• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.35-54
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• 2020

Purpose - It seems common sense that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a key driver of business sustainability. Nevertheless, there has been little research on the performance of socially responsible activities, including economic and environmentally responsibility activities, in internationally diversified firms. Design/methodology - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of CSR activities on management performance. For this evaluation, an empirical analysis was conducted with total of 2,520 cases, selected from companies listed on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index market for six years from 2013 to 2018. As proxies for management performance, financial data such as a total asset net profit ratio and a total asset operating ratio were used. A multivariate regression analysis was conducted to test hypotheses. Findings - The results of this analysis indicated that firms in the CSR outstanding group were ranked significantly higher than other groups in management performance. In addition, CSR activities of internationally diversified firms positively influenced the total asset net profit ratio and total asset operating ratio. Originality/value - The results suggest that the CSR activities of these firms can play a significant role in enhancing management performance in the economic status of Korea, where the degree of export dependency is high.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.19-42
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• 2022

Purpose - This study investigates the effects of foreign investor ownership on firm innovation and the different stages of the firm innovation process for business group affiliation (affiliated firms) and nonaffiliated firms. Design/methodology - Research and development (R&D) intensity is used as a proxy for firm innovation. We use a sample of 7,655 firm-year observations of Korean listed firms from 2001 to 2015. To identify the distinct features of business group affiliation and how foreign investor ownership affects firm innovation, we divide the sample into affiliated and non-affiliated firms. Moreover, we classify total R&D expenditures as research and development expenditures. Findings - This study finds a positive relationship between foreign investor ownership and innovation in non-affiliated firms. However, the foreign investor ownership's role in facilitating firm innovation does not influence business group affiliation. Moreover, the results show that foreign investor ownership encourages firms to increase research expenditures, which is the amount spent in the early stages of a firm's R&D process. Originality/value - Existing studies have overlooked the distinct features of business group affiliation and the different characteristics of research and development expenditures. Thus, this study considers the distinct features of business group affiliation and investigates how foreign investor ownership affects different stages of R&D activities.

• 무역학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.161-175
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the effect of cultural distance between partner firms on international joint venture performance, focusing on the moderating effects of the conflict resolution techniques and the competitive relationship between partner firms. We tested hypotheses based on joint venture firms that were surveyed which formed by equity investment between Korean and foreign firms in the manufacturing industry. The empirical analysis results of this study are as follows. First, in international joint ventures, the cultural distance between partner firms was found to have a negative effect on the international joint venture performance, and the higher the cultural distance, the lower the joint venture performance. Second, it was found that constructive conflict resolution techniques weaken the negative impact of the cultural distance between partner firms in international joint ventures on the performance of international joint ventures. Third, competitive relationship between international joint venture partners showed no moderating effect on the relationship between cultural distance and international joint venture performance.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.634-643
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• 2009

The aim of this study was investigating the consumers' and apparel firm worker's awareness and reliability of the environmental friendly textile materials. The subjects of the questionnaire survey were general consumers(n=235) and workers at Korean apparel firms(n=236). The questionnaire was developed to measure the awareness and reliability on nine environmental friendly textile materials. The results showed that general consumers had a higher reliability on the function of the environmental friendly materials but had a lower awareness than the workers at the apparel firms. Women and subjects, who experienced in purchasing the environmental friendly products, had higher awareness and reliability of the environmental friendly textile materials than others. The workers at apparel firms had higher awareness of the environmental friendly textile materials than the general consumers, but the reliability on the function of the materials was relatively low. The reliability and awareness differed by the firms' major products and their jobs. The workers at the children's clothing firms and sportswear firms had higher level of awareness about the environmental friendly textile than the workers at the casual-wear firms. The workers' awareness on environmental friendly textile materials was differentiated by their jobs. The product developers and material buyers had higher awareness on the environmental friendly textiles compare to the workers of the sales or marketing division. These results imply that promoting environmental friendly textile material to the sales person is needed in order to increase the sales volume of the products.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.174-186
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• 2011

이 연구는 세계 주요 미디어 기업의 규모와 현황을 파악하고 한국 미디어 기업의 글로벌 위상 및 향후 방향을 다루었다. 이를 위해 포브스 글로벌 2000 기업 중 미디어 기업을 4개의 범주로 매핑하였다. 연구 결과, 한국의 미디어 기업은 4그룹에 속하며, 글로벌 수준은 취약하였다. 따라서 미디어 산업 가치사슬에서 경쟁력이 있는 요인을 찾아, 이를 바탕으로 글로벌 전략을 도출하고자 하였다. 연구 결과 미디어 산업의 가치사슬에서 볼 때, 한국은 콘텐츠, 단말기, 차세대 네트워크에서 글로벌 경쟁력을 가지고 있으며, 이들의 연합 전략을 펴는 것이 유리하다. 또한 글로벌 미디어 기업 전략이 반드시 전 세계일 필요는 없다. 미국의 대형 미디어 그룹을 제외하고는 언어, 문화, 지역적으로 글로벌 진출로 성공적인 미디어 기업들이 많다. 따라서 방송 콘텐츠가 아시아 시장에서 인지도를 높이고, 실질적으로도 성과를 내고 있으므로, 이를 중심으로 '선택과 집중' 전략을 펴는 것이 유리하다. 이 연구에서는 아시아 및 남아메리카 등 신흥 시장에 집중하는 것이 유리하며, 콘텐츠와 단말기, 차세대 네트워크의 연합 전략이 필요함을 제안하였다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-34
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• 2020

Purpose - In this study, we investigate determinants of hedging with derivatives and its effect on firm value and firm risk for Korean firms. Design/methodology - To avoid the endogeneity problem pointed out in previous studies, we use a two-stage analysis by using gains and losses from derivatives as instrument variable for hedging with derivatives. Findings - Our analysis on the determinants of hedging shows that firms that are more leveraged and less profitable, and with more growth opportunities are likely to hedge through derivatives. Additionally, large firms, firms less diversified into industry, and firms more diversified geographically are likely to use derivatives. Our two-stage analysis shows that indicators of hedging with derivatives have an insignificant effect on firm value, and the indicator of futures/forwards use and of swaps use have significant negative effect on firm value. Whereas, the extent of hedging with derivatives has positive effect on firm value for all types of foreign currency derivatives, which suggests that moderately low hedgers use derivatives inefficiently, but extensive hedgers use derivatives properly. With regard to firm risk, hedging with derivatives increases market-based risk, but decreases accounting-based risk. Thus, we conclude that Korean firms use derivatives to manage operational volatility rather than to manage market risk, and accounting-based risk reduction through hedging is not directly translated into higher firm value. Originality/value - This is not the first study to investigate hedging behavior of Korean firms, but the sample period that that this study analyzed is the longest and various method are used to control the endogeneity problem. We investigate not only total foreign currency derivatives but also by types of derivatives, including futures/forwards, options, and swaps.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.353-370
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• 2012

Korea has shown a tremendous leap in economic development in a short span of time, and the world is watching Korea's economy with keen interest. Development of industries that are implementing information systems (IS) has played a role in leading economic growth in Korea. Because of the success of Korean firms, the creation of case studies for implementing IS in Korean firms was attempted. Despite the many case studies, analysis of the motivations and results, for implementing IS as a firm's strategic purpose, was rarely conducted. Therefore, this paper investigates some Korean firms' cases studies in order to show the best practice example of implementing and adopting IS strategically. Nine cases of Korean firms' strategic use of IS were analyzed in various industry fields. Each case consists of the following four categories: company overview, background implementing IS, adoption of IS for strategic purpose, and the results of implementing IS. In order to help various companies to take an action with their IS implementation and its strategic use, implications from the cases are summarized to show how Korean firms strategically introduced IS for solving particular problems that they had faced.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.153-164
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• 2014

R&D는 산업과 제품의 특성에 따라 그 중요도가 다르며, 제품의 고부가가치를 중요시하는 첨단산업에 있어서 R&D의 중요성이 크다. 그런데 첨단산업의 기업은 전통적인 상장기업에 비해 재무변수의 기업가치 설명력이 상대적으로 낮게 나타나는데 그 원인은 재무제표에 기록되지 않은 무형자산 때문인 것으로 추정된다. 이에 본 연구의 목적은 코스닥기업을 첨단산업과 비첨단산업으로 나누어 무형자산성 지출의 가치관련성을 분석하는 것이다. 무형자산성 지출은 연구개발비, 교육훈련비, 광고선전비로 측정하였다. 분석 결과 첫째, 첨단산업에서는 연구개발비가 기업가치에 양(+)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고 교육훈련비는 기업가치에 음(-)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 비첨단산업에 있어서는 교육훈련비가 기업가치에 양(+)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 첨단산업과 비첨단산업 모두 광고선전비는 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 대형회계법인의 감사품질은 첨단산업의 연구개발비의 가치관련성을 더욱 증가시키고 비첨단산업의 교육훈련비의 가치관련성을 증가시키는 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 투자자들이 전자, 통신, 제약, 정밀기계와 같은 첨단산업군의 연구개발비 투자에 대해 비첨단산업군의 연구개발비 투자와 비교해서 더 가치 있는 투자로 평가하는 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 본 연구의 연구결과는 첨단산업과 비첨단산업의 경영자의 무형자산성 투자의 의사결정에 있어서 유익한 참고가 될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제37권sup호
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• pp.87-121
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• 2015

한국정부는 FDI 국내 유치를 위해 외국인투자에 특례와 지원을 제공하는 경제특구를 도입하였으나 성과가 미흡하다는 문제의식이 존재한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 실증분석을 통해 노동생산성, 영업이익률, 투자성향, 혁신성향, 고용성향 등의 기업단위 성과가 경제특구에 입주한 외국인투자기업과 국내기업 간에, 그리고 외국인투자기업들 간에 유의한 차이를 나타내고 있는지를 회귀분석과 PSM 분석을 통해 살펴보았다. 본 논문의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 노동생산성 및 영업이익률 측면에서 살펴보았을 때 외국인투자기업들이 국내기업들에 비해 효율성 및 수익성에 있어 더 높은 성과를 나타낸다는 가설을 지지할 실증적 증거는 발견할 수 없었다. 둘째, 투자성향에 있어서는 외국인투자지역에 분포한 외국인투자기업들이 국내기업들에 비해 높은 투자성향을 보였다. 셋째, 연구개발투자 측면에 있어 외국인투자기업 전체적으로는 국내기업에 비해 높은 투자성향을 보인 것으로 나타나나 이것이 경제특구정책에 의한 것임을 나타내는 실증적 증거는 존재하지 않는다. 교육훈련투자에 있어서는 비특구 외국인투자기업의 역할이 가장 크며, 특구지역 중에서는 경제자유구역에 위치한 기업들의 교육훈련투자가 국내기업들보다 더 높다는 실증적 증거가 발견되었다. 마지막으로 고용성향에 있어서는 외국인투자기업들의 성과가 더 높았으나 이것이 경제특구정책에 의한 것임을 나타내는 실증적 증거가 존재하지는 않았다.

• 경영과학
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.15-41
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of the BSCs of 642 firms excluding the financial and insurance companies listed on KOSPI. The analysis of financial performance through analysis of major financial ratios between BSC and non-BSC firms is compared with the input of human and material resources for business growth. We will promote the spread of BSC and examine the areas differentiated performance improvement. The analytical categories are manufacturing, service, wholesale and retail, and information and communications, which are 2,136 business years out of 2,378 final analytical samples. The results of the analysis are as follows. As a result of the analysis, among the four industries analyzed, the industries that showed the best performance were manufacturing. In the case of service industry, growth and activity were lower than those of non-adoption (NA) companies, but the operating margin was significantly different from manufacturing. However, market value was higher than that of NA companies, and R&D expenditures and advertising expenses were significantly higher than NA firms. On the other hand, there was no significant difference in profitability between the BSC and NA firms, but the market value was very significant. EPS is 5.22 times, BPS is 5.64 times, PBR is 1.3 times, and EVA is 35 times higher. In addition, R&D expenditure and advertising expenditure are more than twice as high as those of NA. In the case of the service industry, there is no significant difference in the growth performance from the NA firms. Activity indicators, BSC introduced companies are three times lower than both the total assets turnover and the capital turnover rate. The operating profit margin was high at 45.8% for introduced companies and 37.2% for non-introduced companies. In market value analysis, only BPS was 1.68 times higher. On the other hand, investment in welfare expenses is 0.2% of total assets, which is relatively low compared to NA firms. However, research and development expenses and advertising expenses are 2.1% and 1.02% of total assets, respectively, but they are relatively lower than those of NA firms. Unlike the manufacturing and service industries, wholesale and retail trade was significantly higher than the NA firms in terms of sales growth and total assets growth rate. In terms of market value, EPS and BPS were significantly higher, but the benefits, R&D expenditures, and advertising expenses were lower than those of NA firms. The information and communication industry showed lower level of performance than the NA firms in all indicators except cash liquidity, BPS, and EVA.