• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.82-98
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• 2020

Purpose - This study aims to overcome the limitations of existing studies, which linearly determine the precedence factors of competency in overseas subsidiaries. The research objectives are as follows. First, what kind of nonlinear effects does the level of control held by Korean headquarters over foreign subsidiaries have in terms of competency in the subsidiaries? Second, what kind of nonlinear effects do the local experiences of overseas subsidiaries have on their competency? Design/methodology - With data on Korean multinational corporations (MNCs), this paper analyzes the effects of control levels of headquarters (HQs) and host-country experiences of foreign subsidiaries regarding competency in overseas subsidiaries. In particular, this study focuses on nonlinear models, differentiating it from previous studies. In order to examine research hypotheses, this study conducted a survey of overseas subsidiaries of Korean corporations. Surveys were conducted through various methods including e-mail, online questionnaires, fax, and telephone calls. Copies of the questionnaire were distributed to a total of 2,246 overseas subsidiaries, and 409 completed responses were collected. Excluding 15 copies that were insufficiently answered, responses from a total of 394 copies were used for analysis. Findings - This study presents the following results. First, there is a U-shaped relationship between levels of HQ control and competency in foreign subsidiaries. This means that higher levels of HQ control negatively impact the competency levels of subsidiaries because strict control undermines autonomy in subsidiaries. However, if the level of HQ control exceeds a certain point, then the transfer of knowledge between HQs and subsidiaries is facilitated. Knowledge transferred from HQs can be used as prior knowledge by foreign subsidiaries to the benefit of all parties. Accordingly, knowledge transfer negates the negative effects of excessive HQ control and positively affects competency in subsidiaries. Second, there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between the local (host-country) experiences of subsidiaries and competency in foreign subsidiaries. This means that foreign subsidiaries can overcome the liabilities of foreignness and contribute to capability building by accumulating unique knowledge about their host countries. However, if local experiences accumulate excessively beyond a certain point, then the host country-specific experiences of foreign subsidiaries will offset the benefits discussed above. Excessive local experiences not only increase organizational inertia, but also create a problem of goal incongruence due to information asymmetry between HQs and subsidiaries. Therefore, excessive local experiences have negative effects on competency in foreign subsidiaries. Originality/value - This study suggests the following implications. First, unlike existing studies based mainly on linear models, this study presents important theoretical implications in its focus on nonlinear models and its analysis of the effects of HQ control and local experiences on competency in foreign subsidiaries from perspectives of organizational learning theory and agency theory. Second, in terms of practical implications, the results of this study suggest that optimally raising levels of HQ control and managing the local experiences of subsidiaries without increasing organizational inertia is important for enhancing competency in foreign subsidiaries.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.45-58
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to consider the problem on pursuit of logistics strategy by our international shipping company in international shipping business under the said circumstance due to the open international shipping market and to suggest the logistics strategy for the consideration of the logistics competition under new international shipping circumstances. The results of empirical analysis are mentioned as follows; First, it shall be considered to maintain the size of company bigger than a certain capability so that it may obtain the superior competition of logistics. Second, as there are the plus correlations between the competition of logistics and the logistic support, it is necessary to pursuit the upgrade service with using EDI system and making up the complex shipping and integrated logistics system in general. Third, with the rationalization of finance policy and the profitable management of shipping company the ratio of net worth can be raised and it can be achieved to make the sound financial structure as reducing the excessive debt ratio. Fourth, it can be effort continuously to perform the investment for the infrastructure of logistics support & the institutional supplement so that it may achieve to increase the efficiency of logistic support at pier and to reduce the cost of logistic support.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.323-326
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• 2008

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a theoretically sound framework for performance analysis that offers many advantages over traditional methods such as performance ratios and regression analysis. Largely the result of multidisciplinary research during the last three decades in economics, engineering and management, DEA is best described as an effective new way of visualizing and analyzing performance data. Besides, overseas information technology companies have aggressively tried to enter the domestic market. In the age of globalization and high competition, it is imperative that the system integration (SI) companies need to introduce the performance evaluation models of SI projects, including Capability Maturity Model and Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, to gain a competitive advantage. Therefore, it makes our research regarding evaluation of SI projects very opportune. The purpose of the study is not only to evaluate efficiency of each project by DEA but also to gain insight into various factors such as project complexity, team members' man-months structure, and process index(project management index) that link to the projects performance.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.135-144
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• 2016

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the moderating effects of social capital on antecedents factors path of export performance in the materials and components SMEs(Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) of Busan and Kyungnam region. In case of materials and components SMEs, they are always trying to achieve business performance including export sales and market share, but it is difficult for them to increase performance due to the limitation of inner & tangible resources. Therefore intangible asset such as technology capability and its antecedents factors which are technology innovation and learning orientation are getting more important to SMEs. In addition, it is supposed that social capital such as local network including distribution channel in overseas market plays an essential role to enhance export performance. Accordingly, the main goal of this study is to find out the relationship between export performance and antecedents factors and the validity of social capital as a moderating valuable. Research design, data, and methodology - Technology innovation, learning orientation and technology capability have been used as antecedents factors for export performance and social capital such as network diversity and intensity has been used for moderating effects analysis. In order to select these valuables mentioned above, this study examined the existing researches on a basis of Resources Based View, Organizational Learning Theory and Social Capital theory. To achieve the objective of this paper, 7 hypotheses including the moderating effects have been proposed with 6 potential variables measured by 24 questions. The survey was carried out from December 2014 to March 2015 and 137 samples out of total 175 were selected for the analysis. PLS(Partial Least Squares) has been used for the methodology of empirical analysis for both antecedents factors path and moderating effects. Results - Research findings are as follows. First, technology innovation has a significant impact on learning orientation, learning orientation has a positive effect on the technology capability and technology capability also has a significant impact on export performance. Therefore 3 valuables are proved as antecedents factors of export performance. Second, the social capital(both network diversity and intensity) plays a moderating role with learning orientation to technology capability. However, there is no moderating effects between both of social capital and technology capability regarding export performance. Conclusions - According to path analysis results, it is suggested that the materials and components SMEs should raise technology innovation and learning orientation in order to improve technology capability and export performance. Meantime, the moderating effect analysis shows that SMEs should consider local network diversity and intensity along with learning orientation to add up technology capability. But local network diversity and intensity does not work systematically with technology capability for export performance and it means that SMEs should find the appropriate local partners for the purpose of establishing concrete distribution channels based on marketing perspective, not for improving technology capability.

• 산업공학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.52-63
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• 2012

Up-to-date enlargement of the scale of global outsourcing has brought about the need of systematic and efficient tools for competitive supplier discovery located in various areas. A web-based business supporting system, referred to as Excellent Manufacturer Scouting System(EMSS), is being developed to serve core business functions including supplier discovery, negotiation, and collaboration between overseas buyers and domestic suppliers throughout the process of supply chain formation. In this paper, a supplier assessment model devoted to evaluation of core manufacturing capability is proposed by targeting small and medium sized mold companies. The assessment model will eventually be loaded to EMSS. Even if many well-designed models for supplier assessment have been presented in literature, most of them limit the evaluation criteria to somewhat general information on a given supplier, such as cost, delivery time, quality, rather than core manufacturing capability itself. This research is pioneering work on supplier assessment from the viewpoint of manufacturability. The proposed assessment model classifies assessment indices into six criteria, which have been drawn by intensive survey and analysis of the mold industry. Actual assessment indices for each criterion are also presented along with an exemplary evaluation result.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.1-28
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 시나리오 기반의 전략적 미래예측을 통하여 2030년경 우리나라의 원전산업 분야를 정성적으로 분석하였다. 구체적으로 STEEP맵 작성과 네트워크 분석(Network Analysis)을 활용하여 다차원적인 관점에서 미래원전산업 분야 환경변화 영향요인간의 관계성을 규명하였다. 이어 시나리오 기법을 활용하여 미래원전산업의 핵심 불확실성 요인(Key Uncertainty Factor: KUF)을 중심으로 예상 가능한 3가지의 전략적 시나리오 (Optimistic, Business as usual, Pessimistic)를 생성하고, 해외 원전수출을 위해 정부가 시급히 추진해야 될 시나리오별 공통전략과 최대 위험회피 전략도 함께 제시하였다. 본 연구결과를 통해 에너지 가격, 세계 경기 동향, 원전기술 경쟁력, 원전 마케팅 능력 등이 미래 원전산업 분야의 핵심 불확실성 요인으로 작용함을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 실효성 있는 미래원전 산업의 수출전략 마련을 위해서는 '원전 안전 등 기술력 확보', '원전 인력 확보', '우라늄 등 안정적 자원 확보' 및 '원전 수용성 증대'등에 관한 전략 추진이 중요 정책과제로 상정되어야 함을 제안 하였다. 끝으로 이러한 연구결과에 따른 시사점과 연구의 한계에 대하여 논의하였다.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.3-14
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• 2015

세계 금융위기 이후 국내 건설 시장은 주택, 토목 분야의 침체가 지속되어 국내 건설시장의 규모가 축소되고, 수익성 등이 악화되는 등 어려움이 지속 되고 있다. 이에 국내 건설기업들은 해외시장 진출을 가속화하고 있으며 주요 사업 영역은 대부분 시공분야에 편중되어 왔다. 하지만 시공분야의 부가가치는 시공 이전 단계에 비해 낮을 뿐 아니라, 저가 수주 등의 영향으로 많은 어려움을 겪고 있다. 따라서 해외 건설 프로젝트의 특성에 부합하는 사업 수행 전 단계에 걸친 프로젝트 관리역량의 향상에 대한 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 기존의 프로젝트 관리역량 평가 도구들은 전 산업에 적용 가능한 범용적인 모델로 특정한 분야의 프로젝트관리 역량을 평가하기엔 광범위하여 국내 건설 현황에 적합한 평가 시스템의 개발이 시급하다. 본 연구를 통해 국내 CM기업의 국제 경쟁력 향상 및 프로젝트 관리역량 분석을 위해 국내 CM사에 적용 가능한 프로젝트 관리 역량 평가 시스템을 개발하였다. 개발된 평가시스템은 프로젝트, 프로그램 레벨의 9가지 관리영역과 CM인프라에 대한 자가평가체계로 각 CM기업이 자발적인 관리역량평가와 그에 따른 영역별 역량향상의 도구로 개발되었다. 또한 기업규모에 따른 그룹별 비교분석과 프로젝트, 프로그램 두 레벨의 관리역량과 CM인프라와의 상관관계를 분석하였으며, 프로젝트, 프로그램 두 레벨에서의 관리영역을 비교 분석하였다. 기업별 분석 결과는 9개 국내 CM사에 대해 전문가 설문을 통해 산출물 기반의 개선방안 및 요구되는 산출물을 제시하였다. 그룹별 분석결과는 9개 기업의 규모에 따라 두 그룹으로 나누어 프로젝트, 프로그램 레벨의 9가지 관리영역에 대해 평가하였다. 개발된 CM사 프로젝트 관리역량 평가 시스템을 통해 CM기업은 자가역량 평가를 수행 할 수 있으며 기업별 프로젝트, 프로그램 레벨의 관리영역별 역량평가 및 강점과 약점을 파악하고, 동시에 산출물 기반의 개선 및 보완점을 파악하여 관리역량을 향상 시킬 수 있는 개선방안을 제시하였다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.99-112
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• 2018

본 연구는 트리플 힐릭스 (Triple Helix) 관점으로 대학의 창업보육을 살펴봄으로써 대학 창업보육과 관련된 연구의 보완과 발전방안을 제시하고자 한다. 이를 위해 국내 외 창업보육과 관련된 트리플 힐릭스 (Triple Helix) 논문을 분석하였으며 이를 통해 트리플 힐릭스(Triple Helix)와 대학 창업보육을 연계하여 살펴보았다. 첫째, 대학 창업보육의 혁신을 위해 운영인력에 대한 충분한 역량 확보가 우선되어야 한다. 이를 위해 다양한 관점에서의 연구와 정책적 함의가 우선 선행되어야 할 것이다. 둘째, 창업보육의 협력관계는 몇 번의 정태적인 협력관계가 아닌 유기적이며 동태적인 협력관계로 이어져야 한다. Top Down 방식이 아닌 Bottom Up으로 창업보육 프로그램을 함께 운영하는 내부에서의 혁신을 바탕으로 창업보육을 기획하고 창의적인 아이디어를 통해 변혁을 이끌어야 한다. 셋째, 창업보육의 동태적 협력을 위해 각 주체 간의 조직마다 상황에 맞는 경계관리활동(Boundary Spanning)을 파악하고, 흡수역량으로 이어질 수 있도록 조직에 대한 관리와 실천이 우선되어야 한다. 본 연구에서 제시한 각 주체 간 경계활동과 지식변환에 관해서는 추후 연구과제로 남기며 혁신적인 대학 창업보육의 발전을 기대해본다.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.123-127
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• 2020

KEPCO has installed Frequency Regulation ESS (FR ESS) of 376 MW since 2015. Frequency Regulation is ancillary service to support stabilizing system frequency, which is divided into governor free and automatic generation control. KEPCO operates FR ESS as governor free application and leads FR ESS market with capability of diverse demonstration and operation experiences. To expand FR ESS role during transient states of power system, KEPCO has extended operating time of charging and discharging. KEPCO has also changed speed droop lower than before to improve contribution on frequency compensation, and acquired much experiences of differentiating bad cells from others. Based on these technologies and know-hows, KEPCO Research Institutes received request of feasibility study and technical cooperation for overseas FR ESS business. This paper suggests the simple and practical method for making technological feasibility study of FR ESS.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2016

1996년 국내에 CM 제도가 도입된 이후 지금까지 많은 발전을 이루어 왔고, 그 수요와 계약 또한 꾸준히 증가하고 있다. 또한 향후 CM 시장은 미래 성장 가능성이 있다는 점에서 CM 산업이 지금보다 한 단계 발전하고 해외 경쟁력 향상을 위해서는 발주자의 요구사항과 프로젝트 특성을 반영한 다양한 CM 적용을 위해 산업 공동의 노력이 필요하다. 이에 본 연구는 4가지의 다양한 CM 적용 형태별 사례들을 '업무비중' 및 '업무심도'를 업무기능을 중심으로 분석하고, 사례별로 CM '시장유형' 및 '업무형태'별 유형을 정의하였다. 사례 비교 분석 결과, 각 사례별로 CM 시장 및 적용 업무 유형별 업무 비중과 심도는 다양하게 나타났고, 국내 공공 사례에서 국내 민간 사례, 그리고 해외 민간 사례로 갈수록 시공단계의 품질관리 중심에서 기획, 설계관리, 공정관리 등 사업초기 단계 업무들의 비중과 심도가 높아지면서 전 생애주기 단계에 걸쳐 교과서적인 CM 업무를 수행한 것으로 나타난다. 그러나 현재 대부분의 국내 공공 CM 사업은 시공단계의 감리 업무에 집중된 제도로 인해 CM 적용 다양화를 위한 전 생애주기관점에서 기술경쟁력 강화에 어려움을 겪고 있다는 문제점을 도출하였다. 이에 본 연구는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 제도, 산업, 그리고 기업차원에서 CM 적용 다양화 방안을 제시하였다.