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The Effect of Equity Crowdfunding on Job Creation (주식형 크라우드 펀딩이 고용창출에 미치는 효과)

  • Chun, Hesuk
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.12
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    • pp.541-549
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    • 2015
  • Research about U.S. and European countries demonstrated that startups and young firms account for nearly all net job creation. If we want to bring down unemployment and to increase economic growth rate, we need to create new companies and to make them to grow. Credit availability is one of the most important factors for entrepreneurs as they attempt to start or expand a business. For young firms, access to credit for business growth can mean the difference between survival and failure. Equity crowdfunding is an innovative means of raising capital for businesses. Crowdfunding campaigns can give new business access to a large pool of investors. This brings huge benefits for marketing and increase provability of success of business and ROI, so it leads follow-on investment from Venture Capital and Angel investors. In Korea, the survival rate of startups and average growth rate of survivors is far lower than those of the U.S or other countries due to lack of funds for startup or early business growth. Equity crowdfunding can be a new funding source for venture or startups. It can increase startup and survival rate, in addition to the growth rate of survivors, resulting in decreased unemployment rate. In Korea, Equity crowdfunding will be available from 2016. Further study is needed to determine whether the impact of crowdfunding in Korea on job creation will be similar to its impact in the U.S.

A Study on Cost-Benefit analysis for Geographic Information Systems in Local Governments (지자체 GIS사업을 위한 비용효과분석 연구)

  • Kim, Eun-Hyung;Lee, Hyun-Soon
    • Journal of Korea Spatial Information System Society
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    • v.2 no.2 s.4
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    • pp.59-74
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    • 2000
  • Because efficiency of the 1st-phase NGIS investment(1995-2000) has not been clearly measured, the action taken in the 2nd-phase NGIS project requires NGIS budgets to be evaluated in terms of effectiveness. Especially, the effective investments in local governments are critical for the NGIS projects, because they execute the much larger amount of budgets in total than other GIS projects. As indicated, for the successful NGIS implementation, it is important to obtain continuous political and financial supports from decision makers. As a persuasion measure for the budget appropriation, CBA(Cost-Benefit Analysis) and CEA(Cost-Efficiency Analysis) can play an important role for the decision makers. The major concern of this paper is how to measure the costs and benefits of the GIS implementation by considering important characteristics of the GIS projects in local governments, and existing theories are reviewed for this concern. The GISs in local governments can have different stages in terms of its evolution and the effectiveness of the applications can be represented variously. To identify categories for measuring costs and benefits of the various GISs, case studies and success stories are reviewed from both the foreign and domestic research. The categories of costs and benefits are determined from the tangible and intangible aspects. The categories for the quantitative and qualitative measure are proposed to evaluate the GISs in local governments. After measuring costs and benefits, three key evaluation methods in cost-benefit analysis are suggested as follows: 1) the benefit: cost ratio (B/C), 2) Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and 3) the net present values (NPV) of the costs and benefits. The sensitivity and uncertainty analysis are also helpful to make a decision for the GIS budget appropriation in local governments. In conclusion, although cost-benefit analysis is not an easy undertaking, it is certain that it can play an important role in the future for the GIS funding decisions in local governments.

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Strategies for the development of GM crops in accordance with the environmental risk assessment (I) (환경위해성 평가를 고려한 GM작물의 개발 전략 (I))

  • Lee, Shin-Woo
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.125-129
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    • 2011
  • Environmental risk assessment (RA) is essential prior to the environmental release of GM crops. RA, however, costs at least 7 to 15 million US dollars and requires several years to complete field tests. Therefore, it is strongly suggested that developers of GM crops must consider all criteria for RA at the beginning stage of the development if it aims for commercialization. Previous review papers have pointed out that the "death valley" for the commercialization of GM crops is the screening stage of early GM events since many candidates are given up due to insufficient data on the molecular characterization of a GM event such as inserted gene's copy number, position of inserted site of a chromosome, flanking sequence of recombinant T-DNA, rearrangement of chromosome, and knock out of endogenous gene of host plant. Recently, Rural Development Administration (RDA) in South Korea has launched a Grand National Project named as "Next Generation of BioGreen 21 Project" from 2011 to 2020 and research funding for the development of global GM crops has been allocated to accelerate the commercialization of GM crops. In this regard, I strongly suggest that researchers involved in the development of GM crops for commercialization must conduct RA by themselves at the screening stage of pre-GM event based on the data for molecular characterization.

A Study on the Problems and New Strategy of the Development Policy for Under-developed Region: Focused on the Awareness of the Officials in Charge of Regional Development (낙후지역 개발정책의 문제점과 개선방향에 관한 연구: 지역개발담당 공무원의 인식도를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Byeong-Woo;Kim, Nam-Jung;Lee, Myoung-Gu
    • Land and Housing Review
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.307-314
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    • 2012
  • This paper examines the characteristics and status of the major development policies for under-developed region by ministries and studies how the awareness or perspective of public officials on such policies impact the policy environment. This paper aims to redefine the goal and strategy of regional development policy so that it can effectively contribute to enhancing the quality of life of residents and improving competitiveness of the region. The problems and improvement direction found out through a documentational and practical research on the development policy for underdeveloped region can be summarized as follows: Firstly, more streamlined and integrated policies which are currently fragmented being implemented by different ministries are needed to enhance the effectiveness of policy execution. Secondly, improvements on the process of securing government funding and operating systems are needed to guarantee the rational standard of providing state subvention, the expansion of comprehensive subsidy and the independence of policy execution. Thirdly, amendments on the policy measures are needed to support the development and execution of the customized projects, strengthen cooperation among those projects by establishing a system for effective regional development project.

A Study on the Activation of Taxi-Reduction Program by Analyzing Preference of Taxi Operators and Workers (택시운수 경영자 및 종사자 선호 분석을 활용한 택시감차활성화에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Ki Young;Jung, Hun Young
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.713-719
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    • 2018
  • At present, Busan City has proposed various taxi industry development measures, but fundamentally there is a problem that the taxi supply is excessive compared to the demand. Therefore, this study tried to explore ways to activate the taxi reduction. We first identified problems with the taxi reduction program in Busan, and analyze thoughts of taxi operators and workers. As a result, difficulties in securing funding and lack of consent from a large number of stakeholders were identified as the first problem for current taxi reduction program. Second, both groups recognize the need for the taxi reduction, and taxi drivers are more willing to participate in the program. Third, the most important factor in determining to take the taxi reduction program was the amount of compensation. And to activate taxi reduction program, it is helpful for executives to improve their management conditions and for drivers to place reemployment.

A Study on the Comparative Analysis of World Major Liner Shipping Companies' Ship Investment Strategy (세계 주요 정기선사의 선박 투자전략 비교분석에 관한 연구)

  • Jeon, Ki-Jeong;Jeon, Jun-Woo;Yang, Chang-Ho;Yeo, Gi-Tae
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.14 no.7
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    • pp.145-154
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to carry out comparative analysis on the world major liner shipping companies' ship investment strategy using Fuzzy-AHP model. In this study, the ship investment factors were firstly selected by literature review and finally adopted them by in-depth interview with experts who had working experiences over 15 years in the field of shipping business. As suggested in the previous research, the liner shipping companies have been classified into four types such as 'ship investment irrelevant to market trend'(Type1), 'ship investment before market rise'(Type2), 'market decline after participation in excessive orders'(Type3), 'avoidance of ship investment during market rise'(Type4) and the comparative analysis were conducted among four ship investment types. According to the results of analysis, ship investment priority in Type1 was freight rates(0.132), price of used ship(0.121) and fleet(0.103). The priority in Type2 was freight rates(0.134), need for ship owner(0.113) and public funding(0.109). Type3 put its priority in freight rates(0.173), fleet(0.169) and the changes in international circumstances(0.121). Type4 considered freight rates(0.239), fleet(0.232) and oil price(0.150) as its priority.

Child-Care Facility and Kindergarten's Demands on Foodservice Support by Center for Child-Care Foodservice Management (CCFSM) in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do (서울.경기지역 보육시설 및 유치원 대상 어린이급식관리지원센터 지원 요구도 분석)

  • Kim, Soo-Youn;Yang, Il-Sun;Yi, Bo-Sook;Baek, Seung-Hee;Shin, Seo-Young;Lee, Hae-Young;Park, Moon-Kyung;Kim, Young-Shin
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.730-739
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences between child-care facilities and kindergartens towards the need for foodservice support by Center for Child-Care Foodservice Management (CCFSM). For this study, questionnaires were sent out from August of 2008 to April of 2009 to directors of 1,478 child care facilities and 299 kindergartens in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do via postal service. A total of 267 questionnaires were usable with 203 (13.7%) of child-care facilities and 64 (21.4%) of kindergartens. Statistical data were analyzed by SPSS 15.0 for descriptive analysis and t-test. For political and administrative support, government funding for foodservice was the highest need and hiring nutritionists was significantly different by type of facility (p < 0.01). Both child-care facilities (4.29) and kindergartens (4.41) demanded the balanced menu from CCFSM. There were significant differences of "information about food material sanitation management" (p < 0.05), "hygiene safety management method according to working process" (p < 0.05), "hygiene safety management method of foodservice facilities and equipment" (p < 0.05). In education and training contents from center, "types and methods to manage foodservice facilities and equipment" for directors, "dietary education by age" for teachers, and "the rules of personal sanitation and working process" and "gas, electricity and fire prevention" for culinary workers had the highest mean score of requirements.

The Landscape of Post-ELSI Methodologies: The Governance of Synthetic Biology and 'Undone Social Science' (Post-ELSI 지형도: 합성생물학 거버넌스와 '수행되지 않은 사회과학')

  • Woo, Taemin;Park, Buhm Soon
    • Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.85-125
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    • 2014
  • This paper explores what we call 'the problem of undone social science' by examining the lack of interests in the social, ethical, and legal issues of synthetic biology among social scientists in Korea. This new field of science, which has emerged in the twenty-first century with the promise of solving future problems of energy, food, and disease in the world, has also created a considerable degree of anxiety over the issues of bioethics, biosafety, and biosecurity. From its beginning, therefore, researchers of synthetic biology in Europe and the U.S. have sought to engage social scientists in their projects. Yet scientists and social scientists in Korea have shown no sign of working together to deal with both potential benefits and risks of synthetic biology. Why this silence? What strategic moves would be needed to overcome the structural barrier for their collaboration? Surveying the diverse methodologies developed during and after ELSI (ethical, legal, social implications) experiments, this paper aims to provide three suggestions that might make possible mutually profitable and continuously stimulating dialogues between the two worlds of science and social science: first, institutionalize the ELSI studies on any newly emerging science and technology of concern; second, explore diverse post-ELSI methodologies experimented elsewhere and develop ones that might be applicable best to the Korean situation; and third and perhaps most important, create an intellectual space and a lawful protection for social scientists to exercise their research freedom at the reasonable level and receive a fair review by their peers, not solely by funding agencies and scientific organizations.

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Problem Analysis and Improvements Plans for PF ABCP of Apartment Housing Development Projects (공동주택 PF ABCP의 문제점 분석 및 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Soo-Yeol;Hwang, Uk-Sun;Kim, Yong-Su
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.133-142
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the problems of the parties involved in the issuance of apartment housing development projects. The adapted research method selected four apartment housing development as PF ABCP projects. This study carried out the case about participant institution of PF ABCP funding project including developer, constructor, financial institution so as to draw problems by participant institution. On the basis of the selected case, this thesis proposes methods for involved parties to negotiate and work out problems of the PF ABCP. The results of this study are as follows 1) Launching long-term project financing should be developed, including operating funds and strengthen the ABS and ABCP issuance of credit assessment procedures, combined with the simplicity of the instruments. 2) The Low-risk contract for the construction of simple managerial focus should be the construction, financial institutions essentially dependent on project financing feasibility verification purpose loans to prevent the division a true story, the development should be of interest to be preserved. The proposed included, among other, partial guarantee based on the construction plan financial institutions' share-based investment, and the supplement of legal issues.

Effect of the Brain Korea 21 Plus Project on Graduate's Performance and Satisfaction: Empirical data analysis for a social science department (BK21플러스 사업참여가 대학원생 역량과 만족도에 미치는 효과: 단일 사회과학 사업단의 경험적 자료 분석)

  • Kim, Bo-Ra;Kim, Yu-Jin;Jung, Ye-Seul;Jeong, So-Hui;Kim, Hak-Rae;Chung, Kyong-Mee
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.45-60
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    • 2020
  • The Brain Korea 21 (i.e., BK21) is a state-led higher education funding project that started in 2013. Previous literature investigating the effectiveness of the project mainly focused on massive quantitative outcomes of funded teams, and many studies reporting only self-reported data of graduate students who participated in the project. Therefore, there were not many BK21 studies that thoroughly examined the graduate students' performance, ability, satisfaction, etc. This study aims to determine the effect of the BK21 project participation on graduate students' academic performance, using objective (the number of published papers), self-rating (graduates' satisfaction), and other-rating (advisor's performance evaluation) data, which were sampled from 2013 to 2019 from a single funded team on a one-departmental-unit. The results showed that the participating graduate students had more published papers, and had higher performance evaluation scores in research, and overall abilities, than the non-participating graduate students. Further, participating students were largely satisfied with BK21 supports. This study has significance in that it demonstrates the positive influence of the BK21 project on graduate students' academic performance and satisfaction by the thorough investigation of a single social science funded team.