• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.205-224
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• 2020

Purpose - This study aimed to identify the effects of ownership structures on agency costs in internationally diversified firms listed on the KOSDAQ market. Design/methodology/approach - A total of 5,824 samples were finally selected and empirically analyzed for a total of nine years from 2011 to 2019, during which the International Accounting Standards had been mandatory for firms listed on the KOSDAQ market. Findings - The results of this study showed that the effects of ownership structures on the ratio of asset turnover are positive for the major share and foreign equity ratios of international diversified firms. Moreover, by selecting the ratio of entertainment expenses as a proxy for agency expenses, this study confirmed that the effects of the ownership structure of an international diversified entity on entertainment expenditure were determined to show a significantly negative relation to entertainment expenditure, thus indicating that the higher the ratio of major shareholders, the more appropriately control the expenditure of entertainment expenses through arbitrary private deviations of the management.Furthermore, considering the effect of the ownership structure on the expenditure of sales and administrative expenses as a proxy variable for agency costs, this study verified that the majority share ratio of international diversified firms was negative to the expenditure of sales and administrative expenses, confirming that the higher the share of major shareholders, the lower the selling and administrative costs, but insignificant.Finally, as a result of determining whether the ownership structure of an international diversified firm affects the holding of free cash, the majority share of this firm shows a significantly negative relation to the ratio of the holding of surplus cash, indicating that the higher the proportion of major shareholders, the more appropriately control the holding of the entity's free cash through arbitrary private deviance by the manager. Research implications or Originality - Major shareholders of an internationally diversified firm listed on the KOSDAQ market play a positive role in the firm's performance by properly controlling agency costs that may be incurred by the management.

• 농촌계획
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.221-231
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to investigate the business performance determinants of private consulting firms supporting bottom-up local development projects in rural areas. Under the shortage of well-trained rural development professionals, Private consulting firms support rural development projects driven by the residents. Considering the important role for consulting firms to play in the success in rural development projects, it becomes necessary to review the circumstances of consulting market on rural development projects. This study targeted 80 companies that are listed in the book rural development consulting firms. Analysis showed that factors influencing the business performance are not professional competencies but other external factors. The implications based on the above results need to be considered for policy-making to ensure that consulting company selection must be guaranteed of the consulting firms'capability by detailed fields of consulting firms' capability, and the training system for rural development experts must be formed.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.674-694
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• 2007

최근 도시 인프라의 건설과 운영을 위하여 민자유치사업들이 급증하고 있다. 이러한 민자유치 인프라 프로젝트들은 국가 재정 부족의 보완과 창의성 및 효율성 향상을 통해 지역발전을 촉진하기 위한 것이라고 강조되지만, 실제 시장 메커니즘에 따른 민간자본의 새로운 투자 영역 확대와 이윤기회의 보장이라는 신자유주의적 도시정책에 따른 것이라고 할 수 있다. 이로 인해 한국에서도 1994년 이후 이러한 민자유치사업이 본격화되고 있지만, 실제 여러 가지 문제점들을 노정시키고 있다. 본 연구의 사례 분석 결과, 민자유치에 위한 범안로의 건설 및 운영에 있어 과다한 계획 교통량 예측 문제, 공사비 과다 계상 및 부대사업 조건의 문제, 사업 주체의 비합리적 운영과 회계 문제, 실시협약 내용 변경의 문제, 최소운영수입 보장 문제 등이 지적될 수 있다. 이러한 문제들을 안고 있는 범안로의 합리적 운영을 위해 가능한 대책으로, 통행료 수입 존대 방안, 재정 지원 축소 방안, 일부 구간 운영권 회수 방안, 전체 구간 운영권 회수 방안 등이 고려될 수 있다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2023

This study examines the association between ownership structure and labor investment efficiency. Specifically, this study investigates whether owner-manager firms, where managers own a large percentage of shares in the firm, involve in more efficient labor investment. Based on the management entrenchment hypothesis, managers are more likely to make labor investment decisions to maximize their private benefits rather than creating value for shareholders, resulting in lower efficiency in labor investment. On the other hand, according to the incentive alignment hypothesis, managers tend to make labor investment decisions that will improve future firm performance as their interests are aligned with those of shareholders. In this situation, owner-manager firms are expected to have higher efficiency in labor investment. Our empirical results show that owner-manager firms engage in more efficient labor investment, which contributes to long-term firm value. This study provides empirical evidence that firms' labor investment behavior can vary depending on the characteristics of the ownership structure.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2016

This paper documents how the net profit margin of private firms improves when the CEOs of the companies relocate their primary residence to be closer to the corporate headquarters. By reviewing 127 Korean non-public companies belonging to 66 private business groups, we find that the top managers move closer to the headquarters when the profitability of the firms has recently deteriorated. A one basis point decline in the margin causes CEOs to relocate their homes approximately two kilometers closer to their corporate headquarters. The profit margin rebounds after their relocation. This finding implies that physical proximity can serve as a proxy for personal commitment.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2015

The early studies indicated that the firm with monopoly power is likely to engage in X-inefficiency such as a managerial slack. The reflection of the X-inefficiency theory has led to the issue that the public sector may be more inefficient than the private sector. In Korea like other many countries the electricity gas water service which can be considered as natural monopoly have been provided mostly by the public sector. In order to provide the empirical evidence to the argument that the public sector may be more inefficient than the private sector this paper estimated the four types of Solow residual which is called the total factor productivity in the electricity gas water service industry with the associated empirical model and compared its productivity with one in the manufacturing industry. The empirical results do not support the argument that the public sector may be more inefficient or less productive than the private sector.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2018

The private brands (PB) of corporate retailers are booming in Korea. This paper examines the effect of the rise of PB on Korean retail and manufacturing. By utilizing both store-level data and firm-level data, I find that the expansion of PB elevates the profits of corporate retailers but does not significantly affect, and in some cases even reduces, those of subcontracting manufacturers. This occurs not only because sales of national brands (NB) decline due to the launch of similar PBs but also because the imbalance in the bargaining positions of the two parties has caused retail margins to be set high while manufacturers' operating profits are set low. The paper provides policy recommendations for fair contracts and cooperative development between retail and manufacturing companies.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 2th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.704-710
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• 2007

This paper examines the operations of private housing developers (PHDs) based on Social Network Theory. PHDs need to choose the best consultants, contractors and suppliers (CCS) to make sure the project run and complete successfully. PHDs gather the scarce resources from the external environment through personal network. This research used the social network method which relies on alliances based on network, social, tie and trust. The more people/firm PHDs network with, the better chances of finding the right CCS.

• 산학경영연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.157-174
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• 2006

과거 국내 벤처캐피탈 회사는 정부의 지원과 보조금에 의존하여 사업을 유지하였기 때문에 관리노하우, 선진투자기법 및 관리지원능력 등의 역량이 부족해도 생존할 수 있었다. 하지만, 오늘날 벤처캐피탈 회사의 환경은 자율과 책임과 경쟁원리가 적용되는 상황으로 점점 바뀌고 있다. 벤처캐피탈 회사도 다른 금융기관과 마찬가지로 자산과 부채를 적절히 관리함으로써 위험을 최소화하고 수익을 극대화시켜 기업 가치를 극대화할 수 있는 것이다. Modigliani와 Miller(1958)가 전통적 최적자본구조의 존재에 대해 반론을 제기한 이후 많은 연구가 진행되었지만 아직까지 벤처캐피탈 회사의 자본구조에 대해 연구한 논문은 아직 발표되지 않았다. 본 논문의 목적은 국내 창업투자회사의 기업특성과 자본구조 간의 관계를 실증적으로 조사하고 분석하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 창업투자회사의 웹페이지와 공시자료를 기초로 국내 창업투자회사의 기업특성 및 재무지표에 대한 자료를 수집하였다. 상관관계분석과 t-검정을 통해 오래된 창업투자회사와 신규창업투자회사 간에 유동비율과 매출액 순이익률 값이 차이가 난다는 것을 보여주었다. 비록 우리나라 창업투자회사가 벤처기업에 대한 투자에 대한 노하우가 부족하다고 알려졌지만 오래된 창업 투자회사는 재무수익성을 개선할 수 있는 벤처투자에 대한 노하우가 차츰 쌓이고 있다는 결과로 해석될 수 있는 결과이다.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.385-432
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• 2017

This paper investigates how firm age, size and ownership are related with job creation and destruction, and how these patterns differ across transition and non-transition economies. The analysis finds that age is inversely related with gross job creation and net job creation in the two samples. This finding is consistent with the theory of the learning effect. The relationship between age and job destruction is indifferent in non-transition economies. On the contrary, old firms in transition economies destroy more jobs than young ones. The paper further establishes an inverse relationship between size and gross job creation in the two groups. However, there is divergence between the two samples; small firms in non-transition economies also exhibit a higher gross job destruction rate. Consequently large firms have a higher net job creation rate. In transition economies, small and large firms exhibit similar rates of job destruction. But small firms retain a higher net job creation rate. A more intriguing finding is that state owned firms do not underperform domestic private ones. This means these countries may be using soft budget constraint which allows state owned firms to overstaff. Finally, crowding out of SMEs by foreign owned firms is not evident in transition economies.