 한국시장에서 성과를 제고 할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 2011년도 추계학술논문발표회 논문집
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• pp.197-200
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• 2011

This study aims to inform of current situation related to fire safety performance regulation on bed mattress in domestic and foreign countries, and even to make a slight analysis report on heat release rate of bed mattress based on preliminary KICT study which has comparison data together with several items inside house.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.231-249
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• 2019

Technology transfer from a multinational company to a local subsidiary is essential for successful local market operations. This study aims to analyze the impact of market, cultural and institutional environmental factors on international technology transfer and innovation performance based on the S-C-P paradigm. We collected data from one hundred ninety-five subsidiaries of Korean parent firms located in seventeen countries and used structural equation modeling to test hypotheses. The analysis findings are as follow; First, both market and cultural environment directly affect international technology transfer. However, institutional environment such as protection of intellectual property does not affect international technology transfer. Due to the less risk of technology disclosure involved in technology transfer within the MNE organization can be not relationship between protection of intellectual property in the host country and the foreign subsidiary's transfer of technology. The risk of infringement of intellectual property is relatively low in intra-firm transfer of technology. Second, the technology introduced from the parent company has a positive effect on the innovation performance of local subsidiaries. This implies that multinational companies that have entered unfamiliar overseas markets should be able to effectively transfer the inherent advantages of the parent company to their overseas subsidiaries, and that their ability to adapt to the local environment is important.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.71-97
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• 2003

In this study, the main goal is conduct an empirical research for MNC's(multinational companies) contingency factors and entry modes. Through examining elements of success and limitations of foreign companies in the domestic market, a resulting purpose can be suggested such as developing attractive foreign investment policy. The results in this study are as below. The results from Logistic Regression Analysis there were indications for preference factors for WOS (Wholly Owned Subsidiary). The factors were 'Strategic Motivation', 'Intelligent Property', and 'Market Latent Purchasing Power'. For JV (Joint Venture) there were preferred factors such as 'Degree of Using Product Factors', 'Differential Products Development Ability', and 'Systematic Incentives'. However, this thesis is limited to identifying clear causal relationship between the 'Performance' of foreign investment enterprise which entered WOS or JV and various factors which were suggested in the contingency factors (independent variables).

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.277-306
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• 2008

Knowledge1 is considered to be a key element of understanding how organizations gain and sustain competitive advantages. But very few firms are capable of creating the requisite knowledge and thus, firms should acquire and exploit new knowledge through knowledge transfer processes. The empirical part of this study involves examining relationships among adaptability of knowledge and knowledge transfer and marketing performance and testing the moderating roles of absorptive capacity, socialization and local marketing knowledge. This study is organized as follows: (1) Previous literature on knowledge, knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity is summarized, followed by the development of hypotheses derived from the knowledge-based view and absorptive capacity. (2) The hypotheses are tested with data collected from MNCs' subsidiaries performing marketing activities in Korea.Thestudyisclosedwithfindings,implications,andconclusions. Following six research hypotheses are drawn from literature review in related areas: H1: Adaptability of knowledge transferred from the MNCs' headquarters and other subsidiaries is positively associated with knowledge inflows into the receiving subsidiary. H2: The level of marketing knowledge transferred from the MNCs' headquarters and other subsidiaries is positively associated with marketing performance of the receiving subsidiary. H3: Increases in potential absorptive capacity will enhance the relationship between adaptability of knowledge and the level of marketing knowledge transfer. H4: Increases in realized absorptive capacity will enhance the relationship between the level of knowledge transfer and marketing performance of the receiving subsidiary. H5: Increases in socialization activity among the headquarters and subsidiaries will enhance the relationship between adaptability of knowledge and the level of marketing knowledge transfer. H6: Increases in the level of locally developed marketing knowledge will enhance the relationship between the level of knowledge transfer and marketing performance of the receiving subsidiary. The research framework that illustrates the proposed hypotheses is presented in figure 1. The unit of analysis for this study is knowledge transfer from the MNCs' headquarters and other subsidiaries to their subsidiaries operating in South Korea. The population for this study consists of subsidiaries established either as joint ventures or as wholly-owned subsidiaries. A group of 603 foreign firms were drawn from diverse industry organizations and business societies. After personal contact, telephone, fax, and e-mail to request that the respondents complete the questionnaire, 282 valid questionnaires from 133 initial sample companies were collected. The results of the empirical analyses significantly support all of the proposed hypotheses except hypothesis 3. Adaptability of external knowledge promotes knowledge transfer and the relationship is moderated by a firm's potential knowledge absorptive capacity. On the other hand, knowledge transfer improves a firm's marketing performance and a firm's realized knowledge absorptive capacity and local marketing knowledge moderate the relationship. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings in this study are as follows: (1) firms must take seeking, transferring, sharing and exploiting of external knowledge into serious consideration, while simultaneously creating knowledge to support the necessary business operations, remain competitive, and achieve superior performance. (2) Firms should continuously seek to develop their knowledge absorptive capacity (both potential and realized capacity) to absorb, learn and utilize valuable external knowledge. (3) Firms should emphasize not only absorptive capacity, but also development of local knowledge. Firms with strong absorptive capability and local knowledge can learn and transfer more external knowledge, which can be translated into greater levels of competence and performance.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.197-220
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• 2012

한국 중소기업 해외자회사의 투자성과 차이를 가져오는 주요 경영관리역량은 무엇이며, 이들 경영관리역량을 구축하는데 영향을 미치는 요인은 무엇인가? 이를 파악하기 위해 베트남 호치민 지역을 방문하여 21개 기업의 경영자들을 1-2시간 동안 인터뷰한 다음, 경영자원론에 의거하여 도출한 분석모델에 따라 사례를 작성 및 분석하였다. 분석결과 유능한 관리자 확보, 원활한 의사소통 체제, 안정적인 노사관계 구축, 공장가동률 제고와 하청활용, 자사특유의 품질관리 시스템, 적기자금조달, 지역사회와 좋은 관계 구축 및 관련 공무원들과의 우호적인 관계 구축 등과 같은 경영관리역량이 주요한 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 경영관리역량을 향상시키는 요인들은 사전진출 경험과 지식뿐만 아니라 지속적인 학습, 단계적인 성장, 뛰어난 경영관리 시스템 등으로 분석되었다. 따라서 한국 중소기업들은 베트남 투자성과를 높이기 위해 사전진출 경험과 지식을 충분히 축적하여야 하며, 진출 이후에도 지속적인 학습을 바탕으로 환경변화에 맞게 주요 경영관리역량을 향상시켜 나가야 할 것이다.

• 한국디지털정책학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디지털정책학회 2005년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.323-335
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• 2005

Globalization of economy brings both opportunities and threats especially for companies in developing countries such as Korea. Globalization is an opportunity because it may expand the size of market for the company where globalization brings a threat for developing global competitiveness. If the company has already built competitive advantage in its business domain, the company can easily transfer market growth to profit improvement. However, if the company has not developed competitive advantage, globalization of economy will give a serious threat for the survivor of the company. The company might lose its own domestic market share. For the less famous brand of product or company name, international expansion is a challenging strategy. The study evaluated organizational performance of companies that try international expansion by utilizing Miles and Snow's strategy typology. We clustered organizations based on their strategy typology (prospector, analyzer, defender, and reactor) in view of the level of product diversification, new product development instances, level of localization, and autonomy of foreign subsidiary. With the strategy typology, we evaluated international strategy in view of product competitiveness, marketing strategy, human resource strategy, and organizational strategy. The regression result demonstrates that the performance of the company is significantly higher when the company employs prospector strategy. We also found out that product quality and emphasis for developed countries in international expansion are the most important factors for success.