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A Plan on Expanding Export of Small Businesses Using e-Trading Application in Industrie 4.0 (인더스트리 4.0시대에서 전자무역을 활용한 중소기업 수출 확대 방안)

  • SONG, Gye-Eui
    • THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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    • v.78
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    • pp.53-72
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    • 2018
  • Recently, it has been known that it need to be solved export marketing on expanding export of Small Business Commodity. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyse on expanding export of Small Business Commodity through e-Trading Application in Industrie 4.0. This study deals with the terms of three connection success factors on expanding export of Small Business Commodity through e-Trading Application in Industrie 4.0 which are a firm's subjective factors, a industrial environment factors, and a governmental policy factors. According to analysis results of the three success factors, a firm's subjective factors(4.13 score) are scored at the most ones of the three success factors, to be compared with a industrial environment factors(3.89 score), with a government policy factors(3.72 score). Therefore, first of all, it is important to expanding export of Small Business Commodity through e-Trading Application in Industrie 4.0 through as follows, a firm's subjective factors : (1) to procure concentrated market strategy and real market capacity, (2) to procure speedy satisfaction of customer needs and confidence, (3) to procure ability of export marketing through e-Trading Application, (4) to enhance export expanding strategy coincided in Industrie 4.0. And, the next, we have to expanding export of Small Business Commodity through e-Trading Application in Industrie 4.0 through considering a industrial environment factors and a government policy factors.

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Improving Small Business Performance: The Role of Entrepreneurial Intensity and Innovation

  • SUMIATI, Sumiati
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.10
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    • pp.211-218
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    • 2020
  • The Small and Medium Enterprise is currently getting more attention from the Indonesian government as the contribution of this sector to the regional and national income has increased. Though the government is providing a lot of attention as well as facilities to the small businesses in the manufacturing sector, they face intense competition. Thus, the small enterprises need to ensure that they achieve good business performance. This research aims to investigate the role of entrepreneurial intensity and innovation in improving the performance of small businesses in Indonesia. For this purpose, one hundred and eighty-six small business owners participated in the survey. The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling. The hypothesis results show that entrepreneurial intensity and innovation have a proven role in business performance of small enterprises. Entrepreneurial intensity in particular, significantly impacts innovation and exploration. And innovation is crucial for business performance. The results imply that to increase business performance, the owner and the manager also need to raise their entrepreneurial spirit, as it can enhance their willingness to explore and use their business experience to do more innovation activities. The more innovation is done by the company; the business performance is more likely to improve.

Analysis on Importance of Information Security Factors for Smart Work using AHP -Based on the Mobile Office for Small Businesses- (AHP를 활용한 스마트워크 정보보호 요소의 중요도 분석 -중소기업의 모바일 오피스를 중심으로-)

  • Kang, Kyung-Hoon;Lim, Chae-Hong;Lim, Jong-In;Park, Tae-Hyoung
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.415-426
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    • 2013
  • Smart work has recently introduced as a way to solve problems such as greenhouse gas emissions, low birth rate and aging as well as to improve productivity. Because of development of ICT infrastructure and the proliferation of smart devices, the mobile office has the most commonly used within types of smart work in Korea. But the adoption of the mobile office in small businesses is only half of that of large corporations. The security issue appears to be one of the biggest obstacles to the introduction of smart work in small businesses. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the information security factors that should be considered when the mobile office is introduced to small businesses. By analyzing the previous studies, the information security factors of the mobile office are classified 5 groups composed of 24 factors. 5 groups are terminals, applications and platforms, networks, servers and users. According to the survey result using AHP, 'User' was drawn to the most important group, and 'Data Encryption', 'Wireless LAN Control' and 'Terminal Recovery When Leaving' were drawn to the important information security factors of the mobile office among 24 factors.

The Effects of Korean Ventures' External Collaborations on their Performance (벤처기업의 외부협력이 경영성과에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jong-Woon
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.215-224
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the external collaboration factors that affect the performance of Korean venture businesses. We use 1,567 firm data (from Venture Business Survey by Small & Medium Business Administration) and analyze the effect of the external collaborations with large business, research institutions, other small business, and foreign companies, on their sales increase between 2008 and 2009. Our analysis shows that Korean venture business' collaborations with research institutions or foreign companies increase their sales statistically significantly, while their collaborations with large business decrease their sales significantly. In the mean time, their collaborations with other small businesses show no significant result. Additional analysis on the collaboration categories between venture businesses and large businesses shows that collaborative R&D, employee training and collaborative marketing help venture business to increase their sales significantly, while financial collaborations have a significant negative effect on sales increase. Technology transfers and profit-sharing mechanism have no significant effect. The result shows that venture business' collaborations for the increase in the fundamental capability of innovations and for searching new markets rather than simple transfer of technology or financial collaborations, have significant positive effects on the increase in sales.

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A Study on the cooperation activation among business: Focused on Leadership, Absorptive Capacity (기업 간 협업 활성화 방안에 대한 연구 : 리더십과 흡수역량을 중심으로)

  • Jeun, Hyang-Ok;Hyun, Byung-Hwang
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.189-198
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    • 2016
  • In recent years, the global financial crisis has worsened the economic environment for small and medium-sized businesses. A great number of South Korean enterprises are having various managerial difficulties, such as insufficient funds, shortage of manpower and lack of market information. To overcome these difficulties, many experts have suggested plans to encourage cooperation among small businesses, and such cooperation has provided diverse services to complement the insufficient capabilities of the individual companies. In spite of the efforts made by government to incite cooperation, however, the businesses themselves have displayed a lack of willingness to such cooperation. Cooperation requires a series of complicated and interdependent processes and, thus, governmental support alone cannot guarantee the necessary willingness to cooperate among small businesses. This research empirically analyzed how cooperative and creative leaderships influence the willingness to cooperate among corporate members. We also empirically studied how relationships among corporate members vary in accordance with their absorptive capacity.

Perception differences between users and policy-makers on technology protection support system for small and medium-sized businesses (중소기업 기술보호지원제도에 대한 이용자와 정책담당자의 인식차이 분석)

  • Park, Sanghoon;Cho, Namwook
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.37-48
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    • 2017
  • As the risk of technical leakage is increasing, technology protection support systems for small and medium-sized businesses have gained attention. This paper analyzed the perception gap of the user and policy-maker regarding technology protection support systems. First, to identify key elements of technology protection support systems and construct measurement factors, interviews with experts are conducted. Then, surveys are conducted to analyze the perception differences between the users and policy-makers. Factor analysis and ANOVA have been utilized to analyze survey results. The result shows that the perception gaps exist in the following areas: management system, cost reduction, copyright protection, customer satisfaction, leakage prevention, and awareness. To enhance the effectiveness of technology protection support systems, this paper suggests technology protection support systems should be customized in terms of the company's size and type of busines.

Demographic Characteristics and Small Business Success: Evidence from Indonesia

  • CHANIAGO, Harmon
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.12
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    • pp.399-409
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    • 2021
  • The demographic characteristics of a leader are important for small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several researchers have proven that demographic characteristics affect business success. Unfortunately, business success has only been analyzed from a financial perspective and has not been compared to the owner's interests perspective. This study examines business success from both perspectives. This study aims to analyze the demographic characteristics of small entrepreneurs and their impact on business success. Demographics consist of age, experience, education, and gender. Meanwhile, business success is seen from two perspectives: financial performance and the owner's interest. The study used an explanatory survey method. The number of samples is 155 entrepreneurs who are also the leaders of their businesses. The research was conducted in Bandung City, Indonesia, in 2021. The data was processed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression. The study results found that age only affects financial performance. Experience is proven to affect financial performance and the interests of the owner. Gender only affects the interests of the owner. This study concludes that in difficult times such as the COVID-19 pandemic, having young leaders who are experienced will make it easier to achieve business success.

Factors Affecting the Application of Managerial Accounting in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Vietnam

  • NGUYEN, Co Trong
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.9
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    • pp.313-319
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    • 2021
  • The article analyzes the impact of factors affecting the use of management accounting in small and medium-sized firms in Vietnam, which adds to the empirical evidence on these factorsThe survey results collected 328 questionnaires using a questionnaire survey of managers at all levels, chief accountants, and accountants of 89 small and medium firms in Vietnam. Some questionnaires were invalid due to many blank cells, hence the author chose to use 315 questionnaires. Quantitative research was carried out with SPSS 25 software. Research results show that five factors have a positive influence on the application of management accounting including Competitive pressure, Decentralization of responsibility, Application of information technology, the level of interest of managers, and the quality of human resources, in which the application of information technology and competitive pressure are the factors that have the strongest influence on the application of management accounting in small and medium enterprises in Vietnam. Based on the findings of the study, the author has proposed recommendations to help small and medium-sized businesses improve their ability to successfully apply management accounting techniques, thereby improving their competitiveness and efficiency performance and contributing to the long-term sustainability of their businesses.

An Empirical Study and Policy Implications Regarding Correlations of Korean Small Businessman's Perception of Systematization Using Cluster Analysis (한국 소상공인의 조직화 인식도 상호관계에 관한 실증적 연구와 정책적 시사점 : 군집분석을 이용한 접근)

  • Suh, Geun-Ha;Lee, Kwang-No;Yoon, Sung-Wook
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.1157-1164
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    • 2011
  • In this study, association of small business is divided into four groups: Franchise, Joint Brand, Industry Association and Registered Retailer. Cluster analysis is taken to find what kind of strategic considerations associated small businesses choose when they set up new strategies. The results show that there are some differences in the perception of association, effects of association and final performance of management by gender, academic background, and age. The data also find three clusters: price competitive, marketing competitive and neither group. Implications of this study is that government should focus more on not only improving infrastructures of self-businesses but also associating small businesses, modernizing managerial systems in the future.

A Study on the Problems and Implications of Export Environment of Small and Medium Enterprises in Korea (우리나라 중소기업 수출환경의 문제점과 시사점에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Joon-Ho;Kim, Tae-Hwan
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.225-230
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    • 2018
  • Despite a quantitative increase in the export of small and medium sized businesses due to various policies supporting export that have been continually promoted by the government, the majority of export growth has been centered around conglomerates. As research has shown that export companies are superior in terms of job creation and growth compared to domestic companies, the conversion of domestic companies to export companies will not only result in job creation and increase in exports, but it will also enable the improvement of such companies. It is therefore important to support the export of small and medium sized businesses and maintain their status as export companies with supporting policies. The purpose of this study is to analyze the present state of the export environment of Korean and foreign small and medium sized businesses in order to elicit ideas for establishing strategies for the promotion of export and maintaining the status as an export company.