• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.239-270
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• 2017

This paper examines the relationship between ownership structure and the intensity of R&D expenditures of a firm by analyzing the panel data composed of 553 manufacturing firms in KSE(Korea Stock Exchange) and KOSDAQ listed firms for the period of 2007-2014. The major findings are as follows; (1) Regarding the relationship between CEO stockholding and R&D intensity, we find the inverted-U shape relationship in KOSDAQ firms, consistent with the theoretical discussion and empirical studies on U.S. firms. The result suggests that management stockholding reduces agency problem at the R&D margin. On the contrary, the insignificant result in KSE firms seems to be due to the scant stockholding of most 'non-owner' CEOs. (2) Regarding the relationship between the largest shareholder's portion and R&D intensity, KSE firms exhibit negatively significant relationship, suggesting the existence of serious agency problem between the largest shareholder and the minor shareholders. This agency problem seems to be alleviated in KOSDAQ firms mainly because the founders with technology expertise are still in charge of the business. (3) Foreign investors seem to fail in effectively encouraging R&D expenditures in either KSE or KOSDAQ listed firms. This study contributes to the existing literature by showing for the first time that ownership structure affects R&D activities in different ways between KSE and KOSDAQ firms.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.125-140
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• 2015

KOSDAQ market reorganized their division system from two types to four types of division departments such as blue chip, venture, medium, and technology development departments in 2011. However, under the current new division system, financially unhealthy firms attempting to take advantage of the classifying opportunity of blue chip department are likely to engage in pernicious earnings management. The objective of this study is to investigate the earnings management behavior surrounding the time of KOSDAQ firms entering the blue chip department via new division system. More specifically, we test whether the firms classified blue chip department tend to engage in upward earnings management using accruals and real activities before and after they achieve blue chip status. In this study, we analyzed 111 firms classified blue chip department in 2011 according to new division system in KOSDAQ market. Major test results indicate that firms entering the blue chip department according to current KOSDAQ division system in general, tend to inflate reported earnings by means both of accruals and real activities right before the entering year. This result suggests that the firms classified blue chip department engage in opportunistic earnings management with a view to uplifting their market values. Our study is expected to provide clues useful for searching policy directions which intend to ameliorate adverse side effects of the current KOSDAQ division system. In sum, the regulatory authorities and enforcement bodies need to exercise caution in deliberating more stringent review procedures so that financially healthy and promising candidates are properly segregated from their poor and risky counterparts, thus enhancing the beneficial effects, while mitigating adverse side effects of the system.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Studies
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.119-144
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 1997년부터 2001년 기간 동안 증권거래소와 KOSDAQ 시장에서 액면분할을 실시한 기업을 대상으로 액면분할의 이사회 공시일을 사건일로 하여 사건일 전후 30일간의 주가, 유동성 지표, 기업수익성 지표 등을 이용하여 액면분할 공시에 따른 시장의 반응을 분석하고, 아울러 액면분할의 신호효과와 유동성 효과를 검증하였다. 본 연구에 이용된 자료는 검증기간 동안 다른 정보의 유입이 없는 순수자료를 이용하여 거래소 상장기업 72개와 KOSDAQ 100개 기업이 최종적으로 표본에 선정되었다. 본 연구에서 액면분할을 실시한 기업들은 두 시장 모두에서 대체로 양의 초과수익률을 나타내었고, 분할비율이 높을수록 양의 초과수익률이 상대적으로 더 강하게 지속되었다. 이런 결과는 미래 기업수익이 호전된다는 신호를 보내기 위하여 액면분할을 실시한다는 신호효과로 인한 것이 아니며, 동시에 고주가의 주식이 액면분할로 투자자금에 제약이 있는 투자자가 투자 가능한 저주가로 전환됨으로써 유동성의 증대를 가져온 결과라고 보기에도 무리가 있다. 액면분할이라는 그 자체가 논리적 근거도 없이 투자자에게 호재로 받아들여져 거래량의 증가를 가져왔다고 판단된다. 이런 현상은 KOSDAQ 시장에서 더욱 확연하게 나타났는데, 1997년부터 2001년까지의 분석기간 중에 KOSDAQ 시장의 무분별한 투기적 열풍이 이런 현상의 원인을 제공한 것이라고 추론된다. 액면분할이 한국시장의 투자자에게 호재로 받아들여진 것에는 액면분할 이후 대체로 주가가 양의 초과수익률을 나타내는 경우가 있었다는 과거의 경험적 사례가 작용한 것으로 아니가 예상된다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.899-904
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• 2013

This paper proposes an efficient portfolio selection methodology for the listed construction corporations in KOSPI and KOSDAQ. For the construction industrial sector classified by KRX(Korea Exchange), the proposed method carries out an efficiency analysis using DEA (Data envelopment analysis) approach and for the efficient corporations filtered by DEA, construct portfolio using Markowitz's Model. In order to show the effectiveness of the proposed method, we constructed annually portfolios for 5 years (2007-2011) out of 53 listed corporations in KOSPI and KOSDAQ, and proved that our portfolios are superior to benchmark portfolios in terms of rate of returns.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.203-209
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• 2002

The Korean venture industry showed a rapid growth due to various government incentive measures, development in information technology, and explosive growth of the KOSDAQ market. Recently, however, the Korean venture industry has revealed numerous side effects, which seemed to be coming from excessively aggressive government involvement in the industry, and fallen into a deep depression. This phenomenon may imply that the Korean venture industry has been established by the government policy rather than based on the venture capital market, whereas the venture industry in advanced nations has grown up autogenously based on it. This paper analyzes the Korean venture capital market and suggests policy recommendations to revitalize the domestic venture capital market. They include facilitating the supply of funds through limited partnerships and overseas venture capital, extending the direct equity investment, and actively promoting the KOSDAQ market.

• International Journal of Contents
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.27-37
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• 2013

From the perspective of the domestic capital markets, there have been few researches on the financial characteristics of the firms belonging to the KOSDAQ(Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotation) market, in comparison with those of the firms in the KOSPI. This study has performed three hypothesis tests to obtain the following results: By employing the 'panel data' analysis, it was found that, for the book-value based leverage, all of the six proposed IDVs were statistically significant as the financial determinants of leverage, across the two proxies measuring profitability (i.e., PFT and ROE), while all of the IDVs except VOLATILITY, also seemed to be the attributes to explain the market based dependent variable in the model with the PFT. Moreover, there may be statistically significant (structural) changes (or quasi-experiment) ) between the pre- and post-U.S. financial crisis in the year of 2008, when measured the leverage with the market-value basis with utilizing the Chow F-test. Finally, based upon the logistic regression results, the probability for a firm to be classified into the Prime section in the KOSDAQ market, may be higher, as its profit margin and asset turnover increase.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.75-88
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• 2022

Purpose - This study investigates the effects of going public on the innovation of KOSDAQ firms. Design/methodology/approach - This study uses firms that go public from 2007 to 2011 in Korea. We compare a firm's innovation performance over five years before and after IPO. Findings - We find that firm's innovation declines after an IPO. After going public, both the quality and the quantity of patents are decreased. However, this decrease is alleviated in high-tech industries or concentrated industries where innovation is expected to be more valuable. When comparing firms with venture capital(VC), which are more likely to window dress, to firms without VC, VC backing has no meaningful impact on changes of innovation. Research implications or Originality - As the KOSDAQ market was established to provide small and medium enterprises(SMEs) with funds for firm's investments and growth, it is necessary to verify whether the capital raised at the IPO encourages innovation. Thus, our study contributes to the literature by examining empirically whether an IPO boosts a firm's innovation.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.233-251
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• 2024

Purpose - This study investigates whether the relationship between investment competition rates (institutional investors, general investors, employee stock ownership) in the KOSDAQ IPO market and stock price overreaction after a new listing is different depending on economic conditions (economic crisis and non-economic crisis). Design/methodology/approach - I set the stock price overreaction measured by subtracting the five-day cumulative excess return from the IPO first-day return as the dependent variable, and the investment competition rate by investor type as the explanatory variable. Then, I divided the sample by economic conditions and conducted a regression analysis. Findings - Unlike other investment competition rates, I find that the positive relationship between the IPO subscription competition rate of general investors and the post-IPO stock price overreaction increases during economic crises. Research implications or Originality - The findings of this study suggest that the inflow of individual investors seeking short-term performance into the KOSDAQ IPO market increases during economic crises, and their sentimental investment behavior increases the stock price overreaction after the IPO.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.115-129
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• 2021

Purpose - This study aimed to clarify the effects of tax investigation probability on accounting transparency in KOSDAQ firms by using financial statement. In particular, it was analyzed whether the characteristics of a firm's listed market have a discriminatory effect on the relationship between the tax investigation selection rate (or detection rate) and earnings management. Design/methodology/approach - This paper examines analyzed the effect of tax investigation of the National Tax Service on the earnings management. The sample includes 9,603 firms listed on KOSPI and KOSDAQ from 2011 to 2018, all of which are manufacturing firms. This study conducted correlation and multiple regression analyses to verify the relationship between tax investigation probability and earnings management. The possibility of a tax investigation is the selection rate and the detection rate, and the profit adjustment was estimated at discretionary amount. Findings - As a result of empirical analysis, both firms listed on KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets showed that the higher the tax investigation rates, the more significant the possibility of reducing the earnings management of discretionary accruals. Additionally it was found that in KOSDAQ markets firms, the tax investigation detection rates had a signigicant nagative effect on discretionary accruals. Research implications or Originality - It can be interpreted that firms with a high rates of receiving a tax investigation decrease earnings management consideration of expenses such as additional tax amount due to the tax audit or a decline in corporate image.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.167-186
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• 2023

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate whether the auditor accreditation system for IPO firms improves the efficiency of the KOSDAQ IPO market. To verify the effectiveness of the auditor designation system, we time series compare four measures of IPO firms (earnings management, long-term stock performance, change in operating performance, and possibility of delisting). Design/methodology/approach - We test the hypothesis through event research method and regression analysis. Specifically, the dependent variables of the regression model are discretionary accruals in the year of IPO, 36-month holding period excess return after IPO, change in operating performance for 3 years after IPO, and dummy variable for delisting. And the explanatory variable is a dummy variable that separates the period before and after the implementation of the auditor designation system. Findings - We find that earnings management and delisting risks decreased more in the period after the implementation of the auditor accreditation system than in the previous period. In addition, we find that long-term stock performance and operating performance after IPO increase further after the implementation of the auditor accreditation system. Research implications or Originality - Overall, the results of this study suggest that the implementation of the auditor accreditation system for IPO firms contributes to improving market efficiency in the KOSDAQ market, where information asymmetry is high. Our study differs from previous studies in that it demonstrates the effectiveness of the auditor designation system using various measures.