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A Review on the Critical Issues for Global Electronic Commerce (전자상거래 확산을 위한 주요 이슈에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Chung-Young;Cho, Nahm-Jae;Kim, Jeong-Deok
    • Korean Business Review
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    • v.12
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    • pp.255-274
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    • 1999
  • Electronic Commerce (EC) is a relatively new and has been attracting a considerable amount of attention. Even though it is still in an introductory stage, growth rates are impressively high and its economic importance will continue to grow. Electronic Commerce is born to be global because its connectivity using the Internet is universal. As Electronic Commerce accelerates the globalization, it will also increase both the interdependence of national economies in different countries and the need for international cooperation and coordination. Electronic Commerce is really a global challenge that requires global solutions. For this reason, Electronic Commerce becomes an important agenda in major international cooperative organizations including APEC, OECD, and G7 (G8). However, current international discussions on Global Electronic Commerce are initiated mostly by the United States and European Union (EU). The objective of this paper is to raise awareness creation activities in which the international cooperation is needed for promoting the global electronic marketplace in Asia. For this purpose, this paper reviews the approaches of U.S. and European countries (or European Union), and suggests an development framework on the basis of the reviews. The framework is used to analyze current issues around Electronic Commerce, and identify some fields which require coherent work among researchers in different countries.

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The Performance and Effectiveness Analysis of Standardization in Construction R&D Project (건설R&D 성과사례분석을 통한 건설기술 표준화 성과 및 효과 분석)

  • Lee, Kyo-Sun;Yun, Won Gun;Kim, Kyong Ju;Chin, Kyung-Ho
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.1431-1438
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    • 2015
  • According to the report from OECD, 80% of world trade quantity was influenced by standard, 50% of EU trade demand certification of forced standard. This leads to develop standard connected with R&D in most country and company worldwide. Recently, Technical standards have advantage of reduction of production cost and market dominating power. Standardization of construction technology has very important role that ouput of R&D refer to KS, national construction standards and it activates in the market. However, domestic construction research related to effectiveness of standadization fall short of expectation in comparison with manufacturing industry. This study present criteria that can analyze the performance and effectiveness in construction R&D project connected with standardization. And it applied domestic R&D cases (finished from 2000 to 2009), analyzes ouput of standadization and economic effect to verify the value of construcion technology standardization.

A Study on the International Discussion of Digital Trade Norms (디지털 무역규범의 국제적 논의에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Ji-Hyeon;Kim, Yong-Il
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.11 no.10
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    • pp.93-100
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    • 2021
  • With the spread of digital trade, the share of digital trade under the global trade environment is increasing. However, since there is no international digital trade standard, the discussion to establish a new trade rule has important significance. Countries around the world are implementing digital trade policies in consideration of their own interests, but different regulatory policies are causing trade conflicts. In order to provide safeguards against personal information infringement due to the free movement of data across borders, major countries around the world have taken measures to localize data, and the EU has enacted GDPR. And the United States regards the imposition of the digital tax as a trade barrier, and some countries oppose the implementation of the digital tax for fear of negative impact on their countries. However, discussions on the global digital tax, centered on the OECD and the G20 are making progress. As it is highly likely that a digital tax agreement will be drawn up within this year, countermeasures must also be prepared. Therefore, this study presents implications for the future direction of Korea's trade policy by examining recent trends in digital trade norms and analyzing major issues in digital trade.

Development of Competency-Based Entrepreneurship Education Model : The Case of K University (역량기반 기업가정신 교육모델 개발 : K대학의 사례)

  • Lee, Cheolki;Ahn, Taeuk;Lee, Sangkon;Lee, Sangsook
    • Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 2020
  • Entrepreneurship works as a driving force in socio-economic innovation, the leading role in job creation and economic development. As the importance of entrepreneurship is increased, research on entrepreneurship training methods based on the capability model is vitalized in order to effectively develop entrepreneurship in the EU and OECD. In Korea, however, the research on entrepreneurship capability is nearly not proceeding while the outcome of entrepreneurship training is insufficient. The research, therefore, invented the entrepreneurship training model at K university after analyzing cases of entrepreneurship training from inside and outside of the country followed up through the theoretical consideration of entrepreneurship capability and collecting suggestions from experts. The training model rejects the existing economics-based theory education, focuses on the development of entrepreneurship capability, and suggests an educational process considering students' developing stage of entrepreneurship capabilities.

The Characteristics of Korean Family Law - A Comparison with EU-Countries in Regard to Regime Classification - (한국 가족법의 특수성 - EU 국가와의 비교를 통한 유형 구분 -)

  • Chung, Yun Tag
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.161-187
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    • 2010
  • This study begins with two research interests. Firstly, there seems to be a break of research in the field of family policy in Korea which exists especially in regard to family law. Family law was originally the core of state interventions in family life, but has been neglected because of the lack of literature with comparative research methods. This shortcoming needs to be addressed. Secondly, through inquiry into the definition of family or family policy with the lens of the law, the definition of family or family policy can be correctly extended. With these two interests combined, this research tries to derive an analytical tool - maintenance community - of the law and compare some important points of the family law of Korea with those of 16 EU-countries in terms of regime classification. The method used is, firstly, to describe the subjects of family law with a focus on partnering and parenting without subjective interpretation, and secondly, to classify the countries' family-law regimes with the criteria of privacy and autonomy using cluster analysis. The results show that the countries can be classified into three clusters: Nordic (Norway and Sweden), West-Northern (Denmark, France, England, Finland, and Belgium) and Middle South (Italy, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Netherlands, Greece, Ireland, Germany, and Korea). This result can be compared to a precedent research result which showed that 21 OECD countries can be classified in three clusters according to family policy. The number of the clusters is the same as this study, but some countries belong to other clusters; for example Denmark and Finland belong to the Nordic cluster according to family policy, while they belong to the West-Northern according to family law, and Austria, Germany, and Ireland belong to the Middle-South cluster according to family law, while they belong to the Continental according to family policy. From this result we can interpret Korean family law to be in the middle range according to both criteria of privacy and autonomy like other South-European countries including some Continental countries. We can make some theoretical suggestions. The fact that both family law and family policy regimes in countries can be classified into three clusters can be interpreted to mean that there exists parallelism between family law and family policy in a broad sense. But from the fact that some countries belong to different clusters according to family law and family policy, we can say that the family policy in a country is not always consistent with family law.

Policy Integration as A New Approach of Policy Coordination: The Case of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (정책 조정의 새로운 접근으로서 정책 통합: 과학기술혁신정책을 중심으로)

  • Seong, Ji-Eun;Song, Wi-Chin
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.352-375
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    • 2008
  • Recently policy coordination and integration have emerged as core challenges as complexity and uncertainty of policy. Especially as innovation and environment policy is expanding and its position is being further elevated within policy hierarchy, policy integration has emerged as core governance challenges for nation states. OECD countries emphasized the need of coordination and integration of policy by introducing concepts such as 'Environmental Policy Integration', 'the Third generation innovation policy', 'integrated innovation policy'. This study analysed the background, concepts, objects, mechanisms, and major issues of integrated innovation policy and various attempts for integrate innovation policy by policy level and cycle. Developing integrated innovation policies has become increasingly important for the EU and OECD countries in recent years. OECD countries including Finland have developed broader policy agendas for balancing policy objectives and aims of other policy sectors and horizontal relationships with other policy sectors. Policy integration helps to reorient policies where related policies are in conflict and to ensure coherence across different policy areas. Policy integration emphasizes long-term policy adjustment and adaptation based on social agreement and common vision.

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The SWG Component Technology Classification Scheme Researchthrough the Technology Trend Analysis

  • Son, Hong Min;Hu, Jong Wan
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.48 no.11
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    • pp.945-955
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    • 2015
  • The technology of the SWG (Smart Water Grid) as one of most important national projects results in significant assignment that is closely associated with systematic management and effective operation. The individual component technics are required to establish directory and classification for the purpose of effectively managing their information related to research and development (R&D). The national science technology (S&T) standard classification tree which results in the representative example has been established with an intention to manage R&D information, human resource, and budget. It has been also revised every five years and then used in the various fields related to the evaluation, administration, and prediction of the national R&D projects. In addition, the standard classification system for R&D projects has been widely used in the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and EU (European Union) since the Frascati Manual was established in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Therefore, it is necessary for SWG techniques to develop the standard S&T classification tree for research management and evaluation. For this, it is essential to draw the core techniques for the SWG, which are incorporated with IT (Information Technology), NT (Nano Technology), and BT (Biology Technology).

A Study on the Discussion and Responsive Priorities about Taxation and Customs on the Electronic Commerce (전자상거래에 대한 과세부과의 논의와 우리의 추진과제)

  • Kwon, O;Han, Sang-Hyun
    • The Journal of Information Technology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.125-142
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    • 2000
  • We live in a society in which existing legal frameworks are constantly challenged by technological advancements. This creates a need to constantly update and adapt the way. This new technology constitutes a brand new route for the exchange of goods and services that has yet to be fully examined. Whereas much has been written on how the information superhighway affects legal issues, such as substantial questions have yet to be answered in regards to how this new trade route will be treated by various laws of taxation and customs and our policies. Because electronic commerce, is not bound by physical geography provides a fundamentally new way of conducting commercial transactions, this paper analyzes how electronic commerce will be affected by the computer networks, with particular attention to existing international frameworks for taxes and tariffs systems, investigates the reviews and consequences that the electronic commerce environment presents to traditional precepts of taxation and customs.

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Economic Analysis by Cost Estimation and Externality Classification to Agricultural Water Supply (논 농업용수의 외부효과 구분과 비용산정에 따른 경제성 분석)

  • Kim, Hae-Do;Hur, Seung-Oh;Jo, Jin-Hun;Na, Min-Chul
    • KCID journal
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.3-16
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    • 2010
  • The subject of externality of agricultural water supply has been discussed in the OECD AC ( Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Agriculture Committee) while argued between monsoon Asian developing countries and the agricultural product export nations (Australia, EU, etc). It argued that a 'positive' approach to multifunctionality views agriculture as an economic activity with multiple, interconnected outputs or effects, and a 'normative' approach interprets multifunctionality in terms of the multiple roles assigned to agriculture. and the agricultural product export nations insisted 'negative' approach to externality of agricultural water supply like causing water pollution. So, in this study, define the externalities (positive, negative and economic, environmental) in terms of the agricultural water supply and calculate benefit and cost each the externalities by cost estimation. As results, BC is calculated to 1.28 which means that it is more economical to agricultural water supply and shows that although the negative exernalities comes out while supply the agricultural water, it still more valuable to supply the agricultural water.

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The Impact of the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement as Negotiated

  • Ciuriak, Dan;Xiao, Jingliang
    • East Asian Economic Review
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.425-461
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    • 2014
  • This paper analyzes the impact of the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement on the basis of the published text and agreed schedule of commitments. We find that the Agreement reinforces existing patterns of comparative advantage between Canada (agriculture and resource-based sectors) and Korea (autos and other industries). The sensitive sectors that held up the deal for years - autos into Canada and beef into Korea - witness major trade gains, but are not unduly disrupted. In both economies, the major output gains otherwise come in non-traded services sectors, driven by income effects. We find that trade diversion effects are quite significant; this lends support for the domino theory of major free trade agreements - since the Korea-EU agreement broke the ice, the pressure has intensified on third parties to re-level playing fields by striking their own deals. The study breaks new ground in modelling services trade by developing policy impacts based on the extent to which the text of the Agreement modifies Korea's and Canada's scores on the OECD's Services Trade Restrictiveness Index and by providing estimates of Mode 3 Services trade impacts. The analysis of the Agreement as negotiated, the present study, in our view, is a step forward in understanding the impact of modern free trade agreements.