• 무역학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.45-63
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• 2021

This paper investigates the effects of China's participation in global value chains (GVC) on the productivities focusing on the manufacturing industries. In this study, several indicators of participation in global value chains were used. These include GVC participation, forward GVC participation, backward GVC participation and GVC position index. In particular, we used the data obtained from 18 manufacturing industries in China during 15 years from 2000 to 2014. The main results of the analysis are as follows. First, the higher the degree of total participation in GVC, the higher the productivity. This means that with the increase in exports and imports of intermediate goods, productivity has increased through technology spillover effects or competition effects, and so on. Second, the backward participation does not increase the productivities significantly while forward participation leads higher productivity. Third, the productivity improvement effects of GVC participation was larger in the high-tech industries than in the low-tech industries. These results show that GVC participation was helpful for the economic growth of China and the efforts for moving toward upstream production stage in GVC is necessary for the improvement of international competitiveness in Chinese manufacturing industry.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.96-117
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• 2022

Purpose - Considering the recent instability of world economy and its heavy dependence on foreign, Korea must formulate breakthrough approaches to proactively cope with these adverse global developments. As such, this study aims to ascertain how participation in global value chains (GVCs) relates to corporate productivity and derive policy implications. Design/methodology - This study utilizes the microdata of Korean manufacturers to develop indicators of GVC participation at the enterprise level and analyzes the effects of GVC participation on the firm's total factor productivity by using fixed effect model. Findings - Enterprises with highest rates of export-side GVC participation see their productivity grow as their export-side GVC participation rates increase. In addition, when companies are classified by their export-side GVC participation rates, increasing export values improves all firm's productivity. In particular, those with low participation rates are analyzed to achieve higher productivity by increasing their imports, not only exports, which implies that companies with lower export-side GVC participation can boost productivity by reinforcing their export and import activities. Originality/value - This research paper distinguishes itself from others in that it makes a novel attempt to design the indicators of GVC participation at the enterprise level, not at the national or industry level. In addition, this study contributes to the existing literature by dividing companies into subgroups depending on their GVC participation rates for each of export and import and identifying variances in the effect of GVC participation on productivity growth among subgroups.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.22-46
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• 2023

Purpose - study aims to investigate the relationships between global value chain (GVC)- and transportation-related determinants and economic performance. Also, moderating effects of COVID-19 on the relationships are theoretically and empirically discussed. A limitation of previous studies includes their over-reliance on the opportunities of GVC participation and larger transportation. This study represents the challenges associated with them. Also, it shows how GVC and logistics can be difficult in case of a market fluctuation such as COVID-19. Design/methodology - The sample for this study includes 828 observations from 138 countries. A semi-panel data set has been used. Six observations for each country are used to empirically test the hypotheses and a Two-way cluster model is conducted. Findings - It is confirmed that GVC forward participation contributes more than the backward participation to enhance performance. Transportation infrastructure is critical, but large scales of marine and air transportations are not positive in terms of economic performance. Stricter government response to COVID-19 negatively moderates economic performance by GVC backward participation and transportation infrastructure. Originality/value - The spread of COVID-19 is causing a severe collapse of GVC and transportation. This study empirically verifies the moderating effects of the government stringency on GVC and transportation. Previous studies usually discuss a positive impact of GVC and transportation size on economic performance. However, this study aims to show various challenges behind GVC participation and large scale transportation.

• 무역학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.1-27
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• 2023

본 연구는 국내 제조기업의 GVC 참여 유형과 거버넌스에 따른 수출성과를 실증분석한 것이다. KOSPI 상장기업의 패널자료를 바탕으로 관계투자, 정보교환, 혁신은 신뢰의 조절역할과 함께 공급망 통합수준과 기업성과에 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 공급망 통합 정도가 GSCM의 실적과 수출 실적에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. GVC 거버넌스 유형의 경우 통합강도가 높을수록 다른 유형에 비해 성과가 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 이러한 결과는 신뢰 기반의 공급망 통합과 지속적인 GVC 투자가 매우 중요함을 보여준다. 이는 높은 통합 강도와 함께 높은 수준의 GVC 거버넌스가 성공적인 GSCM 성과로 이어질 수 있음을 설명한다. GVC 참여기업의 관계역량과 신뢰도에 기반한 혁신적인 투자전략은 글로벌 파트너십 형성 및 통합 정도에 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.205-216
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• 2016

전자산업은 많은 수익과 일자리를 제공하고 다양한 융 복합 분야에서 중요한 역할을 담당하고 있다. 최근 IT 융합기술 발달과 세계경제 통합으로 산업전략이 변하면서 ICT산업의 글로벌가치사슬(GVC)이 확대되고 있다. 글로벌가치사슬은 R&D, 제조, 판매, A/S 등 부가가치 생산을 위한 기업 활동의 모든 과정이 세계적인 차원에서 이루어지는 구조이다. 본 연구의 목적은 전자산업의 GVC 현황과 국내 대표적인 전자업체인 삼성전자와 LG전자의 GVC 추진사례를 분석하는데 있다. 전자산업의 GVC는 1980년대 이후 발전하기 시작하면서 미국과 캐나다 등 선진국에 생산기지를 구축하였다. 2000년 이후에는 인건비 등 원가절감을 위해 중국, 대만, 인도 등 저비용 국가로 이전하였다. 최근에는 중국의 인건비 및 생산비 급상승으로 인해 상대적으로 저렴한 베트남으로 생산기지를 이동하는 현상이 나타나고 있다. 국내 전자업체들은 지속적으로 성장하기 위해 수출대상국을 상대로 브랜드 및 품목별 마케팅을 실시하는 등 새로운 전략을 수행해야 한다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.126-142
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• 2021

Purpose - This study discusses the effects of human capital in the formation of GVC linkages. We also investigate GVC intensity between Korea and ASEAN. Design/methodology - To solve the doubling-counting problem in evaluating comparative advantage, RCA has been re-computed using domestic value-added (henceforth RCA_VA) at the country-sector level instead of value of trade. The impact of human capital on GVC intensity was empirically analyzed by establishing a panel data set with four industries (ISIC Rev. 4) in eight ASEAN countries from 2005 to 2015 from OECD-TiVA and WDI. Findings - The empirical results show that human capital has a negative effect on GVC intensity in the agriculture and manufacture industries, while it has a positive effect in the service and information industries. The results do not mean that low human capital is a barrier and inefficient to GVC linkages. Low Value-added activities may be more profitable to some emerging countries. These findings suggest that it is important to accurately identify the competitive elements to increase gains from trade under the GVC. Also, it shows that comparative advantages can be misled by an RCA index evaluated in trade volume under the GVC. Originality/value - This study highlights the importance of human capital as a factor for the efficient formation of Global Value Chain (GVC). This study has different from the literature in analyzing the role of human capital in formation of linkage of the GVC. And we clarify the changing patterns of trade by removing the double-counting problem under the GVC.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.399-409
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• 2016

최근 자동차시장은 친환경, 고연비, 무인자율주행을 앞세우고 빠르게 변해가고 있다. 자동차시장에서 국내 자동차산업이 성장하기 위해서는 IT, 마케팅, 광고/홍보, 생산/제조, 유통 등 다양한 기업들이 융 복합된 글로벌가치사슬(GVC) 생산시스템을 더욱 필요하게 되었다. 본 연구의 목적은 국내 자동차산업에서 부품중소업체들이 글로벌 완성차업체의 GVC내로 진입하기 위한 지원 방안을 찾아보고 이를 위해 GVC내 완성차업체와 부품업체 사이의 현황과 협력관계를 살펴보는 것이다. 또한 자동차산업의 완성차업체 GVC내 부품중소기업들이 진입하는데 필요한 정책방향을 현실성 있고 지원 가능한 방안을 찾아보는 것이다. 자동차산업에서 완성차업체의 GVC내로 부품중소기업이 진입하기 위해서는 GVC를 운영하는 대기업의 특성과 지배구조를 이해하고 맞춤형 전략을 수립해야 한다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.19-38
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• 2020

Purpose - The Korean government has been promoting the New Southern Policy (NSP) prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which damage global value chain (GVC). The purpose of this paper is to emphasize that the NSP should be developed to provide tangible support in corporate GVC adjustment, away from diplomatic activities in order to offset GVC losses due to COVID-19 and expand export capabilities. Design/methodology - Two research methodologies are combined for this paper: A computational general equilibrium (CGE) model is used to estimate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and NSP on Korea's exports, and the decomposition methodology (Wang, Wei and Zhu, 2013) to evaluate the stability of GVC. The conventional CGE model was modified to obtain an estimate for decomposition. The research methodology adopted in this study was attempted for the first time, and it can be widely used in future GVC research. Findings - Results found the effects of COVID-19 reduced Korea's total exports by 27% and GVC by more than 30%. In particular, VA in Korea's exports to the NSP region was found to have a huge impact in heavy industries and textiles, and its exports to Vietnam seemed to suffer the largest loss in GVC among ASEAN countries. If the NSP is implemented properly, it appears that it could offset much of the negative impacts of COVID-19, implying the importance of the effectiveness of the NSP. Originality/value - Many papers have assessed the NSP descriptively, and the GVC has been a topic for many publications. However, the impact of COVID-19 on Korea's GVC with the NSP countries has not been quantitatively studied. This paper emphasizes that the NSP should be pursued based on the results of quantitative analysis. In addition, the research methodology of this paper can be used for other GVC research with relevant modifications.

• 무역학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.123-157
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• 2016

WTO·DDA 협상의 난항으로 FTA가 무역관련 규칙제정에 있어 주도적인 역할을 하고 있다. FTA 체결에 따른 이점의 하나는 GVC의 확대를 활성화시키는 잠재성에 있다. FTA는 GVC의 발전을 위해 대개의 필요한 정책상의 조치를 커버하기 때문에 이러한 목적을 달성하기에 적절한 수단이다. FTA는 글로벌 경제에 있어 GVC 운영자에게 무역장벽을 완화해 주는 역할을 한다. FTA는 즉시 관세를 경감하는 것은 아니지만 통관이나 무역원활화 조치를 가속화함으로써 비용을 경감할 수 있다. 대개의 선도적 FTA에서는 상대국에 GVC를 활성화시킬 수 있는 규제상의 조화와 같은 새로운 특성을 지속적으로 추가하고 있다. 최근 WTO와 OECD 등에서도 GVC에 대한 연구가 증가하고 있어, 무역에 대한 새로운 시각을 제공하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 FTA 확대에 따른 GVC의 활성화 방안을 도출하기 위해 최근 GVC에 대한 선행연구를 바탕으로 중소기업의 GVC 편입을 위한 글로벌 경쟁력 방안을 제시하고 있다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2022

Purpose - This paper empirically investigates the effect of a rise in the global value chain (GVC) on the industry-level efficiency of resource allocation (based on plant-level inefficiency measures) in Korea, with a focus on various channels through which a rise in the GVC can increase competition among firms and thus induce resources to be allocated more efficiently across firms. Design/methodology - We empirically investigate the relationship between the industry-specific importance of GVC and the industry-level allocative inefficiency that is measured as the dispersion of the plant-level marginal revenue of capital (MRK) as in Hsieh and Klenow's (2009) influential model. We compute MRK dispersion for industries sorted by various characteristics that are closely related to firm/industry sensitivity to the GVC. In other words, we compute the average industry-level MRK dispersion for industries sorted by industry-specific importance of GVC and compute the difference between the two groups of industries (higher vs. lower than the median GVC); we also calculate the difference between industries sorted by industry-specific export (import) intensity. This is our difference-in-difference estimate of the MRK dispersion associated with the GVC for the export (import)-intensive industry versus the non-export (non-import)-intensive industry. This difference-in-difference estimate of the MRK dispersion conditional vs. unconditional on firm-level productivity is then calculated further (triple-difference estimate). Findings - A rise in GVC is associated with a decrease in the MRK dispersion in the export-intensive industry compared to the non-export-intensive industry. The same is true for industries that rely heavily on imports versus those that do not (i.e., import intensive vs. non-intensive). Furthermore, the reduction in the MRK dispersion in the export-intensive industry associated with an increase in the GVC is disproportionately greater for high-productivity firms. In contrast, the negative relationship between GVC and MRK dispersion in the import-intensive industry is disproportionately smaller for high-productivity firms. Originality/value - Existing studies focus on the relationship between GVC and aggregate output, exports, and imports at the country level. We investigate detailed firm/industry-level mechanisms that determine the relationship between GVC, trade, and productivity. Using the plant-level data in South Korea, we investigate how GVC is related to the cross-firm MRK dispersion, an important measure of allocative inefficiency, based on Hsieh and Klenow's (2009) influential economic theory. This is the first study to provide plant-level evidence of how GVC affects MRK dispersion. Furthermore, we examine how the relationship between GVC and MRK-dispersion varies across export intensity, import intensity, and firm-level productivity, providing insight into how GVC can affect firms' exposure to competition in the global market differently depending on market conditions and thus generate trade-related productivity gains.