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Development of the Freight Forwarder Information System adopting RIA

  • Choi, Hyung-Rim;Lee, Hyun-Chul;Choe, Hong-Seok
    • 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.997-1002
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    • 2007
  • In the case of international trade, the role of 3PL (third-party logistics) providers, in recent years, has drawn more attention. At the same time, computers have become faster, cheaper, and more widely available. Thus. information systems have become commonplace to freight forwarders and the increased efficiencies to be gained in improving logistics has pushed managers to explorer a number of new ideas, technologies and methods of information management and automation. However, many companies are encountering difficulties to choose an information system flexible and satisfying all needs carrying on business. In this study RIA (rich internet application) technology based on Java Swing was introduced to the .freight forwarder information systems to provide richer user interfaces and a flexible web-based application. Also considered giving stakeholders in charge of logistics especially in SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) cost-effective and performance-effective solutions with good accessibility of internet for smooth operations of their businesses.

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The Korea·China FTA and the Export Promotion Strategies for Korean Agri-Food to China (한·중 FTA와 한국 농식품의 중국 수출확대 방안)

  • LEE, Young-Soo;KWON, Soon-Koog
    • THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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    • v.67
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    • pp.187-208
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    • 2015
  • The Korea China FTA was signed on June 1 2015. It includes some concessions regarding major export items in the manufacturing sector for the protection of primary industries and preferential tariffs for a number of products produced in the Kaesong Industrial Complex. Primary industries are what the Korean government paid the greatest attention to. Rice was excluded from the negotiations from the get go, and was joined by 548 other food items including pork, apples, pears, beef, chili, garlic etc. These foodstuffs account for about one-third of the agricultural and livestock products that Korea produces, and are not going to be subject to tariff elimination. The results of the study are as follows: Korean government policy is to maintain of agri-food export support system, eliminate of agri-food non-tariff barriers, foster of agri-food export SMEs and expand of investment of foreign agri-food company. Korean firms strategy is to establish of regional marketing strategy, ensure of high quality agri-food and develop of food packaging technologies, establish of agri-food export logistics center and take advantage of the FTA preferential tariff.

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A Patent Analysis for the Strategic Landscape of Firms: Cancer Metabolism

  • Kim, Keun-hwan;Kim, Kang-hoe;Lee, Ho-shin;Shim, We
    • Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.293-314
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    • 2016
  • Patent information as a proxy measure of technological capability has been utilized to establish technological strategies of firms. It is important to monitor what competitors' plans for direction on research and development in the initial stage of new industry. Cancer metabolism has been considered as a beacon of hope for cancer research because it is anticipated that the research field will play a central role in developing effective cancer therapies. There is little attention given to understanding the status quo of organizational configurations. By utilizing network analysis, six sub-groups of cancer metabolism were categorized and the relationship between an individual field and participants were analyzed based on cluster and entire network-level. Although the largest drug and biotech companies tried to take an initiative across the whole fields, the differences in technological capabilities between them was discovered. This paper attempts to improve the validity of the suggested procedure and is significant in that it looks at the entire structure of cancer metabolism research from a strategic perspective for the first time.

A Review of Issues and Policy Directions for SME Informatization Policy (중소기업 정보화역량 강화정책 현안과제와 정책방향)

  • Jang, Geon-Oh
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.1430-1435
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    • 2010
  • Korea has achieved the current economy growth based on the industrial structure which was focused on large companies. However, small businesses can be of great importance in the national economy and also the information for small businesses can promote improvement in productivity and reinforcement of the capability at a time. Currently the national policy for strengthening information capabilities of small businesses is being confronted with various difficulties including a decrease in a national budget. In this paper I will examine the present policy related to the information for small businesses and draw several issues of it. Based on them, finally I will suggest a new policy direction with three categories, which are diversification of the consumer-directed support policy, efficiency of the performance-oriented support policy and long-term dynamic force for growth.

A Study for Improving Export Promotion Programs for SMEs - with reference to export firms in the Daegu.Gyeongbuk province - (중소기업을 위한 수출지원제도 개선 방안 - 대구.경북지역 수출기업을 중심으로 -)

  • Koh, Yong-Ki;Bae, Jung-Han
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.189-209
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    • 2008
  • This paper discusses the practical improvements for state government promotion programs to strengthen export competitiveness of small and medium trade business in the province to meet the needs of e-trade. This paper, first of all, describes how the problem on this subject relates to the existing literatures. It provides theoretical background about what programs mainly influence the export competitiveness of the province's small and medium business. Based upon the above results, the questionnaire for the analysis was grounded. The approach methodology is IP(Importance-Performance) analysis of satisfaction. The analysis collected the relations between the implementation and the satisfaction of 159 firms on the export promotion programs provided by its associated organizations. The I-P analysis results also reported that the organizations provided with the programs were listed in highly order of satisfaction as follows; KOTRA, Small and Medium Business Administration, Small Business Corporation, Gyeongbuk Internet Trade Center. Even though limitations of this paper exist, it can find provide the frames of ideal export promotion programs to meet the needs of a new era of trade.

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The Passion Pay: Exploring Practices of Talent Exploitation

  • JANG, Yongseok;LEE, Woo Jin
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.10
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    • pp.1015-1024
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    • 2020
  • This inductive study seeks to establish a conceptual background for theoretical development regarding talent misuse in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). The two objectives for the goal were (1) to explore and build a list of unethical treatment practiced on young talents; (2) to establish new framework for the special context or refining the existing framework on employee mistreatment. For the first goal, an attempt was made to develop a list of mistreating behavior by collecting and analyzing cases of ethical disputes. Analyses on 64 cases of talent mistreatment, namely 'passion pay', was conducted to present a conceptual ground for further investigation. Then, for the second objective, this study has proposed an integrative approach for assessing these ethical elements. The ethical implications were discussed based on an assessment conducted using three theories of ethics. Finally, a cluster analysis further shows the emergence of three groups based on the mistreating behaviors. We observed seven different mistreatment behaviors under four categories of mistreatment practices. Additionally, the cluster analysis results imply that talent mistreatment may be rooted in work characteristics. Organizational size may provide some contextual reasoning, but the extent to which this factor interacts with work characteristics left unclear.

Development of CAE Service Platform Based on Cloud Computing Concept (클라우드 컴퓨팅기반 CAE서비스 플랫폼 개발)

  • Cho, Sang-Hyun
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.218-223
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    • 2011
  • Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) is very helpful field for every manufacturing industry including foundry. It covers CAD, CAM, and simulation technology also, and becomes as common sense in developing new products and processes. In South Korea, more than 600 foundries exist, and their average employee number is less than 40. Moreover, average age of them becomes higher. To break out these situations of foundry, software tools can be effective, and many commercial software tools had already been introduced. But their high costs and risks of investment act as difficulties in introducing the software tools to SMEs (Small and Medium size Enterprise). So we had developed cloud computing platform to propagate the CAE technologies to foundries. It includes HPC (High Performance Computing), platforms and software. So that users can try, enjoy, and utilize CAE software at cyber space without any investment. In addition, we also developed platform APIs (Application Programming Interface) to import not only our own CAE codes but also 3rd-party's packages to our cloud-computing platforms. As a result, CAE developers can upload their products on cloud platforms and distribute them through internet.

A Study on the Factors Influencing the Performance of NTVs in South-western Area (서남권 지역내 신기술기반벤처의 성과요인 분석 연구)

  • Suh, Sang-Hyuk
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.840-864
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    • 2009
  • At the time of so-called localization, the start-up and successful management of NTVs (New technology ventures) might be a key factor of regional economic development. The research investigated the factors influencing the performance of NTVs South-western Area. According to the research result, the capability of CEO and R&D cooperation, supply chain integratim, information searching activities, market orientation are the factors which have positive correlation with the performance of NTVs in a statistically significant way in this region.

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A Study on How to Operate or Upgrade a Mobile Community Currency System to Revitalize the Local Economy -Centering on Community Currencies in Seoul and Gyeong-gi Metropolitan Areas-

  • kim, Myung-hee;Ryu, Ki-hwan
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.152-159
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    • 2021
  • Small local businesses such as corner shops and street markets have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and declining consumption. A community currency is a local currency that can be used to exchange for one of the local currencies within an online community. Community currencies can be effective not only in supporting small businesses, but also in helping the local economy more vibrant, benefiting consumers in the community. An important goal of Community Currency is to foster a vibrant local economy by building mutually beneficial relationships between local business owners and customers. The purpose of this study was to identify how the existing community currencies of participating SMEs and self-employed in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do metropolitan areas contributed to commercial revitalization by category and to suggest a new or better approach to community currency operation. It also focused on presenting the best solutions for the future direction of mobile community currencies, measures that are better than current currency operations, revitalize the community and develop the economy.

Marketing Performance and Big Data Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of SMEs in Indonesia

  • WIBOWO, Sampurno;SURYANA, Yuyus;SARI, Diana;KALTUM, Umi
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.7
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    • pp.571-578
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    • 2021
  • The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020, had a significant impact on the economy and business activities worldwide. Large companies, as well as small businesses were affected, many of them had to scale down or divert their businesses, and some even had to stop. This extraordinary situation requires business people to make innovations and adjustments to survive during a pandemic. Entering the digital era, business players are helped by the ease of internet access, which will make it easier for SME players to get data from their consumers. Business actors can use this data to innovate and create new creations to improve business performance during this pandemic. This research aims to identify how small and medium enterprises can take advantage of Big Data to improve marketing performance through innovation and value creation. The research methodology used the in this research is quantitative method. The respondents are SME producers of food and beverage, with a total of 150 respondents. The results in the study indicate that all the proposed hypotheses are accepted. The most significant influence is found on the relationship of Big Data to value creation. The lowest effect was obtained from the relationship between Big Data and marketing performance through the mediation variable and innovation capability.