• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.73-83
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• 2016

Purpose - The parcel delivery service(courier) industry all over the world has been expanding its market so far, but its growth has been declining in recent years. In this situation, most parcel delivery companies are having trouble with managing themselves because of the pressure from the customer to increase service level and decrease the rate. The purpose of this study is to provide ways to improve competitive advantages of the parcel delivery service industry by evaluating the multi-period operating efficiency of Korea, Japan and global service providers. Research design, data, and methodology - The data for the period of 2011 to 2014 were collected from the annual reports published by parcel delivery companies. In this study, we analyze the marketability (revenue), profitability (operating profits), and management conditions (net profits) of parcel service companies by combining information on human resources (number of employees) and material resources (total assets and equity). Therefore, the number of employees, total assets, and equity are selected as input variables, and revenue, operating profits, and net profits as the output variables. In this study, DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) is used to measure the comparative efficiency and MPI (Malmquist Productivity Index) is used to analyze the trend of change of the efficiency for a multi-year period. Results - The operational efficiency scores of medium-sized parcel delivery companies in Korea are higher than other larger competitors such as Korean, Japan and Global larger companies. As of 2014, Logen(1.878) was found to be the most efficient parcel delivery enterprise, followed by KGB (1.224), and Kyoungdong(1.002). Otherwise, Hanjin(0.235), CJ(0.262), Hyundai Logistics(0.657), DHL(0.611), UPS(0.766), FedEx(0.498), TNT(0.350), Yamato(0.762) and Sagawa(0.520), larger sized companies, were done inefficiently. The productivity of parcel delivery companies is influenced by endogenous factors as well as exogenous ones such as changes in business environment and technological advances. Conclusions - Korean medium-sized companies have relatively high efficiency scores in operation. That is why they still survive the competitive market in Korea where market restructuring on the industry has been expected to be conducted for many years. The reason why medium-sized couriers had higher efficient scores than larger couriers is that most of couriers spend more operating expenses versus unit price of delivery which is the amount of money that is needed in order to send a package by parcel service. So the delivery unit price must be taken into account by all the expenses associated with the cost of fuel, labor and maintenance expenses for facilities, etc. therefore, the unit price must be increased to strengthen business competitive power. In order for the industry to have more competitive advantage, the companies need to make profits by increasing demand volume and raising the delivery rate to provide high-quality delivery service to customers. And both endogenous and exogenous change must take precedence in order to strengthen their competitiveness.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권10호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2021

This study investigates the effects of FDI and other macroeconomic variables on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in selected ASEAN+3 countries from 1981 till 2016. Total Factor Productivity (TFP) for each ASEAN+3 country was constructed using the Malmquist productivity index method. Then, a panel ARDL framework (dynamic heterogeneous panel), namely Pooled Mean Group (PMG), Mean Group (MG), and Dynamic Fixed Effect (DFE) are employed in examining the effects of FDI and other controlling variables on TFP. The new findings show that FDI has a significant and positive impact on TFP in the long run and the short run in ASEAN+3 countries. Besides, the results also reveal that in the long run, other variables such as the average number of years of schooling and the ratio of high-skilled to low-skilled labor also have a significant and positive effect on TFP. However, economic openness, government expenditure on R&D, and interaction between countries and FDI have a negative and significant impact on TFP. These findings implied that the recipient countries must ensure their political stability and offer various incentives to attract more investors. Furthermore, the influx of foreign investors, especially large ones and lower costs, should be encouraged by each country as FDI inflows can boost their TFP growth.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.27-44
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• 2019

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze the net effect of the green total factor productivity (GTFP) of China's manufacturing industry from the China-Korea Free Trade Area (China-Korea FTA) quantitatively. Design/methodology - Firstly, the Global Malmquist-Luenberger (GML) index based on the SBM directional distance function is used to measure the GTFP of China's manufacturing and analyze the driving force for its growth. Secondly, the regression discontinuity quantitative analysis is used to determine the impact of the China-Korea FTA on China's manufacturing GTFP. Findings - Our main findings can be summarized as follows: the China-Korea FTA has promoted the GTFP of China's manufacturing with an effect evaluation mainly resulting from green technology progress. And there is industry heterogeneity in the policy effect on the manufacturing GTFP due to the China-Korea FTA. Namely, policy promotion from the China-Korea FTA is more effective on the GTFP of equipment manufacturing than it is on those of other industries. Originality/value - First, an evaluation and analysis of the GTFP development of China's manufacturing that employs GML index based on SBM directional distance function. Second, a quantitative estimate of China-Korea FTA's net effect on China's manufacturing industrial GTFP that uses regression discontinuity analysis, which is considered to be the closest method to natural experiments and superior to other causal inference methods. Third, an in-depth discussion of the practical steps that China's manufacturing can take to improve GTFP development and integrate China-Korea FTA construction into economic development.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.71-102
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• 2007

기존의 많은 연구에서는 R&D 투자를 포함한 기술진보 요인이 TFP의 결정요인으로 작용한다는 실증연구는 많았으나, 산업 분석에 있어서 규모의 경제가 TFP에 미치는 영향에 대한 실증분석이 많지 않고 또 이들 연구들의 대부분이 비모수적 멤퀴스트 생산성지수 분석이나 확률적 변경생산함수 모형을 사용함으로써 개별 독립변수가 TFP에 미치는 영향에 대한 실증분석이 이루어지지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기존의 성장회계방정식 요인 분해를 통해 산업별 TFP 증가율을 도출하고, 산업별 TFP의 영향 요인으로 R&D 투자와 규모의 경제(산업별 영세성)를 고려한 실증분석 모델을 구축하여 TFP 결정요인에 대해 실증 분석하였다. 우선 전체 15개 산업 기준 TFP 증가율을 보면 1993${\sim}$1997년 연평균 약 3.8%에 불과했으나, 외환위기 이후 1999${\sim}$2000년 연평균 7.8%로 상승하였다. 한편 1993${\sim}$2000년 사이의 산업별 TFP 연평균 증가율을 보면 IT 제조업 부문인 전기전자기기제조 부문이 11.6%로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 가구 및 기타 제품 제조는 -0.4%를 나타냈다. 서비스산업의 경우에는 운수 창고 통신 부문이 7.3%로 전기 수도 가스 2.9%, 도소매 음식 숙박-3.7%보다 훨씬 높은 TFP 증가율을 보였다. TFP의 결정요인에 대한 실증분석 결과, R&D와 TFP와의 상관관계는 전반적으로는 유의성이 검증되지 않은 정(+)의 상관관계로 나타났으나, 전체 종사자 중 자영업주 및 무급가족 종사자수를 산업별 영세성을 나타내는 대리변수로 사용한 모델에서의 유의한 부(-)의 상관관계를 보였다. 한편 산업별 고유의 규모의 영세도를 대리하는 변수들의 추정 계수의 부호는 일관되게 한 산업의 규모의 영세도가 높을수록 그 산업의 TFP 증가율이 낮아짐을 나타내는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.