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Building and Activation of Network of Korean Business Residents in Japan for Global Competitiveness (글로벌 경쟁력 강화를 위한 재일코리안 네트워크 형성 및 활성화 방안)

  • Ryu, Kyosai;Lee, Young-Chan
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.77-89
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of social capital on the economic performance of Korean Business Residents in Japan and global competitiveness of Korea, and to find out social capital is the antecedent factor of these two variables. To serve the purpose of this study, we conducted the extensive survey on 153 Korean Business Residents in Japan in diverse industries. From the result, we identified that the economic performance becomes higher as the level of social capital increase, and the Korean Business Residents which has good performance affect the global competitiveness of Korea.

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Can Information Technology Revive Rural Economies?: The Cases of E-villages in Korea and Japan (정보통신기술과 농촌 경제: 한국과 일본 정보화마을의 사례 연구)

  • Huh, Woo-Kung
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.728-742
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    • 2008
  • There has been a high expectation that information technology (IT) can do something good for the rural perils. Efforts thus have been made in many countries to 'informatize' rural areas, namely to roll out IT infrastructure into remote areas and to enhance the computer literacy of rural residents. The present study examines the 'e-village' projects implemented in Korea and Japan. It evaluates the business models employed by the e-villages such as e-shops of local products and tour guide programs, the ways in which rural residents have managed their business models, the practices of information exchange within and outside of the villages, and the monetary gains of the business models. The study collects data mainly from the e-village web pages of both countries. The study reveals that the e-village business models have performed less than expected in general, and that Japanese e-villages are better off than the Korean counterparts. The study identifies the factors responsible for such mediocre performances of the business models including a lack of retail business experiences and capabilities of the rural people. The study findings highlight the importance of human resources, rather than the new technology per se, for rural development.

A Case Study on Rural Landscape Management based on the Resident Participation in Osaka Prefecture, Japan (지역 주민 주체의 농촌지역 경관관리 사례 연구 - 일본 오사카부를 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Jin-Wook;Lee, Yoo-Jick
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.165-174
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    • 2017
  • Four requirements for the operating and supporting system for sustainable landscape management will be discussed through this paper. The requirements are based on multiple case studies on the structure and the process of development of three organizations that have been contributing to the sustainable rural landscape management in Japan since 1989. The first requirement is that the residents should recognize regional problems and voluntarily organize a group which can properly deal with the problems. Secondly, members of the organization should have a solid grasp of the goal of their activities (or founding principal of the organization) and share it among themselves. Founding principal should include the history of natural circulation system in the area, cultural features and a future plan in association with human resources. Thirdly, the administration of the organization should be separated from the founder, the residents. The administration, such as business promotion, becomes more effective when consigned to a separate entity, not to the residents. Lastly, the interaction among separate entities is crucial to promote diverse activities for the local landscape management. The administrators and experts need to cooperate to draw a precise conclusion regarding the way of interaction. These requirements drawn from the Japanese case studies should be localized to the Korean circumstances for further adoption.

A Study on Promoting Participation of Residents in Rural Downtown Regeneration Project - on the Obuse Town Case - (농촌 중심지 활성화사업의 주민참여 촉진 방안에 관한 연구 - 나가노현 오부세정을 사례로 -)

  • Oh, Hyung-Eun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.47-58
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    • 2015
  • This study aimed to explore how to lead locals to join rural downtown regeneration projects on the basis of the downtown of Obuse Town located in Nagano Prefecture in Japan. What well depicts the outcome of Obuse Town Project joined by residents are revitalized downtown districts and open gardens. Actors that facilitated residents' participation are administration, "a-la Obuse Co. Ltd. and "Machizukuri Institude of TUS and Obuse Town". "a-la- Obuse Co. Ltd." is a middle support organization in the form of community business and "Machizukuri Institute of TUS and Obuse Town" is a professional research institute set by Tokyo University of Science and Obuse Town. This study presented activities, types and roles of residents' participation in the rural town activation project that started in 2015 by researching the activities of residents, shop owners and students with regard to Obuse Town Project, administrative actions for their participation and activities of middle-level supportive institutions, which are exports' research groups.

A Study on the Restructuring of Shipbuilding Industry and the Structure of Community Cooperation - The Case of Sinhyeon-eup in Geoje, Korea - (조선산업 구조조정과 지역사회 협력구조에 관한 연구 -거제시 신현읍을 사례로 -)

  • Woo Youn-sub
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.40 no.4 s.109
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    • pp.402-415
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    • 2005
  • This study inquired the features of restructuring of shipbuilding industry and structure of community cooperation. The Sinhyeon-eup region has experienced rapid changes as a large shipyard location. Prior to Korea, Japan has developed the cooperation of company-community-residents relationships and the reorganization of location systems through division and accumulation system. The restructuring of shipbuilding industry in Korea have focused on the improvement of business environment. So they have not been efficiently settled in the accumulation and the cooperation structure between company and region. Japan established the organic cooperation structure of company and community before the large restructuring, while the shipbuilding industry city of our country commenced it with the crisis of community by the restructuring. In the Sinhyeon-eup region, The connecting ring among the production sections of a core company in center is established. However the structure of community cooperation is weak. The structure of community cooperation as local governance consist of company, pubic institution, local residents, and regional expert. This structure can be a rational channel in which it can not only strengthen the cohesion of the community, but also solve the present questions of the industrial city.

A Study on the Complex type & Space Character of Japanese Community Mixed-support Facility (일본 공동체복합지원시설의 복합화 유형과 공간에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Su-Mi;Kim, Moon-Duck;Seo, Su-Mi
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2009
  • After 2004, as the community mixed-support facility in Japan was admitted as a private business of public facilities based on the Special Law for Urban Regeneration, the community mixed-support facilities in Japan are developed into various types with the view of the urban regeneration and urban renewal, more different point of view, and a tendency of establishment of the community facility has been considerably changed for the past twenty years. The reasons of the change are the social demand for the reformation of facility and the modification of subsidy constitution according to the establishment of equal facility. Some examples of that are the construction of lifelong education community and the change into a equivalent society between male and female and the adjusting to the aging and the welfare society and the social situation of more consumption recently, and in order to emerge from former building system, new facilities related to the contents are being expanded. The complex of the community mixed-support facility has an advantage in that it supplies the services for the complex of the community mixed-support facility, constitutes the communal character and the sense of solidarity among residents and can lead the development of region through the exchange of regional information. Through the Japanese community mixed-support facility which has many cases of it, this study would recognize the suggestion, the feature of it and examine the complex types.

Product-Sharing and Outcome Generation: New Contributions of Libraries to Research, Learning and Professional Development in Japanese Context

  • Oda, Mitsuhiro
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.61-74
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    • 2011
  • The author analyses the challenging activities of Japanese libraries in this decade by launching two keywords; "product-sharing" and "outcome generation." "Product-sharing" means that libraries share knowledge, skills, and records which are produced as the result of the services or in the process of activities. And "outcome generation" means that libraries generate any efficiency or effectiveness through their services to users. Using these concepts, reported are the current situation and aspects of Japanese libraries which try to make various contributions to the society; research and learning of the people, and education and training for professional librarians, and so on. In the analysis, the author shows some examples of "product-sharing" at first, including the records of reference transaction and the multi-functioned online public access catalogue. Especially, focused is on the various possibility and adoptability of the Collaborative Reference Database System of the National Diet Library of Japan. This system is one of digital reference service in Japan, and the database of reference transaction records is expected to be useful for research and academic studyies as knowledge-base of professional librarians. And the system is also expected to be a platform for LIS education and professional development in the e-learning environment. Secondly, as the examples of "outcome generation", explained are the problem-solving-type activities, and provision of the collection about books on struggling against disease and illness. A few examples of outcome in the problem-solving-type activities are these; increase of sales in the services for shop managers, business persons, and entrepreneurs, contribution to affluent daily life by providing the local information services to residents and neighbourhoods, and etc. And for both the patients with serious cases and their family or those who nurse them, books about other persons' notes or memorandum are the greatest support, and sometime healing. The author discuss the 'raison d'etre' of these activities focusing on public libraries in Japan.

A Study in the Review and Progressive Strategies of Smart Village in Rural Areas (농어촌지역 스마트빌리지 사업의 고찰과 추진방향)

  • Nam, Yun-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 2023
  • There are various issues in rural areas. There are population decline, aging, and the absence of jobs and amenities. The government continues to expand various projects for rural areas. Recently, the government is promoting smart village projects in farming and fishing villages. The purpose of smart village is safety, convenience, smartization, and productivity improvement. The purpose of this study is to investigate the project and implementation process of smart villages, and domestic and foreign cases. And it classifies smart villages and suggests implementation strategies. The conclusion is as follows. ①The smart village business focuses on safety, living convenience, facility smartization, and agriculture and fisheries. ②In overseas cases, the smart village project focuses on improving the residential environment of farming and fishing villages in the EU, the UK, and Germany. Japan focuses on improving energy and agricultural and fisheries productivity. ③It is recommended that the smart village business be subdivided and promoted as much as possible. And the project enhances synergy in cooperation with other government ministries. ④Smart services increase credibility through FGI for public officials and residents. ⑤The project is carried out in consideration of agricultural products, tourism festivals, natural environment, history and tradition.

A Case Study on the Operation and Management of Community Service Programs in Japanese Condominiums (일본 분양아파트의 생활서비스프로그램 운영실태 사례 연구)

  • Kang, Soon-Joo
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.85-93
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    • 2011
  • The Japanese housing market has implemented management and operation systems of community service ahead of the Korean market. This paper examines case studies of Japanese community services by reviewing related studies, studying homepages, and conducting in-depth interviews with management staff. The goal of this study is to find marketing strategies and the proper management practices in preparation for the upcoming low-fertility and aging society. The results of this study are as follows: 1) After Japan's bubble economy burst in 1985, so called that incorporated various community facilities with life services were introduced to the Japanese housing market in order to cope with the diversifying family types and lifestyles. This new trend was also due in part to customers' increasing demands for convenient urban condominiums. 2) In Japan, many developers and construction companies have run the management of community service programs and created new business models in collaboration with other affiliated companies. However, many of these programs have been found even more successful and reliable when the facility management companies collaborate with local service providers instead of relying solely on affiliated companies. 3) The early stage of life services began with "front-desk services", but these have evolved into more upgraded "concierge services" that can provide residents with tailored services and conveniences. Furthermore, some of the service providers have encouraged resident participation in the process of designing and implementing their community services. 4) In Korea, most construction companies and developers are still oriented toward providing hardware such as spaces and facilities in developing their community services. Therefore, companies with high market reputations must seek alternative ways to maintain and enhance their brand values by implementing new approaches in collaboration with both affiliated companies and local service providers. This can be done by finding new notions of managing and operating community services through research and development.

A Study on Policies to Increase the Income of Fishing Villages Focused on Non-fishing Income (어촌 소득 증대 방안에 관한 연구 : 어업외 소득을 중심으로)

  • Kim Sung-Gwi;Hong Jang-Won
    • The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.31-51
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    • 2004
  • The reduction of fishing grounds due to the establishment of EEZ system among China, Japan and Korea together with the depletion of fish resources by pollution of waters and successive reclamation projects along the east and the south coastal lines has made many problems in coastal communities including the decrease of population, the deepening aging phenomenon in the fishery society and the fall of relative income level compared with those of rural and urban residents. Especially, the income level of a fishing household is 90%. of a rural resident and 70% of a urban resident. The income of a fishing household consists of 55% of fishing income, 20% of a agricultural source, 20% of income from non-fishing areas, and 10% of transferred income. Compared with that of a Japanese fishing household which has more diverse income sources such as 62% of income coming from non-fishing areas through being hired in manufacturing firms, etc., that of Korean ones is highly dependent upon fishery and agriculture, so that the diversification of income sources is urgently needed, especially in non-fishing areas. This paper shows that as a model to upgrade fisherman's income level, firstly, it is necessary to enhance the value-added of fishing products through processing and new innovation of distribution process and, secondly, to promote tourism in fishing villages. To ascertain this model, a questionnaire survey to fishermen was carried out and showed that they expressed a strong support for the increase of income by the value-added process through processing and innovative distribution system and the active introduction of tourism in fishing villages. A case study on Gosan cooperative in Jeju was also introduced to identify the rationale of the suggested model and this study proved the validity of the model again. Conclusively speaking, to level up the fisherman's income requires the value- added activities through the introduction of product processing and new distribution system together with the introduction of marine tourism in fishing villages.

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