• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.637-651
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• 2019

정유 또는 석유화학플랜트에서 폭발 등과 중대사고가 발생할 때 심각한 인명 및 재산피해를 야기시켜 보험시장에 큰 영향을 끼쳐왔다. 일반적으로 정유, 석유화학공장 등 장치산업에서 이러한 사고 발생시 국립과학수사연구원, 사고원인 조사자, 손해보험사 손해사정사 등이 조사하여 손해 및 사고와 가장 인접한 근인 위주로 사고원인을 도출하고 있다. 반면 실제 중대사고로 이어지기까지 문제 및 결함으로 작용한 여러 중대사고 전조신호에 대한 근본원인분석을 실시하여 예방대책을 수립하는 것이 중요하나 그 동안이에 대한 것이 미흡하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 전 세계에서 발생된 중대사고 사례에 대하여 근본원인분석 방법과 스위스치즈모델 원리를 활용한 기여요소분석법 등을 통하여 도출하였던 미국 화학공정안전센터의 중대사고 전조신호 자체평가 도구의 전조신호 판단기준 항목을 우선적으로 고찰하였다. 여기에 실제 정유 및 석유화학플랜트 내 중대사고 전조신호가 해외재보험사 Loss control engineer 등 Auditor 들에게 어떠한 식으로 권고되어 왔는지 확인하고자 지난 17년간 Loss Control Engineer가 Risk Survey 이후 도출하였던 안전권고사항 약 614개를 분석하였다. 최종적으로 이를 중대사고 전조신호 평가지표로 개발이 용이하도록 정유 및 석유화학플랜트에서의 중대사고 전조신호 판단기준을 유형별로 그룹화한 후 상위 및 하위 항목으로 구분하였다. 또한, 정유 및 석유화학공장 관련 전문가(40명)에게 설문 실시 및 AHP기법을 적용하여 각 항목별 가중치(중요도)를 도출하여 최종 전조신호 판단기준과 항목별 가중치가 적용된 '정유 및 석유화학플랜트에서의 중대사고 전조신호 평가지표'를 개발하였다. 그리고 개발한 지표를 8개의 정유 및 석유화학플랜트에 적용하여 분석하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 평가지표는 정유 및 석유화학공장 등 장치산업에서의 중대사고 예방을 위하여 추적관리 되어야 할 전조신호 항목 및 요소가 무엇인지 인식하고 취약수준을 평가하는데 도움이 될 수 있고, 관련 사업장 자체 관계자뿐만 아니라 외부 auditor들에게 유용하게 활용되리라 판단된다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2013

This case focuses on Shanghai Tang, the first truly Chinese luxury brand that appeals to both Westerners and, more recently, to Chinese consumers worldwide. A visionary and wealthy businessman Sir David Tang created this company from scratch in 1994 in Hong Kong. Its story, spanned over almost two decades, has been fascinating. It went from what best a Chinese brand could be in the eyes of Westerners who love the Chinese culture, to a nearly-bankrupted company in 1998, before being acquired by Richemont, the second largest luxury group in the world. Since then, its turnaround has been spectacular with a growing appeal among Chinese luxury consumers who represent the core segment of the luxury industry today. The main objective of this case study is to formally examine how Shanghai Tang overcame its downfall and re-emerged as one the very few well- known Chinese luxury brands. More specifically, this case highlights the ways with which Shanghai Tang made a transitional change from a brand for Westerners who love the Chinese culture, to a brand for both, Westerners who love the Chinese culture and Chinese who love luxury. A close examination reveals that Shanghai Tang has followed the brand identity concept that consists of two major components: functional and emotional. The functional component for developing a luxury brand concerns all product characteristics that will make a product 'luxurious' in the eyes of the consumer, such as premium quality of cachemire from Mongolia, Chinese silk, lacquer, finest leather, porcelain, and jade in the case of Shanghai Tang. The emotional component consists of non-functional symbolic meanings of a brand. The symbolic meaning marks the major difference between a premium and a luxury brand. In the case of Shanghai Tang, its symbolic meaning refers to the Chinese culture and the brand aims to represent the best of Chinese traditions and establish itself as "the ambassador of modern Chinese style". It touches the Chinese heritage and emotions. Shanghai Tang has reinvented the modern Chinese chic by drawing back to the stylish decadence of Shanghai in the 1930s, which was then called the "Paris of the East", and this is where the brand finds inspiration to create its own myth. Once the functional and emotional components assured, Shanghai Tang has gone through a four-stage development to become the first global Chinese luxury brand: introduction, deepening, expansion, and revitalization. Introduction: David Tang discovered a market gap and had a vision to launch the first Chinese luxury brand to the world. The key success drivers for the introduction and management of a Chinese luxury brand are a solid brand identity and, above all, a creative mind, an inspired person. This was David Tang then, and this is now Raphael Le Masne de Chermont, the current Executive Chairman. Shanghai Tang combines Chinese and Western elements, which it finds to be the most sustainable platform for drawing consumers. Deepening: A major objective of the next phase is to become recognized as a luxury brand and a fashion or design authority. For this purpose, Shanghai Tang has cooperated with other well-regarded luxury and lifestyle brands such as Puma and Swarovski. It also expanded its product lines from high-end custom-made garments to music CDs and restaurant. Expansion: After the opening of his first store in Hong Kong in 1994, David Tang went on to open his second store in New York City three years later. However this New York retail operation was a financial disaster. Barely nineteen months after the opening, the store was shut down and quietly relocated to a cheaper location of Madison Avenue. Despite this failure, Shanghai Tang products found numerous followers especially among Western tourists and became "souvenir-like" must-haves. However, despite its strong brand DNA, the brand did not generate enough repeated sales and over the years the company cumulated heavy debts and became unprofitable. Revitalizing: After its purchase by Richemont in 1998, Le Masne de Chermont was appointed to lead the company, reposition the brand and undertake some major strategic changes such as revising the "Shanghai Tang" designs to appeal not only to Westerners but also to Chinese consumers, and to open new stores around the world. Since then, Shanghai Tang has become synonymous to a modern Chinese luxury lifestyle brand.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.91-107
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• 2023

린 스타트업은 효율적인 기업 운영 방식을 의미하는 '린(lean)'과 창업 초기기업을 의미하는 '스타트업(startup)'을 결합해 만들어진 개념으로 창업 초기기업, 특히 소프트웨어 기반 스타트업의 실패 최소화 전략으로 자주 인용되고 있다. 본 연구는 초기스타트업 L사의 사례를 통하여 하드웨어·제조업 기업도 린 스타트업 방법론(LSM)을 유용하게 활용할 수 있음을 제시하고, 초기 스타트업이 LSM을 성공적으로 실천하기 위한 방안을 도출하였다. 이를 위해 LSM의 핵심 개념인 가설중심의 접근법, BML 피드백 순환, 최소요건제품(MVP) 및 피봇을 설명하고, 이를 바탕으로 LSM의 성공적인 실천 여부를 평가할 수 있는 기준을 도출한 후 동 기준을 중심으로 L사의 사례를 분석하였다. L사는 거동불편환자용 배변알리미 제품에서 출발하여, 영유아용 배변알리미를 거쳐, 최종적으로는 영유아용 스마트바틀을 주력 제품으로 사업을 확장하고 있는 스타트업이다. LSM의 관점에서 분석한 결과, L사는 창업 초기에는 창업 아이디어를 구체적인 고객 가치가설로 수립하지 못했고, 신속한 MVP실험을 통해 검증하는 데에도 실패하였으므로 만들기-측정-학습의 순환을 만들어내는데 실패하였다. 그러나 두 차례에 걸친 피봇을 통해 새로운 타겟 고객군과 고객 니즈를 개발하였고, 이를 최소의 노력과 시간을 들인 MVP로 반복적으로 실험함으로써 성공적인 비즈니스모델을 도출할 수 있었다. L사의 사례를 통해 사업초기에 반드시 고객-시장 검증 단계를 거쳐야 하며, 이는 스타트업의 시간과 자원이 낭비되지 않는 MVP 방식으로 진행되어야 함을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 고객이 원하지 않는 제품이나 서비스는 기술적으로 우수하고 기능적으로 완성도가 높다 하더라도 과감히 포기하고 피봇할 필요성이 있음도 확인하였다. 마지막으로 린 스타트업 방법론이 소프트웨어 산업에 국한되지 않고, 기술기반 제조업에도 적용 가능함을 증명하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 창업 초기기업이 실패를 최소화하고, 비즈니스모델 확립과 스케일업, 글로벌 진출에 이르는 과정을 가속화하기 위한 지침과 방법론으로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.87-100
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• 2022

창업초기기업은 자원 부족이라는 생래적 한계를 지니고 있다. 이러한 한계로 인해 창업자는 기업가정신을 기반으로 조직을 끊임없이 변화시켜가며 기회를 탐색하고 위험을 관리하며 기업을 성장시켜 나가고자 노력한다. 즉 창업자가 제한된 자원으로 새로운 성과를 추구하는 과정에서 앙트레프레니얼 마케팅 개념이 등장했다. 앙트레프레니얼마케팅에 대한 연구가 30여 년간 지속되고 있음에도 불구하고 국내에서는 아직 연구가 활성화되지 않고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 먼저 앙트레프레니얼마케팅에 대한 이론과 연구성과들을 정리를 하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 앙트레프레니얼마케팅 지향성과 마케팅역량, 경영성과 간의 영향 관계를 밝히는 실증연구의 필요성을 제시하였다. 이후 앙트레프레니얼마케팅 지향성이 조직의 마케팅역량을 거쳐 경영성과에 이르는 일련의 과정과 그 효과를 가설로 제시하였다. 실증연구를 위해 220개 기업의 창업자들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고, 이후 구조방정식을 이용한 경로분석을 통해 가설검정을 하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 스타트업의 앙트레프레니얼마케팅 지향성은 조직의 마케팅역량과 경영성과 모두에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 조직의 마케팅역량 역시 경영성과에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 앙트레프레니얼마케팅 지향성과 경영성과의 관계에 대한 조직의 마케팅역량의 매개효과를 실증분석한 결과, 마케팅 전문성이 재무적 성과보다 비재무적 성과에 더 큰 매개효과를 나타내는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 마케팅 수행능력은 비재무성과보다 재무성과에 더 강한 매개적 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구는 그동안 학술적 공백이었던 국내 창업기업에 적합한 앙트레프레니얼마케팅 지향성 개념과 구성요인을 실증분석을 통하여 확인하였다는 점에서 학문적 의의가 크다. 아울러 본 연구는 진취성과 위험관리능력, 혁신성, 기회지향, 자원활용, 고객집중성 6가지 요인으로 앙트레프레니얼마케팅 지향성의 구성요인을 확인하고, 이들이 조직의 마케팅역량을 매개로 경영성과에 미치는 영향을 검증하였다는 점에서 연구의 차별성이 있다. 이와 더불어 본 연구는 초기창업자들에게 앙트레프레니얼마케팅 지향적인 사고의 중요성을 알려준다는 점에서 실무적 의의가 있다. 특히 본 연구의 결과는 중소기업 창업자들이 시장분석 능력을 최적화하고, 다양한 이해관계자와 네트워킹하고, 마케팅역량을 발휘할 수 있는 조직의 역량을 높이는 데 도움을 줄 것이다.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제13권
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• pp.869-895
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• 2000

The US supports the Information and Communication (IC) industry as a strategic one to wield a complete power over the World Market. However, several other countries are also eager to have the support for the IC industry because the industry produces a high added value and has a significant effect on other industries. Korea is not an exception. Korea recently succeeded in the commercialization of CDMA for the first time in the world, after the successful development of TDX. Hence, it is highly likely to get tracked by the US. Although the IC industry is a specific sector of IT, there is a concern that there might be a trade friction between the US and Korea due to a possible competition. It will be very important to prepare a solution in advance so that Korea could prevent the friction and at the same time increase its share domestically and globally. It will be our important task to solve the problem with the minimum cost if the conflict arises unfortunately in the IT area. The parties that have a strong influence on the US trade policy are the think tank group and the IT-related interest group. Therefore, it would be important to have a close relationship with them. We found some implications by analyzing the case of Japan, which has experienced trade frictions with the US over the long period of time in the high tech industry. In order to get rid of those conflicts with the US, the Japanese did the following things : (1) The Japanese government developed supporting theories and also resorted to international support so that the world could support the Japanese theories. (2) Through continual dialogue with the US business people, the Japanese business people sought after solutions to share profits among the Japanese and the US both in the domestic and in the worldwide markets. They focused on lobbying activities to influence the US public opinion to support the Japanese. The specific implementation plan was first to open culture lobby toward opinion leaders who were leaders about the US opinion. The institution, Japan Society, were formed to deliver a high quality lobbying activities. The second plan is economic lobby. They have established Japanese Economic Institute at Washington. They provide information about Japan regularly or irregularly to the US government, research institution, universities, etc., that are interested in Japan. The main objective behind these activities though is to advertise the validity of Japanese policy. Japanese top executives, practical interest groups on international trade, are trying to justify their position by direct contact with the US policy makers. The third one is political lobby. Japan is very careful about this political lobby. It is doing its best not to give impression that Japan is trying to shape the US policy making. It is collecting a vast amount of information to make a correct judgment on situation. It is not tilted toward one political party or the other, and is rather developing a long-term network of people who understand and support the Japanese policy. The following implications were drawn from the experience of Japan. First, the Korean government should develop a long-term plan and execute it to improve the Korean image perceived by American people. Second, the Korean government should begin public relation activities toward the US elite group. It is inevitable to make an effort to advertise Korea to this elite group because this group leads public opinion in the USA. Third, the Korean government needs the development of a relevant policy to elevate the positive atmosphere for advertising toward the US. For example, we need information about to whom and how to about lobbying activities, personnel network who immediately respond to wrong articles about Korea in the US press, and lastly the most recent data bank of Korean support group inside the USA. Fourth, the Korean government should create an atmosphere to facilitate the advertising toward the US. Examples include provision of incentives in tax on the expenses for the advertising toward the US and provision of rewards to those who significantly contribute to the advertising activities. Fifth, the Korean government should perform the role of a bridge between Korean and the US business people. Sixth, the government should promptly analyze the policy of IT industry, a strategic area, and timely distribute information to industries in Korea. Since the Korean government is the only institution that has formal contact with the US government, it is highly likely to provide information of a high quality. The followings are some implications for business institutions. First, Korean business organization should carefully analyze and observe the business policy and managerial conditions of US companies. It is very important to do so because all the trade frictions arise at the business level. Second, it is also very important that the top management of Korean firms contact the opinion leaders of the US. Third, it is critically needed that Korean business people sent to the USA do their part for PR activities. Fourth, it is very important to advertise to American employees in Korean companies. If we cannot convince our American employees, it would be a lot harder to convince regular American. Therefore, it is very important to make the American employees the support group for Korean ways. Fifth, it should try to get much information as early as possible about the US firms policy in the IT area. It should give an enormous effort on early collection of information because by doing so it has more time to respond. Sixth, it should research on the PR cases of foreign enterprise or non-American companies inside the USA. The research needs to identify the success factors and the failure factors. Finally, the business firm will get more valuable information if it analyzes and responds to, according to each medium.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.443-472
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• 2014

To survive in the global competitive environment, enterprise should be able to solve various problems and find the optimal solution effectively. The big-data is being perceived as a tool for solving enterprise problems effectively and improve competitiveness with its' various problem solving and advanced predictive capabilities. Due to its remarkable performance, the implementation of big data systems has been increased through many enterprises around the world. Currently the big-data is called the 'crude oil' of the 21st century and is expected to provide competitive superiority. The reason why the big data is in the limelight is because while the conventional IT technology has been falling behind much in its possibility level, the big data has gone beyond the technological possibility and has the advantage of being utilized to create new values such as business optimization and new business creation through analysis of big data. Since the big data has been introduced too hastily without considering the strategic value deduction and achievement obtained through the big data, however, there are difficulties in the strategic value deduction and data utilization that can be gained through big data. According to the survey result of 1,800 IT professionals from 18 countries world wide, the percentage of the corporation where the big data is being utilized well was only 28%, and many of them responded that they are having difficulties in strategic value deduction and operation through big data. The strategic value should be deducted and environment phases like corporate internal and external related regulations and systems should be considered in order to introduce big data, but these factors were not well being reflected. The cause of the failure turned out to be that the big data was introduced by way of the IT trend and surrounding environment, but it was introduced hastily in the situation where the introduction condition was not well arranged. The strategic value which can be obtained through big data should be clearly comprehended and systematic environment analysis is very important about applicability in order to introduce successful big data, but since the corporations are considering only partial achievements and technological phases that can be obtained through big data, the successful introduction is not being made. Previous study shows that most of big data researches are focused on big data concept, cases, and practical suggestions without empirical study. The purpose of this study is provide the theoretically and practically useful implementation framework and strategies of big data systems with conducting comprehensive literature review, finding influencing factors for successful big data systems implementation, and analysing empirical models. To do this, the elements which can affect the introduction intention of big data were deducted by reviewing the information system's successful factors, strategic value perception factors, considering factors for the information system introduction environment and big data related literature in order to comprehend the effect factors when the corporations introduce big data and structured questionnaire was developed. After that, the questionnaire and the statistical analysis were performed with the people in charge of the big data inside the corporations as objects. According to the statistical analysis, it was shown that the strategic value perception factor and the inside-industry environmental factors affected positively the introduction intention of big data. The theoretical, practical and political implications deducted from the study result is as follows. The frist theoretical implication is that this study has proposed theoretically effect factors which affect the introduction intention of big data by reviewing the strategic value perception and environmental factors and big data related precedent studies and proposed the variables and measurement items which were analyzed empirically and verified. This study has meaning in that it has measured the influence of each variable on the introduction intention by verifying the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variables through structural equation model. Second, this study has defined the independent variable(strategic value perception, environment), dependent variable(introduction intention) and regulatory variable(type of business and corporate size) about big data introduction intention and has arranged theoretical base in studying big data related field empirically afterwards by developing measurement items which has obtained credibility and validity. Third, by verifying the strategic value perception factors and the significance about environmental factors proposed in the conventional precedent studies, this study will be able to give aid to the afterwards empirical study about effect factors on big data introduction. The operational implications are as follows. First, this study has arranged the empirical study base about big data field by investigating the cause and effect relationship about the influence of the strategic value perception factor and environmental factor on the introduction intention and proposing the measurement items which has obtained the justice, credibility and validity etc. Second, this study has proposed the study result that the strategic value perception factor affects positively the big data introduction intention and it has meaning in that the importance of the strategic value perception has been presented. Third, the study has proposed that the corporation which introduces big data should consider the big data introduction through precise analysis about industry's internal environment. Fourth, this study has proposed the point that the size and type of business of the corresponding corporation should be considered in introducing the big data by presenting the difference of the effect factors of big data introduction depending on the size and type of business of the corporation. The political implications are as follows. First, variety of utilization of big data is needed. The strategic value that big data has can be accessed in various ways in the product, service field, productivity field, decision making field etc and can be utilized in all the business fields based on that, but the parts that main domestic corporations are considering are limited to some parts of the products and service fields. Accordingly, in introducing big data, reviewing the phase about utilization in detail and design the big data system in a form which can maximize the utilization rate will be necessary. Second, the study is proposing the burden of the cost of the system introduction, difficulty in utilization in the system and lack of credibility in the supply corporations etc in the big data introduction phase by corporations. Since the world IT corporations are predominating the big data market, the big data introduction of domestic corporations can not but to be dependent on the foreign corporations. When considering that fact, that our country does not have global IT corporations even though it is world powerful IT country, the big data can be thought to be the chance to rear world level corporations. Accordingly, the government shall need to rear star corporations through active political support. Third, the corporations' internal and external professional manpower for the big data introduction and operation lacks. Big data is a system where how valuable data can be deducted utilizing data is more important than the system construction itself. For this, talent who are equipped with academic knowledge and experience in various fields like IT, statistics, strategy and management etc and manpower training should be implemented through systematic education for these talents. This study has arranged theoretical base for empirical studies about big data related fields by comprehending the main variables which affect the big data introduction intention and verifying them and is expected to be able to propose useful guidelines for the corporations and policy developers who are considering big data implementationby analyzing empirically that theoretical base.