• 제목/요약/키워드: Geographical Market Diversity

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Effects of Market Diversity on Performance of Exporting Companies: An Inverted U-shaped Relationship

  • Lee, Jungeun;Kim, Chang-Bong;Lee, Dong-Jun
    • Journal of Korea Trade
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    • 제24권8호
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    • pp.121-132
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    • 2020
  • Purpose - The principle aim of this study is to further investigate the relationship between market diversity and export performance. We examine the benefits and costs of geographic market diversity regarding the number of countries exported to by firms on their export performance. Based on the financial risk reduction model and the entry costs model, we propose a way to incorporate the costs and benefits aspects of market diversity. Design/methodology - To empirically investigate our research question, the curvilinear relationship between market diversity and export performance, we built a secondary panel data set between 2015 and 2019, containing 17,863 observations of Korean exporting companies. A generalized least squares panel estimator with fixed effects was employed to test the hypothesis, and the statistical package, Stata 14, was used. Findings - Our main findings are as follows: As market diversity increases, export performance increases because exporters can diversify and reduce financial risks in export markets. However, the relationship between the two does not grow. As it peaks, the entry costs increase due to the high market diversity, thereby outweighing the benefits, leading, eventually to decrease in the export performance. Consequently, there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between market diversity and export performance. Originality/value - In the export and trade literature, the impact of market diversity on export performance has not been addressed yet, despite the importance of this subject. Many scholars have assumed a positive linear relationship between the two, considering only the decrease in market risks as the number of overseas markets increases, without examining the increase in the entry and management costs. Therefore, our study contributes by providing a new perspective for analyzing the characteristics and outcomes of market diversity.

중국 의류소비자 특성 고찰 (Characteristics of Chinese Consumers Related to Clothing Consumption)

  • 유혜경
    • 한국의류학회지
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.233-240
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    • 1998
  • The main objective of this study was to develop a basic information base on Chinese consumers related to clothing purchases. Previous studies on Chinese consumers were extensively reviewed and in-depth interviews were conducted with 12 middle-level managers at Korean apparel companies which market their merchandises in China. Combined results from the reviews on previous studies and interviews indicated that traditional values, communism and industrialization are the major forces which shape contemporary Chinese consumers. Industrialization, in particular, accompanied by influx of western culture and economic development, has resulted in wide-spread phenomenon of conspicuous consumption. Thus, brand and brand images appeared to be the most important considerations for purchasing imported apparels. In addition, diversity of Chinese consumers and geographical differences were emphasized, which indicated need for market segmentation. Other characteristics including body measurements also provided implications for fashion marketing in China.

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Telecommunications Infrastructures and Services Development and Challenges in Nepal

  • Shrestha, Surendra;Adhikari, Dilli Ram
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.27-36
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    • 2017
  • The world's unique geographical, multilingual, multiethnic, multiracial and multi religious Himalayan country Nepal has more than 100 years history on telephony service and it has been formulating appropriate policy and regulation for the adoption of new technology, introducing the competitive market environment for the overall development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructures and application of ICT service and tools for socio-economic transformation. The Nepalese market seems to be continuously growing and having huge demand of mobile telephony and internet subscriptions trend. The ICT infrastructure development in difficult geographical area is quite challenging and thus operators are focusing mobile telephony and mobile internet services. Nepal has been doing its best effort on formulating policy and regulation, adoption key strategies for ICT sector development and at the same time joining hands with international and regional bodies such as ITU, SAARC etc for ICT sector development. Due to geographical diversity, policy and regulatory barriers in some extent, power supply constraints and low affordability from customers on ICT tools and services, Nepal has been facing challenges on ICT infrastructure development. However, the national statistics on ICT, Networked Readiness Index and ICT Development Index show that Nepal has done quite good progress and is keeping its pace on ICT development despite the these challenges. Moreover, there seems to be quite uncovered market segments on internet service and big opportunity on ICT sector development in Nepal in the days to come.

세계 섬유패션시장의 환경변화와 우리 기업의 과제 (Environmental Changes in the Global Textile & Fashion Market & their Implications for Korean Firms)

  • 조경숙
    • 복식
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    • 제63권3호
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    • pp.151-165
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    • 2013
  • This paper aims to examine the implications of the global market for Korean textile and fashion firms with regard to recent changes in the international business environment to improve the corporative management to the level that the global economy demands. The trade and business environment is moving toward the paradigm of glocalism. As the geographical scope of the market and business environment continues to expand with the aid of technological development, demands for global standards as a means to offer universal validity in business settings have been raised. The glocalized society values diversity as a notion beyond global standardization. The world trade orders are subject to free trade; however, protectionism has substantially promoted trade barriers in the name of the environment and safety issues, ethical managements, and intellectual property rights. For sustainable development in the global market, Korean firms should strive to implement global standards related to these issues and corporate social responsibility in their business settings.

Real Coded Biogeography-Based Optimization for Environmental Constrained Dynamic Optimal Power Flow

  • Kumar, A. Ramesh;Premalatha, L.
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.56-63
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    • 2015
  • The optimization is an important role in wide geographical distribution of electrical power market, finding the optimum solution for the operation and design of power systems has become a necessity with the increasing cost of raw materials, depleting energy resources and the ever growing demand for electrical energy. In this paper, the real coded biogeography based optimization is proposed to minimize the operating cost with optimal setting of equality and inequality constraints of thermal power system. The proposed technique aims to improve the real coded searing ability, unravel the prematurity of solution and enhance the population assortment of the biogeography based optimization algorithm by using adaptive Gaussian mutation. This algorithm is demonstrated on the standard IEEE-30 bus system and the comparative results are made with existing population based methods.

농촌지역의 유형화와 특성 분석 (An Analysis of Regional Types of Rural Areas)

  • 임석회
    • 한국지역지리학회지
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.211-232
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    • 2005
  • 지난 40년 동안 국토의 불균형 성장으로 도시지역은 유래 없는 성장을 한 반면, 농촌지역은 상대적으로 낙후함은 물론, 절대적으로 쇠퇴하기에까지 이르렀다. 거기에 더하여 최근 한국의 농업과 농촌은 WTO체제와 FTA 등 농산물 시장환경의 급속한 변화로 최대의 위기를 맞고 있다. 이에 따라 농촌정책을 종전 농업 중심의 부문정책에서 탈피하여 농업 이외 농촌지역이 가진 다양한 잠재력을 개발하는 방향으로 전환할 필요성이 제기되고 있다. 이 같은 농촌정책의 전환은 농촌지역의 모습이 과거와 달리 다양한 모습으로 분화되어 가고 있다는 점에서도 요구되는 바이기도 하다. 이러한 맥락에서 본 연구는 지역적 관점의 농촌정책의 출발점으로서 농촌의 다양성을 포착하기 위한 농촌지역의 유형화를 시도하고 그 유형별 지역특성을 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 단계적으로 작게는 5개에서 많게는 9개, 15개의 지역 유형으로까지 구분될 수 있음을 파악하였으며 농촌지역이 다양한 모습으로 분화되고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러나 이와 같은 다양성 못지않게 양극화되는 측면도 없지 않았다. 이런 점에서 향후 농촌정책은 농촌의 다양한 지역적 분화를 수용하고 동시에 양극화를 해소하는 방향이 모색되어야 할 것이다.

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산업구조 다양성과 고용창출 및 지역경쟁력간 관계 분석 (A Correlation Analysis among Regional Industrial Diversification, Job Creation and Regional Competitiveness)

  • 김대중;경종수;정성훈
    • 한국경제지리학회지
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.786-800
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    • 2014
  • 이 연구의 목적은 산업구조의 다양성 변화가 지역의 고용창출 및 지역경쟁력강화와 어떤 관계가 있는지를 실증 분석하고 정책적 시사점을 도출하는 데 있다. 충남지역의 전산업을 1차 2차 3차 산업으로 구분하여 분석한 결과, 대체로 전 산업에서 기존의 특화산업 육성정책을 통한 고용창출과 지역경쟁력 강화에 대한 전략적 추진은 정책적 타당성이 나타났다. 그러나 산업마다 처해있는 위험과 안정성에 대한 높고 낮음의 격차가 크고, 내외부적 환경의 변화가 큰 상황에서 특히 1차 및 3차산업에 대해서는 세밀한 분석과 신속한 정책적 처방이 필요하다. 이상의 분석 결과를 통한 정책적 제안은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 효율성 차원의 지역산업 정책은 급변하는 시장 환경과 세계화 추세에서 지역산업 추진의 복합적이고 종합적인 성격을 고려하여 지역경제발전과 관련된 부문별 정책인 산업정책, 기술정책, 지역개발정책 수단들을 동시에 추진할 필요가 있다. 둘째, 형평성 차원의 지역정책은 지역 간 격차 해소를 추진하되 지역정책과 부문별 정책을 지역적 특성에 맞게 조합함으로써 균형적이고 건강한 지역발전을 목표로 지역발전과 국가발전을 유도할 필요가 있다.

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광주시 소매업의 입지와 주민의 효율적 이용에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Location of Retail Trade in Kwangju-si and Its Inhabitants와 Effcient Utilization)

  • 전경숙
    • 대한지리학회지
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.68-92
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    • 1995
  • 소매업은 경제, 사회, 문화, 정치를 배경으로 소비자의 요구에 부응하며 발전해 가 기 때문에 지역구조의 이해라는 측면에서 증요한 연구 주제이다. 또한 소매업은 일상생활을 영위하기 위한 기본적인 기능이므로, 이에 대한 이해는 삶의 질 향상이라는 측면에서도 중 요하다. 최근, 우리나라는 주민소득의 향상과 그에 따른 수요의 다양화, 개성화, 그리고 정보 화 사회로의 이행, 대기업 및 외국유통업의 참여, 정부의 유통산업 근대화 작업 등 소매업 환경의 변화와 함께 소매업이 크게 변화하고 있다. 따라서 미래의 변화 예측과 바람직한 발 전 방향이 제시되어야 함에도 불구하고, 이에 대한 연구가 미흡하다. 이에 광주시를 연구대 상지역으로 선정하여, 소매업의 입지와 그에 대한 주민의 이용 행태, 그리고 주민의 바람직 한 이용방안을 분석하였다. 이는 입지행태라는 순수한 학문적기여 뿐 아니라, 지역의 효율성 과 평등성의 실현이라는 응용면에서도 중요한 의의를 지닌다.

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