• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.135-147
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• 2019

Despite the importance of multinational service ventures' alliances with local firms for CSR engagement, research is little interested in this issue. Because many multinational service ventures have increasingly allied with local firms for their CSR performance, it is important to explain the role of the alliance between a multinational service venture and a local firm. Our study addressed an issue of multinational service ventures' CSR performance through alliances with local firms. Based prominently on the resource-based theory of the firm, the competence-based theory of the firm, and the resource-adavantage theory of competition, we attempted to predict how a multinational service venture can be successful in CSR engagement based on an alliance with a local firm. Our study posited that local firms' CSR knowledge and CSR orientation positively influence multinational service ventures's CSR capabilities. In addition, we posited the positive moderating roles of alliance competence in the relationships between local firms' CSR resources and multinational service ventures' CSR capability. Moreover, our study posited that multinational service ventures' CSR capability is a source of competitive advantage. Finally, we concluded this manuscript with a discussion of scholarly and managerial implications, limitations of the study, and directions for a further study.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.375-393
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to define the different stage of global management cultures for localization from the case study of two respective multinational corporations, Nestle and Samsung Electronics invested in Vietnam, and then to find out on how Korean multinational corporations can reduce the gap of global management culture compared to global multinational corporations. In fact, Samsung has been pretty much being on a right track from the global marketing management perspective, however still stand at the beginning stage in terms of leading the global corporate culture. In comparison to Nestle with over 130 years of worldwide business experience, Samsung Electronics having only a decade global experience as a Korean multinational corporation has been found to have an obvious gap in terms of globalization which is mainly caused by global corporate culture. Even though it doesn’t seem realistic for Korean multinational corporations to immediately catch up the gap of global corporate culture against global multinational corporations with long years of global experiences and history, Korean multinational corporations need to track the foot print of every steps of globalization particularly focused on the local management culture of global multinational corporations, so that they will be able to shorten the timing to develop the true meaning of global corporate culture being evolved from the Korean management style.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2021

Purpose - This study aims to understand the phenomenon called "regional multinational" in the geographical expansion of multinational enterprises and to find some evidence whether globalization of multinational enterprises tends to have a strong home region bias. Research design, data, and methodology - Through an in-depth case analysis, we analyze the series of strategic behaviors Wal-Mart made in South Korea from its entry in 1998 to its withdrawal in 2006. Then, we discuss the plausible causes of this exit, seeking to provide some evidence on the "regional multinational" phenomenon. Result - This study finds some evidence on the regional-based expansion of multinational enterprises. Our case study shows that Wal-Mart in South Korea focused on global standardization strategy and made an exit from the market as they were faced with increasing localization demands. From the perspective of multinational enterprises' globalization strategy, Wal-Mart's exit from the South Korean market can be considered as a strategic exit. Conclusion - The findings of this study suggest that while national responsiveness and localized adaptation are considered as a panacea for penetrating international markets, in reality most multinational enterprises attempt to add value primarily by capitalizing on similarities across markets and remain as regional multinationals.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.31-41
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• 2016

Purpose - This study investigates whether corporate social responsibility(hereafter CSR) management activities affect companies' performance. Depending on the CSR management activities and companies' type (national and multinational), we examined whether there is any difference in their CSR activities on Corporate Performance. Research design, data, and methodology - Data were collected from 230 surveys with a sample group consisting of employees in multinational corporations located in Seoul and Gyeonggi and 224 copies were used from 3 May 2016 to 17 May 2016. The data was analyzed by SPSS 21.0. Results - The empirical results show that CSR management activities positively influence on financial and non-financial corporate achievement and CSR may be interpreted as a strategic method to improve corporate value. But the impacts of CSR activities on performance were different between domestic and multinational corporations. The reason that the legal responsibility was overruled as a factor for financial and non-financial achievement in domestic company may be that CSR management activity is perceived as an indulgence to hide or beautify negative behavior regarding corporate illegal behavior, thus it does not deliver value. Conclusions - CSR activities can be delivered differently between domestic and multinational corporations, and further study should be done why there are differences between corporations.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to identify the nature and trend of multinational corporations and to examine strategies for survival of local companies in newly-rising markets which stand against huge multinational corporations, through case study. This research has been done by the literature review of the articles, books and the case study. The results were as follow : First, if the pressure for the globalization of a industry is low and the possibility of overseas transfer of the competitive property of corporations are bare, the intensive strategy for the protection of a national market can be used against the invasion of a multinational corporations. Second, if the pressure for the globalization is still low and the retaining property can be transferred to abroad, a company can be expended to several foreign markets in the limited scope, using the success in a national market as a stepping-stone. Third, In case the pressure for the globalization is high and the competitive property of corporations are effective only in a national market, corporations can survive individually and continuously through the reorganization of corporation's property, which is the survival strategy against multinational corporations. Forth, if the pressure for the globalization is high and the property of corporations can be transferred to abroad, it is possible for corporations to compete with the multinational corporations confidently.

• 무역학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.87-99
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• 2019

Recently there are sharp increase in number of studies related with facilitation of Inward-FDI or Multinational Enterprises invested in Korea region. The most of studies are mainly purposing to survey - 1)how Korea Government makes counter plan and assistance policy to make foreign capital and Inward-FDI more attractively and aggressively, 2)what is the new framework or system for Inward-FDI policy, 3)what is economic effect of Inward-FDI, 4)what are determinants or conclusive factors of FDI in Korea. Under this situation, the goal of this report is to find out the new way for Multinational Enterprises to reinvest continuously thru getting their better investment performances on several factors including Marketing Competence, Management Ability, Localization Management Skill, Business Management Strategy, and R&D Competitiveness which would be much more important determinants influencing re-investment of Multinational Enterprises in Kora. This report based on the empirical result and comprehensive analysis will eventually help policy makers to implement the appropriate strategy and support Multinational Enterprises to proceed positive circle's re-investment activity in the end.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2004

Objectives : We intended to evaluate the double standard status and to identify factors of determining double standard criteria in multinational corporations of Korea, and specifically those in the occupational health and safety area. Methods : A postal questionnaire had been sent, between August 2002 and September 2002, to multinational corporations in Korea. A double standard company was defined as those who answered in more than one item as adopting a different standard among the five items regarding double standard identification. By comparing double standard companies with equivalent standard companies, determinants for double standards were then identified using logistic regression analysis. Results : Of multinational corporations, 45.1% had adopted a double standard. Based on the question naire's scale level, the factor of 'characteristic and size of multinational corporation' was found to have the most potent impact on increasing double standard risk. On the variable level, factors of 'number of affiliated companies' and 'existence of an auditing system with the parent company' showed a strong negative impact on double standard risk. Conclusion : Our study suggests that a distinctive approach is needed to manage the occupational safety and health for multinational corporations. This approach should be focused on the specific level of a corporation, not on a country level.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.439-458
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• 2009

본 논문은 직접투자를 실시하고 있는 2 국 2 기업모델을 이용하여 다국적 기업의 R&D 활동을 자국에 유치하기 위한 정부의 보조금 정책에 대해서 분석을 하였다. 일반적으로 다국적 기업의 R&D 활동에는 경쟁기업의 기술력을 높이는 파급효과 있으며 다국적 기업은 경쟁기업으로부터 파급효과를 얻기 위해서 자회사에 R&D 자원을 투입하여 R&D 활동을 실시하는 유인을 가진다. 또한 정부는 다국적 기업의 기술력을 향상시키는 목적으로 다국적 기업이 자국의 자회사에 투입하는 R&D 자원을 증가하도록 다국적 기업의 R&D 투자에 대해서 보조금 정책을 실시하여 자국내의 R&D 활동을 유치하는 동기를 가진다. 따라서 양국정부는 다국적 기업의 R&D 투자에 대해서 보조금을 지급하고 R&D 투자에 경쟁을 촉진함으로써 기업이 자회사에 투입하는 R&D 자원량은 증가하며 기술력은 상승한다. 또한 기업의 이윤증가와 함께 소비자의 경제후생에도 영향을 주며 양국은 상대국 기업의 R&D 활동에 의해서 경제적 이익을 얻을 수 있다. 따라서 양국정부가 상호협조적인 전략으로 기업의 R&D 활동에 대해서 보조금을 증대시키는 정책에 의해 기업이 자회사에 투입하는 R&D 자원은 증가하며 양국의 경제적 이익이 증가하게 된다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.35-56
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• 2013

The era of globalization provides us with both opportunities and threats. The success of a multinational corporation depends largely on its ability to adapt itself to new market environment. We believe that understanding and implementing multicultural PR strategy can be a key to the multinational corporations' success in foreign markets. We argue in this paper that even a global iconic company such as Google needs to focus on how to understand local consumers' needs and preferences before formulating and implementing PR strategy. Having a global hit product or service is not sufficient enough to be successful in some foreign markets. It is especially more evident in the industries where companies deal with individual consumers, and perceptions and sentiments play a large role in their purchase decisions. The objective of this research is to find out the relationship between multicultural PR strategy and business performance. Therefore, our main hypothesis is; better implementation of multicultural PR strategy by a multinational corporation will result in higher performance in the foreign markets. To prove the relationship between multicultural PR strategy and performance, we designed a framework that uses Rudan's (2004) five rules for multicultural PR strategy. It is a contribution to the business academics as there are very few studies that directly focus on and analyze the multicultural aspects of a multinational company's PR strategy. Through our research, we found strong evidence that there is a positive relationship between the level and effectiveness of a company's multicultural PR strategy and its performance in the foreign markets. This offers some meaningful implications to the managers of the multinational corporations and those who are considering going into a foreign market for the first time. We also suggested a way of measuring the implementation of multicultural PR strategy. By applying five rules for multicultural PR strategy to Google's PR activities, it allowed us to convert qualitative information into quantitative data. This kind of tool can be helpful for multinational corporations that want to evaluate their own PR activities.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.103-116
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• 2003

세계역사의 커다란 물줄기인 세계화 또는 개방화의 가속화는 문화부문에서도 예외일수가 없다. 한국사회도 급속한 변화의 한 가운데 있으며, 광고시장의 경우 1990년대 초부터 빗장을 풀기 시작하여 오늘날에는 완전 시장개방이 이루어졌다. 이러한 시기에 다국적 기업들의 국내광고활동에 주목하여 보았다. 광고는 단순한 마케팅의 도구가 아니라 인간을 둘러싸고 있는 문화장치, 자본주의 사회의 중요한 이념적 국가장치로 불리며, 인간의 이념이나 꿈, 동기, 가치관, 태도 등을 다루는 하나의 사회제도이기도 하다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 광고가 끼치는 문화적 영향에 대한 현상을 개괄하였고, 실제적으로 국내에 진출해 있는 다국적 기업들이 국내에서 행하는 광고활동을 추적해 본 결과, 다국적 기업의 광고는 그 가치 표현에서 서구적인 가치를 국내기업들보다 상대적으로 더 적게 구사하고 있는 것이 발견되었다. 이는 국내기업들이 오히려 더 서구적인 가치표현을 구사하고 있으며, 다국적 기업들은 문화적 충돌을 의식하여 광고에서 주의 깊게 대처하고 있는 것으로 파악되었다.