• 품질경영학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2009

Top Managers are apt to do the decision making on the base of cost-benefit analysis. Therefore the return on quality is indispensable to get the commitment of the top managers on the quality programs. The monetary or tangible effects of the most improvement activities through the suggestion systems and the quality circle activities are computed and reported. In most cases the reported gains are much bigger than the input invested. In spite of the reported high return many top managers are doubtful about the truth of reports because the gains are not translated into the profit on the income statement. This paper discusses about the mechanism of individual improvement activities and analyze the system effect which sum the individual effect and the realization effect on the income statement during that period. This will help the top managers to commit on the quality programs with high confidence.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.69-89
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• 2018

We study whether a default option attached to non-recourse mortgages improves borrowers' surplus from mortgage financing. By defaulting on mortgage debt, borrowers can save their non-collateralized income from being foreclosed. In exchange, borrowers must forgo non-monetary surplus from retaining any collateral. Banks may charge a high mortgage rate due to increased default rates. We find that the interest rate of non-recourse mortgage decreases with the borrower's surplus from home ownership. Moreover, non-recourse mortgages benefit only borrowers who deem housing property as an investment asset. Hence, the transition to a non-recourse mortgage is detrimental to welfare if the borrower enjoys a large surplus from home ownership. Although the borrower privately knows how much surplus she enjoys from home ownership, a menu of non-recourse mortgage contracts may exist, yielding a separating equilibrium without information rent.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2004

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to explore the cyber world immersion experience of adolescents. Method: Multiple strategies for data collecting were used: an in depth face-to-face interview; analysis of adolescent' writings; and analysis of examples of phenomenon in the realistic world. The sample group consisted of 10 adolescents. Results: Although the experience was different for all adolescent interviewed, the essential themes of experience emerged: "fill up", "homoeologous feeling", "the older generation has a conflicting negative opinion", "change in social character", "become habitually skeptic", "have bad health", "mean of superiority and getting everything solved", "ease of access", "monetary benefit", "addiction to the computer", "forget real life solved stress", "do harm to society", "take comfort", or "new job". Conclusion: Accordingly this paper suggests that contact with various software is necessary in adolescents, and good quality contents function to prepare and activate adolescents to apply the internet for good use.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2018

Purpose - This research aims to investigate the factors that influence consumer's overseas online shopping behavior. Consumers adopt overseas online shopping as a new buying way and more and more consumers prefer overseas online shopping than traditional shopping ways. Consumers' behaviors in this shopping experience can be different from other shopping experiences. With the increase of overseas online shopping, we need to find antecedents and results of overseas online shopping. Especially there would be positive or negative factors which influence overseas online shopping motivation. To find the relationship, this study examines self-efficacy and impulsivity as major factors which influence overseas online shopping. We also suggest that several attitude factors increase self-efficacy and it is positively related to customer satisfaction. On the other hand, we assume that overseas online shopping factors influence impulsivity of buying and it will decrease customer satisfaction. Research design, data, and methodology - This empirical study data were collected from Korean people who experience overseas online shopping. The subjects for this study were confined to shoppers who used overseas online shopping within the past six months. A total of 267 responses were gathered. SPSS 23.0, PLS 2.0 software were used in the data analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to show sample characteristics. We examined reliability, validity test for constructs. All measurement items used seven-point scales(1= very strong disagree, 7 = very strongly agree) drawn from previously published papers. Partial Least Square method was applied to find the relationship between antecedent factors and dependent factors and hypotheses were estimated. Results - Results show that perceived superiority, perceived ease of use, perceived transaction safety, perceived behavioral control positively affect self-efficacy. Self-efficacy influences positively to consumer's post purchase satisfaction. Perceived monetary benefit and perceived uniqueness motivated impulse buying. This can make consumer's post purchase dissatisfaction. Conclusions - This paper attempted to confirm the existence of both the positive and negative faces of overseas online shopping. The result reveals that self-efficacy is a major factor which may increase satisfaction in the overseas online shopping. Usually, we can think monetary benefit and uniqueness of products motivate overseas online shopping. But it can also intrigue impulse buying and negatively affect customer relationship. Therefore companies should provide enough products information to their potential customers and they might apply adequate processes such as recommendation, comparing systems to build long term relationship with their customers.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제30권sup호
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• pp.6.1-6.4
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• 2015

Objectives This study is conducted to estimate the cost paid by the public suffering from disease possibly caused by chemical and to examine the effect on public health. Methods Cost-benefit analysis is an important factor in analysis and decision-making and is an important policy decision tool in many countries. Cost-of-illness (COI), a kind of scale-based analysis method, estimates the potential value lost as a result of illness as a monetary unit and calculates the cost in terms of direct, indirect and psychological costs. This study estimates direct medical costs, transportation fees for hospitalization and outpatient treatment, and nursing fees through a number of patients suffering from disease caused by chemicals in order to analyze COI, taking into account the cost of productivity loss as an indirect cost. Results The total yearly cost of the diseases studied in 2012 is calculated as 77 million Korean won (KRW) per person. The direct and indirect costs being 52 million KRW and 23 million KRW, respectively. Within the total cost of illness, mental and behavioral disability costs amounted to 16 million KRW, relevant blood immunological parameters costs were 7.4 million KRW, and disease of the nervous system costs were 6.7 million KRW. Conclusions This study reports on a survey conducted by experts regarding diseases possibly caused by chemicals and estimates the cost for the general public. The results can be used to formulate a basic report for a social-economic evaluation of the permitted use of chemicals and limits of usage.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2015

It is estimated that there is a total of approximately 100,000 species in Korea. However, the number is currently about 30,000 and only 16,027 species are listed in the 'Species Korea' (as of December, 2014). Of the listed species, 51 species are designated as the Endangered Species Class I while 195 species are in the Class II, totaling 246 endangered species including 20 mammals. Under the circumstances that development (e.g., roads) is increasingly threatening the persistence of endangered mammals, it is significant to identify and preserve suitable habitats for them. In this context, evaluating the values of the suitable habitat environment would serve as essential information for development decision making. This study estimated the values of endangered mammals' forest habitats through spatialization of habitat services. In doing so, a species distribution model, Maximum Entropy Model (MaxEnt) was utilized for a group of endangered mammals including, mountain goat, wildcat, marten cat, and flying squirrel. To calculate the values per unit area, a benefit transfer method was used based on the point-estimate technique with the best available values estimated previously. The range of discount rate of 3.0 to 5.5 percent was applied taking the notion of social discount rate into account. As a result, the province with the highest values for endangered mammal habitats appeared to be Gangwon, followed by Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam. The monetary values of the endangered mammal habitats were estimated to be 330 billion to 421 billion won per year.

• 한국인구학
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.26-34
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• 1991

Migration studies that assume that decision making is done on an individual basis is overlooking the importance of the family factor. Considering that must people belong to families, it is more appropriate to view migration decision from the perspective of the family. This study analyzes the household migration decision whereby the alternatives are to stay, 10 undertake family migration or to undertake single migration of a member. In developing a conceptual model of household migration decision, it is assumed that the household's objective is to maximize household income which is a function of individual members' earnings. The benefits and costs of household migration and individual migration are identified and the household chooses the migration strategy that maximizes expected household income. When household members have conflicting earning prospects in the potential destination, the household considers single migration of the member with the best earning potentials. However, lone migration by a household member involves cost of family separation which is both monetary and psychic, and this study shows that lone migration is undertaken only when its net gains to the family are greater than the separation cost of the family. The major benefit of choosing single migration is the retention of home base in the place of origin which can serve as an insurance against the uncertainty of obtaining a job in the destination, the benefit that is unavailable in family migration. The conceptual analysis shows how a household's migration decision would depend on its members' economic roles and prospects in the destination. Besides the economic variables, social and life cycle variables of the family translate into separation costs and benefits of migration. This study indicates that one - earner family in low economic status but with good earning prospects and high separation costs is more likely to choose family migration over single migration.

• 농촌계획
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.25-41
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to quantitatively analyze the social welfare value given to the designated rural settlement zone by the resident-participated site unit plan that the City of Cheongju is newly attempting to draft. Firstly, the costs and benefits from the site unit planning were estimated. Secondly, through literature review especially focussed on the benefit and cost estimation, on-site questionnaire was designed, and then sample residents of the qualifying sites were asked about their willingness to pay, which could make it possible to estimate the monetary value of its benefits by the contingent valuation method (CVM). Finally, the present value of net benefits (PVNB) was estimated through the derived costs and benefits. As a result of analysis, firstly, the present value of net benefits (PVNB) was found to be 7,641 billion won, which indicated that the implementation of district-unit plan would be able to cause sufficient social welfare value for the effected residents. Secondly, in examining the result of individual average amount for willingness to pay through the CVM, the area that benefited the most was found to be the road improvement. Thirdly, as a result of sensitivity analysis, the parameter with the most effects was the discount rate, which suggested that, in carrying out public projects, excessive market interest rates would not be appropriate.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 1999

가축의 사료로서 오염 농작물의 이용에 대한 최적기간 결정 방법론을 비용-편익 분석법에 근거하여 모델링하였다. 많은 농작물의 왕성한 성장시기인 8월 15일을 방사성물질의 침적시점 (사고시점)으로 가정하여 잡식성 가축인 돼지에 대해 적용한 결과를 논의하였다. 또한 사료로서 오염 농작물의 이용에 대한 상대적 비용 효과를 고찰하기 위해 오염 농작물을 바로 폐기시켰을 경우와 순이득을 비교 논의하였다. 침적후 농작물내 방사성물질의 농도는 동적섭식경로모델 DYNACON으로부터 예측되었다. 대응행위에 의한 순이득은 피폭선량의 금전가와 수행에 소요되는 금전적 비용에 의해 정량적으로 평가하였다. 오염 농작물을 사료로 이용함에 대한 순이득은 핵종, 농작물의 공급분율, 공급기간 등에 따라 다양하게 나타났다. 사료로서 오염 농작물의 이용은 $^{137}Cs$ 침적에 비해 $^{90}Sr$ 또는 $^{131}I$ 침적의 경우에 비용측면에서 보다 효과적이었다.

• 한국지식정보기술학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.11-23
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 스마트폰의 확산에 가장 주요한 요인이며 다양한 기능성 편의를 제공하는 앱을 구매하는 채널인 앱 마켓을 선택하는 요인을 합리적인 선택 이론 관점을 도입하여 실증적으로 밝혀내었다. 281건의 설문 결과 분석을 통해, 이익의 관점에서 사용편의성과 구조적 보장이 앱 마켓 선택에 유의미한 영향을 주는 것으로 검증 되었다. 반면, 고객신뢰, 정보 품질, 마켓 이미지는 앱마켓 선택에 유의미한 영향을 주지 못하는 것으로 파악되었다. 특히, 국내 앱마켓 플랫폼 제공자(KT, LG U+)의 경우, 해외 앱마켓 플랫폼사업자(구글)에 비해, 고객센터 운용, 피해보상 규정 등 구조적 보장 측면에서 우위에 있는 것으로 보인다. 하지만, 구글 앱 마켓의 경우는 모든 안드로이드 폰에 사전 설치되어 통신사 별로 타 앱마켓을 이용하기 위해 추가적으로 설치해야하는 불편함이 없어 국내 제공자보다 사용자 편의성에서 우위에 있다고 판단된다. 이는 국내 앱마켓 플랫폼사업자에게만 불리하게 작용하고 있어, 정책적 해결점 마련이 필요하다. 사업자비용의 관점에서는 금전적인 전환 비용과 비금전적인 전환 비용 모두 앱 마켓 선택에 유의미한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 비금전적인 전환 비용은 국내 앱마켓 플랫폼사업자에게 부정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 국내 앱마켓의 서비스 기대 수준이 낮다고 인식되어 있고, 신규 사용자가 사용하기 위해 회원 가입 등 소요되는 시간적 비용요소가 크다고 인지되어 있다고 설명될 수 있다. 국내 앱 마켓 사업의 활성화를 위해 개선이 필요한 항목으로 보인다. 본 연구를 통해 기존 대부분의 연구들이 앱 선택 요인에만 집중되었다는 한계를 극복하고 앱 마켓 선택 요인을 밝혀내었다는데 본 연구의 의의가 있다고 볼 수 있겠다.