• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.1217-1230
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• 2021

Using a multinomial logit model with the panel-data set of Vietnam manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) - small and medium enterprises (SMEs) linkages and other factors on SMEs' participation in the global value chain (GVC). We consider GVC firms are those engaging in any of the three modes including (i) using domestic inputs to export (D2E), (ii) using imported inputs to produce for the domestic market (I2P), (iii) using imported inputs to export (I2E). We discover that FDI-SME linkages statistically encourage Vietnamese SMEs to integrate into the GVC via I2P and I2E, while no statistical association between FDI-SME linkage and D2E participation is found. GVCs participation likelihood is also positively correlated with the introduction of new product introduction. The establishment of firms' production facilities in industrial zones and foreign ownership are both reported to be significantly decisive factors to SMEs' decisions on GVC participation. Besides, there is a strong association between firms' attributes, i.e. employment, capital intensity as well as financial access, and their participation in the GVC. Local governance quality (proxied by the Provincial Competitiveness Index) and the share of skilled labor at the province-level can facilitate firms' integration into GVCs, while greater market concentration may be a hurdle to such potential.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제37권
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• pp.329-360
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• 2008

In Korea, the major of international trade and business introduced in the 1960s to supply trade expert to trading companies, and the heyday of the trade major was in the 1980s. However the trade major fell into decay from the middle of 1990s. The purpose of trade education in university is to supply high qualified employees to societies and companies. The problem is that companies have difficuties for recruiting of trade expert, on the other hand university graduates have few job oppertunies. It has some discrepancies between education and field. The object of this paper is to propose a direction of modification of the trade and international business curriculum for global trade expert. We research international trade and business departments' curriculums of GTEP universities. GTEP stands for global trade expert incubating program started from 2006 which have charge of MOCIE and KITA. First, in the title of department, a lot of former researchers have taken up the position to return "Trade" or "International Trade". We think more important fact is not the title of department but the curriculum, so we insist on a harmony between the department title and curriculums. The focus of modification of curriculum is to educate global trade expert, so we need to know about global business environment and companies' needs also. Second, We propose the directions for modification of curriculum are "convergence" and "specialty". Trade major is a mixed study in nature and trade major try to treat lots of subjects such as trade, business adminstration, economics, international law, international commerce, logistics and marketing etc to catch up changing global business circumstanses and companies' needs. So convergence of adjacent field is very important in study and training. Specialty means selection and concentration strategy for global trade expert. It is difficult to learn every knowledge and skills for employer's needs in 4 years and 140 credits. A students who has studied basic subject in trade, management, economics can choose 1 or 2 specailty subject such as trade and e-commerce, global marketing, logistics and transportation, commerce and policy, servive trade, foreign language and cross culture etc. In concusion, the concept of convergence and specialty is not separation but harmony each other, so we propose to promote two concept together for modification of the trade and international business curriculum for training of global trade expert.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.41-55
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• 2020

Purpose - This paper tries to analyze the factors affecting the utilization of electronic trade of small and medium enterprises and examine how these factors affect the performance of small and medium enterprises. In addition, the leading factors affecting the level of e-trade utilization of small businesses were analyzed by dividing them into external environmental factors affecting the external business and internal resources of the companies themselves Research design, data, and methodology - With a sample of 223 small and medium-sized export firms from South Korea, this study investigates the antecedents of the utilization level of e-Trade such as information exchange, innovation orientation, absorptive capacity and trust by hierarchical regression analysis. Results - The results show that innovation orientation was shown to have a positive effect on e-trade utilization and absorptive capacity has a positive effect on e-trade utilization. Also, information exchange with stakeholders has a positive impact on e-trade utilization. Conclusions - Internal and external factors of companies have a positive effect on the utilization of e-trade. It also showed that the increased utilization of electronic trade had a positive effect on trade performance. Thus, the findings provide policy-makers with implications of the importance of activating e-trade, and furthermore, significant implications for exporter performance.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2002

정보기술(IT)의 발달에 따라, 전통적인 무역의 효율성제고가 시급한 과제로 대두되고 있으며, 이의 고(高)효율의 국제상거래의 활성화를 위해서 인터넷을 활용한 해외시장의 개척과 글로벌 네크워크의 구축의 중요성이 부각되고 있다. 따라서 전통적인 무역의 대면 마케팅(Face to face marketing) 방식에서 점차 탈피, 거래정보의 데이터베이스(D/B)화 등 전자무역의 저변확대를 위해 산업자원부 등을 중심으로 거래알선(trade leads) 단계에서 점차 확대, 계약체결 이후의 무역자동화(Trade Automation)까지 전자무역의 영역확대 및 정착화를 통해서 국제상거래 기능의 고효율 저비용구조의 추구는 바람직하다. 또한 정부의 수출드라이브 정책으로 추진되어온 기존 종합상사의 기능이 IMF관리체제 이후 강력한 구조조정(Restructuring)의 추진으로, 산업소재 중선의 특화 전문화된 상사로 기능이 전환되고 있는 시점에서, 전자무역의 핵심 추진축으로서 e-무역상사의 필요성은 더욱 증대되고 있는 바, IT를 활용 고도의 정보력을 구사하고 비즈니스의 발굴 및 제안, 추진하는 주체로서의 기능도 강화하며 전자자유무역시장(e-FTA), 전자구상무역시장(e-G2G)도 개척할 수 있는 바, 이와 관련해 한국의 전자무역 확산 전략 방안을 제시한다.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.115-137
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• 2005

E-trade is important that SMEs can do international business with activity. However, SMEs are facing psychological and economic barriers to e-trade. Therefore, SMEs depend on intermediaries for e-trading. In this context, APEC carried out the APEC Global B2B Interoperability Project to promote e-trade and increase benefits for member countries from 2002 to 2004. Especially this project emphasizes a collaboration with e-marketplaces. It has significance in that it is a new model to help SMEs do international trade. This study analyzes the APEC project in terms of technology and business and evaluates the project as a collaborative business model.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.3-33
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• 2010

Paperless trade is a new trade paradigm that has innovated on traditional trade procedures, which relied on manual work in the past, and applied an IT-based e-document standard. To realize paperless trade in Korea, a lot of efforts have been made. Korea has overcome many difficulties, a lack of awareness, trials and errors, etc. at the initial introduction stage and strived to establish a stable infrastructure through the government's policy support and active cooperation with the trade business communities and related organizations. Now, Korea became a well-known leader in IT industry, especially in the paperless trade infrastructure and strategic policies. The one-stop trading system named 'uTradeHub' is operated by a paperless trade service provider, Korea Trade Network(KTNET). uTradeHub includes trade finance and settlement, customs clearance and export and import logistics, improving trading procedures and reducing related expenses. Private-Public joint efforts from Korean government and private sectors which have respectively fulfilled their role and function with market-oriented practical policies and strategies has lead Korea a world leading country in paperless trade. Moreover, Korea expended its efforts to the global areas. Korea has started to activate multi-national paperless trade alliances such as PAA(Pan-Asia e-Commerce Alliance), ASEAL(Asia Europe Alliance for Paperless Trading) as well as established the bilateral cooperative networks with China and Taiwan. The one-stop trading system, uTradeHub should keep close cooperations between nations since trade itself is implemented in a cross-border ways. In the near future, it is expected uTradeHub can achieve best results in the simplification of procedures and cost savings when an international linkage is completely established with international cooperations.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제60권
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• pp.213-234
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• 2013

e-Trade 3.0 era which means the expansion of seamless e-Trade process into global business has been come. e-Trade is in the evolution stage with the reflection of time changes and IT development. Furthermore e-Trade marketing method of SMEs has been generalized. However, SMEs have not utilized e-Trade marketing very actively even if it has much benefits in exploring overseas marketing. In this regard this paper has cautiously suggested the strategic using plan of e-Marketplace and SNS along with policy improvement in order to promote extensive diffusion of e-Trade marketing. First of all, a comprehensive evaluation system has to be developed for the assessment of overseas marketing program and provide organized guideline including SMEs support system. Also e-Marketplace operation company is necessary to invent management system for supervising and detecting risk factors of participating firms and business model to share information which each e-Marketplace possesses through mutual connection. Finally, the effective supports such as short-term education and acting operation of initial account to use SNS strategically are needed and continuous contents development to adopt SNS is absolute.

• 한국정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보시스템학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 발표 논문집
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• pp.419-434
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• 2005

E-Trade is expected to dominate the global commerce in the 21th century and thus is being introduced as a major policy assignment for every development country. E-Trade has the potential to accelerate existing trends and introduce new ways of conducting traditional trade. Most of companies and countries recognize it as inevitable changes for the increase of their own competitive, and are willing to adopt the e-Trade systems. In this study, it was focused to analyze the factors affecting the adoption of e-Trade in small and medium enterprises using Technology Acceptance Model(TAM).

• 통상정보연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.473-495
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• 2012

전자무역의 경제적 효과측면 따른 다양한 비용절감 효과와 영향요인을 바탕으로 한 무역거래는 신속한 수출입 통관을 통해 시장변화에 능동적으로 대응할 수 있는 기반제공에 따른 무역업체의 비용절감과 경영효율화를 통한 대외경쟁력제고 및 이미지제고와 더불어 기업내 실시간 정보공유를 통해 고객에 대한 서비스를 제공하는 유 무형의 효과를 발휘하고 있다는 것을 시사점으로 전자무역의 활성화가에 필요한 이유이다. 이러한 배경을 바탕으로 글로벌 무역체계를 구축하기 위한 전자무역 플랫폼을 구축에 의한 무역거래 업무를 실행함으로써 과거 전통적인 무역거래에서 이루어진 패러다임의 변화와 새로운 장치마련에 따른 무역거래관련 문서와 비용 측면에서 경제적인 효과를 극대화하기 위한 방안으로 전자무역 실행에 따른 파급효과에 대한 내용을 바탕으로 향후 대응방안을 제시하였다.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.187-209
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• 2007

Since mid-1990, the global trade environments has been rapidly changing in many sectors due to the advancement of information technology. Of which an international trade e-Marketplace is one that has been playing a crucial role. The international trade e-Marketplace has the potential to accelerate existing trends and new ways of conducting trade. Nevertheless, e-Marketplace seems to have not been facilitated because many traders do not fully understand about performance, relevant sites and so on. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out a plan for an active use of it by Korean export and import firms and provide a number of policy suggestions that it can make best use of.