• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.202-210
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• 2012

This study was analyzed based on the core competencies that Small Giant enterprises to foster the goals of growth of SMEs mid-sized businesses rather than Global Small Giant enterprises of the business model for a causal relationship. As the result, the average age, sales and number of employees of Korean small giants were 20.6 years, 148.8 billion won and 312.1. This research investigated that Korean small giants were realizing the sustainable growth with the firm shares in the target markets, based on added values in groups and technical powers, although their average age is one third younger than global small giants. The further research needs to develop and select small giants more precisely and strictly. It is expected that small giants will be new growth engines to improve global competitiveness of Korea.

• 무역학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.69-91
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• 2017

글로벌 경제위기 이후, 주요 국가들은 일자리 창출을 위한 '창업 활성화'와 '중소기업 육성'에 높은 우선순위를 두고 관련 정책을 추진하고 있다. 국내에서도 '일자리 창출' 실현에 있어 기술 경쟁력을 갖춘 중소기업의 역할이 대두됨에 따라 정책적 관심이 고조되고 있다. 특히 보건의료 산업은 특성상 산업화까지 오랜 시간이 필요하며, 유통구조가 복잡하므로 관계부처 및 관계기관의 공동 전략이 필수적인데, 그에 따른 정책적 지원의 부재로 인해 대부분 영세한 중소기업에 머물러 있고, 글로벌 역량 또한 미흡한 것이 현실로, 이에 정부 차원의 혁신적인 지원방안과 전략이 절실하다. 본 연구에서는 독일의 사례를 통해 보건의료 분야의 중소기업이 글로벌 강소기업으로 성장할 수 있도록 정부의 정책적 지원 방향을 제시하고자 하였다. 연구결과 강소기업을 독일의 사례와 같이 세계적 수준의 기술경쟁력을 갖춘 글로벌 히든챔피언 기업으로 성장시켜 국제경쟁력을 갖추고, 우수 중소기업의 강소기업화를 촉진할 수 있는 환경 조성 및 기술 개발이 중요하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 향후 글로벌 시장에서 보건의료 분야의 제품 및 기술 경쟁력을 확보하고, 고용창출 효과 및 매출액·부가가치 등이 높은 수출 중심의 글로벌 강소기업을 육성하기 위해서는 실질적인 정책적 지원이 필요할 것이다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.278-285
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• 2016

Epidemiological studies have shown the association between transportation of live animals and the potential transmission of infectious disease between premises. This finding was also observed in the 2014-2015 foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Korea. Furthermore, slaughterhouses played a key role in the global spread of the FMD virus during the epidemic. In this context, in-depth knowledge of the structure of direct and indirect contact between slaughterhouses is paramount for understanding the dynamics of FMD transmission. But the social network structure of vehicle movements to slaughterhouses in Korea remains unclear. Hence, the aim of this study was to configure a social network topology of vehicle movements between slaughterhouses for a better understanding of how they are potentially connected, and to explore whether FMD outbreaks can be explained by the network properties constructed in the study. We created five monthly directed networks based on the frequency and chronology of on- and off-slaughterhouse vehicle movements. For the monthly network, a node represented a slaughterhouse, and an edge (or link) denoted vehicle movement between two slaughterhouses. Movement data were retrieved from the national Korean Animal Health Integrated System (KAHIS) database, which tracks the routes of individual vehicle movements using a global positioning system (GPS). Electronic registration of livestock movements has been a mandatory requirement since 2013 to ensure traceability of such movements. For each of the five studied networks, the network structures were characterized by small-world properties, with a short mean distance, a high clustering coefficient, and a short diameter. In addition, a strongly connected component was observed in each of the created networks, and this giant component included 94.4% to 100% of all network nodes. The characteristic hub-and-spoke type of structure was not identified. Such a structural vulnerability in the network suggests that once an infectious disease (such as FMD) is introduced in a random slaughterhouse within the cohesive component, it can spread to every other slaughterhouse in the component. From an epidemiological perspective, for disease management, empirically derived small-world networks could inform decision-makers on the higher potential for a large FMD epidemic within the livestock industry, and could provide insights into the rapid-transmission dynamics of the disease across long distances, despite a standstill of animal movements during the epidemic, given a single incursion of infection in any slaughterhouse in the country.