• Title/Summary/Keyword: Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

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The Relationship between Family Policy and Children's Quality of Life among OECD Countries: Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (OECD 국가의 가족정책과 아동 삶의 질의 관계: 퍼지셋 질적비교분석)

  • Jeongmin, Park;Meejung, Chin
    • Human Ecology Research
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    • v.60 no.4
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    • pp.595-607
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    • 2022
  • This study aims to clarify the relationship between family policy and children's quality of life through an international comparison and to determine which family policy factors contribute to children's quality of life. The research question is "How can family policies be combined to improve children's quality of life in terms of health and economy?" It includes nine categories of family policies related to money, service, and leave. Measures of children's quality of life include low birth weight, infant mortality, and child poverty. Using the OECD Family Database, and the OECD Child Well-being Data, fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparison Analysis (fsQCA) was used among 20 OECD countries. Combinations of family policies significant to the children's quality of life were derived from the results. This study contributes to the literature by revealing the effectiveness of states' investment in family policy. In addition, the study indicates that since family policies interact with each other, those policies combine to improve children's quality of life.

Stage-wise Combination of Key Factors Affecting Healthcare User Innovation by Using Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (퍼지집합 질적 비교분석을 통한 의료분야 사용자 혁신 단계별 핵심요인 조합 연구)

  • Lee, Sang-Won;Shin, Juneseuk
    • Journal of Technology Innovation
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.193-219
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    • 2016
  • We examine how combinations of key factors affecting healthcare user innovation vary by innovation stages from idea generation through R&D to commercialization and venturing using a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) of thirty Korean cases in the healthcare field. Our empirical analysis shows that well-functioning innovation network and easy resource acquisition facilitate ideation of radical user innovation. However, technological capability and governmental support are crucial to make a shift to R&D as well as commercialization stages. Differently, incremental user innovation depends heavily on technological capability of users. Our analysis can provide policy makers as well as corporate innovation mangers with a strategic framework for boosting user innovation along three stages.

Successful Technology Investment Strategy in Manufacturing Industry: Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) Approach (제조업에서의 성공적인 기술투자 전략에 대한 연구: 퍼지셋 질적비교분석)

  • Yunmo Koo;Juyeon Ham;Jae-Nam Lee
    • Information Systems Review
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.1-25
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    • 2017
  • Despite high uncertainty on financial return, firms have continuously increased their investment on technologies because they recognize the potential value of technology investment in terms of enhancing operational efficiency and sustaining competitive advantage. Notably, an individual technology investment pattern or strategy within an industry may ultimately lead to significant differences in business performance. Hence, we first categorized technology investment into traditional research and development investment and information technology investment. Afterward, we examined the effects of each pattern with combination of the two types of technology investment on business performance according to firm size and position in the supply chain through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Data collected from 562 manufacturing firms in Korea were used in the analysis. Results showed that large-sized firms were slightly affected with microscopic patterns in their technology investments, whereas small firms were highly affected with their technology investment patterns and their positions in the supply chain. The findings implied that a small enterprise requires an appropriate technology investment strategy to achieve successful business outcomes.

Research on Information Portal Affordances and System Literacy of Cultural Artists: Focusing on Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (문화예술인의 정보포털 어포던스 및 시스템 리터러시에 대한 연구: 퍼지셋 질적비교 분석을 중심으로)

  • Hyeon Yeong Kim;Hwan Soo Lee
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.55-70
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    • 2023
  • This study conducted a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis study on culture and arts information portals to ensure practical and universal use and activation of culture and arts information portals. The capabilities and influence of affordances and system literacy according to user experience regarding accessibility to cultural arts information portals are as follows. First, physical affordances in the culture and arts information portal were key conditions for the culture and arts information portal user experience regarding system accessibility, system understandability, system usability, system usability, and system literacy. Second, the functional affordance of the user experience in the cultural arts information portal was relatively low and unimportant, and when the functional affordance was low, the user's system accessibility, system understanding, system usefulness, system usability, and system literacy were increased. Third, if the user's functional affordance and sensory affordance are low in the culture and arts information portal, the system accessibility, system understanding, system usability, and system literacy of the culture and arts information portal users are increased. Fourth, cultural arts information portals must build an innovative system with a systematic approach appropriate for the user base by linking system literacy capabilities with a focus on physical affordances.

Using Fuzzy Set-Quality Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to Explore the Factors Influencing on the Hindrance to Tourist Resident's Quality of Life (퍼지셋 질적 비교 분석(fsQCA)을 활용한 관광지 거주민들의 삶의 질 저하에 영향을 미치는 요인 연구 )

  • Hyunae Lee;Hee Chung Chung;Juyeon Ham;Namho Chung
    • Information Systems Review
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.113-133
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    • 2019
  • Gentrification, caused by residents who are being forced out due to the rise of rent with vitalization by an excessive increase of city tourists and Touristification, meaning of phenomenon of residents' migration caused by residential area turning into tourist attraction have recently pointed out as a global problem. In Korea, the phenomenon such as environmental pollution, the rise of land value and rent, and the weakening of community culture in Jeju island and Bukchon Hanok Village has appeared as well. This phenomenon has become a serious problem by hindering resident's quality of life. In this circumstance, Smart tourism city has been regarded as a solution of these problems. Hence, this study chose Busan city, which has been designated as a smart city since 2015, and examined the complex impacts of the economic benefits, social costs, environmental substantiality, cultural benefits, and technical effects derived from tourism development on the residents' deteriorated quality of life based on Fuzzy-set Qualitative Analysis (fsQCA). As a result, three patterns of the hindrance to residents' quality of life were derived. If social costs of tourism development are perceived to be large, the residents perceive deteriorated quality of life, even if they recognize essential benefits (technological and economic benefits) (Pattern #1) or secondary benefits (environmental and cultural benefits) (Pattern #2) of tourism development. In addition, some residents were found not to recognize any benefits of tourism development (Pattern #3).

지방정부 간 자율적 행정구역 통합의 성공요인 탐색: 퍼지집합 질적비교분석(fsQCA)의 적용

  • Yang, Go-Un;Park, Hyeong-Jun
    • Journal of Local Government Studies
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.91-116
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this paper is to find out the set of the factors influencing on the successful voluntary consolidation among local governments. This paper considers the voluntary consolidation as a kind of coordination mechanism and institutional collective action process between local governments, and identifies the configurations of the causal factors influencing the voluntary consolidations by applying the fuzzy-set analysis. It is found that the sets of the causal factors which include political and economic homogeneity factors in the region, and interlocal political, economic, and social homogeneity factors, and prior consolidation experience between regions have positive effects on the consolidations. Also, it turns out that interlocal homogeneity and conformity between regions should be considered significantly for institutionalization which supports the consolidation between local entities.

The Effect of Poverty Reduction by Public Pension: A comparative study of 34 OECD Countries (공적연금의 빈곤 완화 효과: OECD 34개 회원국의 비교연구)

  • Kim, Yun Tae;Suh, Jae Wook;Park, Yeon Jin
    • 한국사회정책
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.301-321
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether any combination of the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the public pension system is a causal factor for the elderly poverty reduction rate. For this, fuzzy-set qualitative comparison analysis was conducted with the poverty reduction rate as the outcome condition variable, the public pension expenditure ratio, the redistributive index, the first floor public pension weight, the second floor public pension weight and the second floor forced private pension weight did. As a result of the analysis, the combination of high public pension expenditure ratio, low two - tier public pension share and high two - tier compulsory private pension share has become a cause of high poverty reduction rate of the elderly. And more various forms of association were found as the cause of low poverty reduction rate of the elderly. This paper suggests policy proposals based on the above findings.

A Comparative Study on the Sustainability of Public Pension System: Using Fuzzy-set Analysis (공적연금제도의 지속가능성에 대한 비교연구: 퍼지셋 분석을 중심으로)

  • Yuiryong Jung
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.369-378
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    • 2024
  • The aim of this study is to conduct a comparative study on the sustainability of the public pension. While the mainstream view on the sustainability of the public pension presupposes financial sustainability, the original purpose of guaranteeing retirement income has been overlooked. The sustainability of the public pension needs to consider not only financial sustainability, but also various factors such as demographic structure, labor productivity, industrial structure, life cycle of working households, government spending on public pensions, economic growth, and social consensus. With this awareness of the problem, this study conducted a fuzzy set qualitative comparative study in 44 countries, including Korea. As a result of the analysis, it was found that Korea had high financial sustainability for a single year, but relatively low integration related to social consultation and public pension operation, and adequacy such as the degree of guarantee and linkage with other pension systems was also relatively low. The sustainability of the broader public pension should be emphasized not only for financial sustainability, but also for adequacy and integration.

Effects of Coffee Shop Choice Attributes and Type of Coffee Shop on Customer Satisfaction : Using Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis(fsQCA) (커피전문점 선택 속성과 점포유형의 결합 관계가 만족도에 미치는 영향 : 퍼지셋 질적비교분석(fsQCA)을 중심으로)

  • Han, Young-Wi;Lee, Yong-Ki;Ahn, Sung-Man
    • The Korean Journal of Franchise Management
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.31-41
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    • 2017
  • Purpose - As the domestic coffee market is rapidly growing and competition is intensifying, coffee shops need to establish a marketing strategy that grasps the needs and desires of consumers in order to secure a competitive advantage in terms of survival. From this point of view, this study suggests what choice attributes consumers consider when visiting coffee shops, and analyzes the effect of customer choice attributes on franchise and private coffee shops using fsQCA. Research design, data, and methodology - In the present study, we tried to understand the effect of the combination of choice attribute on satisfaction by the type of coffee shop based on the complex system theory, while studying the existing coffee shop choice attribute focuses on the causal relationship. FsQCA is a complementary analytical method between quantitative and qualitative research, and is a method for effectively analyzing the complex combination of causal variables. Result - The results of the study are as follows. First, cleanliness was found to be the most important factor in determining coffee quality, which is the most important factor affecting customer satisfaction. Second, customers who prefer franchise coffee shops seem to be most concerned about atmosphere, menu, cleanliness and price. On the other hand, customers who prefer private coffee shops consider image the most important. Conclusions - The implications of this study are as follows. Overall, coffee shops should manage cleanliness basically regardless of the type of store, but they should manage the choice attributes differently depending on the type of coffee shop. Franchise coffee shops will be able to increase the level of store satisfaction by systematically managing the store atmosphere, menu, cleanliness, and price according to the manual using the advantages of the franchise system. On the other hand, unlike the franchise coffee shops, private coffee shops can operate autonomous stores, so customers can use various marketing mixes to enhance their store image.

The Impact of Job Strain, Life Satisfaction, and the Division of Household Labor on Fertility Rates across OECD Countries (직무긴장, 삶의 만족도, 그리고 가사노동 분배가 OECD 국가들의 출산율에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeon, Seung Bong
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.20 no.8
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    • pp.251-261
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    • 2020
  • This study aims to suggest a new perspective that can account for variations in fertility rates across OECD countries. Most previous literature has highlighted the influence of government policies on fertility rates. This study focuses the role of job strain, unequal division of household labor, and life satisfaction on fertility rates. These factors are related to work-life balance, and play a crucial role in understanding variations in fertility rates across OECD countries. Using fuzzy set qualitative comparative research analysis (fsQCA), this study tests whether fertility rates can be explained by differences in the levels of job strain, gender equality at home, and life satisfaction across countries. The results are as follows: First, high fertility-countries show low levels of job strain, equal division of household labor, high levels of life satisfaction, and high levels of GDP. Second, a high level of GDP is not crucial for achieving high fertility rates. This study suggests that changes in working conditions and organizational culture are required to increase the fertility rate in Korea, since this can influence work-life balance, life satisfaction and equal division of household labor.