• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.111-147
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• 2019

Singapore's inward and outward investments with industrialized countries in both manufacturing and service sectors were skill seeking while outward investments to developing countries were labor seeking. Applying the Knowledge-Capital model, it was found that services Foreign Direct Investment is sensitive to skill differences. A ten-percent decline in skill differences with industrialized countries resulted in a 4.25 percent rise in inbound manufacturing and 1.48 percent rise in inbound services investments. Meanwhile, a ten-percent increase in skill differences with developing countries resulted in a 30 percent rise in outbound manufacturing and 0.38 percent rise in services investments. Furthermore, when services are distinguished by skill-intensity, the impact of relative skill endowments on inbound Foreign Direct Investment in skill-intensive services is significantly different from the impact on other services. However, when services are disaggregated by "proximity" needs, we do not find any significant difference in the impact of relative skill endowments on Foreign Direct Investment.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제18권
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• pp.159-188
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• 2002

International joint ventures are usually formed and managed by domestic companies and foreign investors for the common objectives. They offer an opportunity for each partner to benefit significantly from the comparative advantages of the other. Local partners bring knowledge of the domestic market; familiarity with government bureaucracies and regulations; understanding of local labor markets; and existing manufacturing facilities. Foreign partners can offer advanced process and product technologies, management know-how, and access to export markets. In Korea, joint ventures have been encouraged to usher in foreign investors with foreign currency capital badly needed during the IMF financial crisis. In the meantime, Korean laws and regulations with respect to joint ventures have been largely overhauled to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) both inbound and outbound. They include four types of FDI, i.e., acquisition of foreign stocks, provision of long-term loans, participation in joint operations like resources development, and establishment of foreign offices. From the legal point of view, the formal joint venture agreement must be an offspring of a series of tough negotiations between domestic and foreign partners. They usually stress the long-term relationship with the good will and dedication to each other, and restrict the free transfer of stocks. Both partners are earnestly interested in the ownership and management of the joint venture. So they keep a close eye on the articles of incorporation, changes of business environment, conflict resolution methods, transparency of accounting and other financial matters. When a multinational corporation (MNC) is involved in the joint venture, conflicts over management strategies, marketing and other issues take place more often than not between the MNC and local partners. We have to pay attention to joint ventures, particularly, in China and North Korea. As witnessed in other transition economies, China is eagerly bringing in foreign direct investments for the development of nation's economy. China encourages foreign investors to establish ordinary joint ventures, contractual joint ventures, solely invested foreign capital companies and jointly operated development companies with local partners. In North Korea, however, joint ventures have a different meaning like contractual joint ventures in China, in which North Korean partners have an initiative in the management. Rather, jointly operated companies or simply processing-for-wage companies are recommended in view of the unpredictable legal infrastructure in North Korea.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제27권
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• pp.101-129
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• 2008

This study introduced the inclusion of Global Value Chain (GVC) as a strategy for the globalization of domestic industries. In addition, this study intended to highlight direct foreign investment as an important opportunity for enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic small and medium firms. That is, globalization could be realized not only through simple capital inflow, but also through domestic industry's participation in the overseas production network. The analysis of the trend and pattern of direct foreign investment revealed that the FDI inflows heavily dependent on the USA and Japan have been diversified steadily over time. In spite of recent decline trend of overall FDI amount, inflows from European countries in machinery and chemical industries have been rising. These rising and diversifying trends in these industries are promising since FDI inflows have the potential of playing an important role in achieving productivity growth of domestic industries, particularly in the area of comparatively fragile industries such as machinery and chemicals. In the same logic, it is crucial for future growth of Korea that the small and medium firms find their competitive edges through strengthening production networks with foreign multi-national companies. Thus, it is suggested that the policy of globalization of small and medium firms should be based on the firm understanding of GVC and FDI pattern of industries.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.81-92
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• 2017

본 연구는 말레이시아로 관광하는 중국관광객의 입국자수, GDP, CPI 및 교통비 등을 대상으로 1984년부터 2015년까지의 연별 자료를 바탕으로 자기회귀시차분포모형(ARDL)을 통해 탄력성을 파악하고자 하였다. 15세기의 중국은 외국과의 폐쇄된 문호개방정책을 실행하고 있었기 때문에 중국인들의 움직임은 매우 제한적이었으므로 중국과 타국간의 소통은 매우 미약하였다. 그러나 2001년 중국 정부는 세계무역기구(WTO)에 참여함으로써 개방정책을 시행하였다. 중국 정부는 외국인 투자에 다양한 인센티브를 제공함으로써 외국인 직접 투자 유도를 통해 경제를 개방하였다. 따라서 21세기 초반에 중국인의 인바운드 및 아웃바운드 움직임이 증가하였다. 2016년까지 중국은 가장 많이 방문한 세계 5대 관광지 하나이었고, 마찬가지로 외국으로 여행하는 중국관광객도 또한 증가하여 말레이시아는 이들의 대중적인 관광지로 선택되었다. 1990년에만 약 11만명의 중국관광객이 말레이시아를 방문하였으나, 2016년에는 약 141만 명으로 급격히 증가하였다. 본 연구는 말레이시아에 도착하는 중국관광객의 입국자수 증가에 영향을 미치는 주요경제요소의 유의성을 파악하였다. 그들의 도착을 유도할 수 있는 다른 요소들 중에는 소득, 관광가격, 교통비 및 비공식적인 홍보 등이 있다. 아시아 경제위기와 SARS의 발발로 인한 단기 충격들이 말레이시아의 관광수요에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지 이해하기 위해 포함되었다. 본 연구에서 ARDL 모형과 오차수정 모형(Error Correction Model)을 결합한 방법은 관광수요의 탄력성을 통계적으로 추정하기 위해 활용되었다.

• 무역학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.217-236
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• 2017

본 연구는 2000~2014년 기간 동안 한국의 16개 지역에 유입된 IFDI가 지역성장에 미치는 영향을 동태적 패널모형인 시스템 GMM을 적용하여 분석하였다. 분석결과, 한국에 유입된 IFDI는 지역 내 경제성장 즉 자본형성, 고용창출, 수출확대 등에서 정(+)의 효과가 나타났으나, 수입은 부(-)의 효과가 발생하였다. 반면, 인적자본은 정(+)의 효과를 보였으나 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 한편 권역별로 유입된 IFDI의 성장효과를 살펴보면, 수도권과 동남권은 GRDP의 성장에 부(-)의 효과를 보인 반면, 대경권에서는 정(+)의 효과를 보였다. IFDI유입과 인적자본 간 보완관계에서도 유사하게 나타났다. 본 연구는 한국에 유입된 IFDI가 지역성장에 중요한 요인이지만, 지역 내 GRDP에 미치는 성장효과는 지역특성에 따라 차이가 존재한다는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 지역 내 유입된 IFDI의 성장효과를 확대하기 위해서는 지역특성에 맞는 IFDI유치전략과 함께 산업구조개편이 시급하다고 판단된다.