• 보건행정학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.78-96
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• 2005

The purpose of this empirical study is to investigate whether costs are 'sticky' -that is, whether costs increase more when revenues rises than they decrease when revenues falls by an equivalent amount by using the financial data fromf korean general hospital Financial data used in this study were obtained from the Database of Korean Health Industry Development Institute and analyzed using multiple regression model in dummy variables. The main results of this study are as follows: First, we found, for 69 Korean general hospitals for 3 years(2000~2002), that total hospital costs, hospital labor costs, hospital administrative costs were sticky, these costs provided strong support for the sticky costs hypothesis 1, but hospital material costs were shown to be proportional to sales revenues. Second, this results provided strong support for the hypotheses that the' degree of stickiness was lower in sales revenues declining that were preceded by revenue-declining periods (hypothesis 2-1), and that stickiness was less pronounced in a second successive year of revenue decline(hypothesis 2-2). Third, this results provided strong support for the hypothesis(hypothesis 3) that stickiness was greater hospitals that employ relatively more people to support their sales revenues(hypothesis 4) that stickiness was greater for hospital that used relatively more assets to support their sales revenues. After all, a managerial implication of this study was that sticky cost, for the general hospital, could be recognized and controlled.

• Journal of East Asia Management
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.79-98
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• 2023

This study investigates the relationship between firm's cost behavior and the managerial strategic deviation. Firms which intend to reduce uncertainty and improve viability for future performance tend to implement managerial strategies similar to peer firms in the same industry. Since the managerial decisions affect firm's cost behavior, the strategic deviation including operations different from others would be associated with cost behavior distinct from peer firms. On firms listed on Korean Security Exchange and KOSDAQ markets from 2002 to 2017, the analysis show the results that the firm's strategic deviation is positively associated with cost-downward rigidity, indicating that the management strategy affects the cost behavior. Also, it means that corporate managers who choose a strategy that deviates from peer firms are less likely to adjust their resource even when sales decrease. This study is meaningful in expanding the literature on the determinants of cost behavior by analyzing the effect of the management strategy's characteristics of strategic deviation on cost behavior.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.23-38
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• 2022

Purpose - This research intends to find out whether R&D cost stickiness shows differentiated aspects depending on exports in Korea. A cost behavior that indicates a lower rate of costs decrease when sales decrease than the rate of costs increase when sales increase is called cost stickiness. This sticky cost behavior is caused by considering the adjusting costs. This study aims to empirically verify that R&D cost stickiness is greater in export firms than in non-export firms. We also investigate the effect of exports on R&D cost stickiness is nonlinear. Design/methodology - We obtain data for the analysis from Kis-Value and TS2000 from 2012 to 2020. This study tests for R&D cost stickiness of exports using the cost stickiness model developed by Anderson et al. (2003) that is used in a lot of prior literature. To explore the nonlinear behavior of R&D cost stickiness we include a quadratic term of exports in our model. Findings - The results of our analysis are as follows. First, we observed that R&D costs of export firms are more sticky than that of non-export firms. Our result indicated that export firms are less likely to reduce R&D costs in decreasing sales periods in preparation for future sales recovery. Second, our empirical evidence shows that export firms view R&D costs much favorably. However, we hypothesize that the effect of export intensity on R&D costs may not necessarily be linear. Our result shows the effect of exports intensity on R&D stickiness is thus nonlinear, forming a reverse U-shaped curve. When export intensity exceeds a certain threshold, the growth rate of R&D costs appears to be viewed negatively. Firms with relatively high export intensity do not support R&D costs, viewing them as taking away firms' resources from other more productive costs. On the contrary, those with export intensity under the threshold view R&D costs as beneficial and therefore promote further R&D costs when revenue decreases. Originality/value - The results of this research can contribute academically to the expansion of empirical research on R&D cost stickiness. R&D cost stickiness varies by industry. As a result of our research, the managers of export firms recognize the importance of R&D to lead innovation. We expected that this research contributes to further studies on R&D costs and cost stickiness. Second, this research has implications from a business perspectives. Our findings of export firms' R&D stickiness suggest that export firms' managers should consider keeping the stickiness of R&D when revenue decreases because it is essential for exporting firms to maintain their R&D stickiness to secure long-term competitiveness. R&D stickiness can be used on a practical basis to emphasize the need for continuous investment in exporting firms' R&D activities.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2020

비대칭적 원가행태가 발생하는 원인에 관한 연구는 크게 두 가지로 흐름으로 구분된다. 하나는 경영자의 기대적 관점이고 다른 하나는 대리인 관점에서 이를 설명한다. 본 연구에서는 선행연구의 두 가지 관점을 확장하여 기업의 비대칭적 원가행태를 결정하는 요인이 무엇인지 구체적으로 살펴보고자 한다. 먼저 경영자의 낙관적 기대오류가 비대칭적 원가행태에 미치는 영향을 분석하고, 다음으로 경영자지분율이 높은 상황의 기업지배구조가 비대칭적 원가행태에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 분석하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 우리나라 기업은 하방탄력적 구조의 비대칭적 원가행태를 가진다. 둘째, 미래 수요에 대한 경영자의 낙관적 기대오류를 가진 기업은 이러한 비대칭적 원가행태가 완화되는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 경영자의 낙관주의가 기업의 원가의사결정에 영향을 미치는 요인임을 의미한다. 셋째, 경영자지분율이 높은 기업 역시 비대칭적 원가행태가 완화됨을 확인하였다. 이는 경영자의 원가의사결정에 지배구조가 중요한 역할을 하고 있음을 알려주는 실증적 결과라 하겠다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2016

Purpose - If control-ownership disparity is large, managers will not actively reduce costs; rather, they will maintain unutilized resources or possess surplus resources even when sales decrease with the purpose of increasing personal utility from status, power, compensation, and prestige. These managers' utility maximizing tendencies cause cost stickiness. We examine whether asymmetric behavior related to costs becomes stronger when there is a large disparity between ownership and control rights. Research design, data, and methodology - We construct a regression model to examine the relationship between control-ownership disparity and cost stickiness. STICKY, a dependent variable representing cost stickiness is a value found using the method of Weiss (2010), and Disparity is an interest variable that shows control-ownership disparity. Results - This study is based from the unique situations in Korea, in which high control-ownership disparity is common in firms. Large control-ownership disparity was found to increase cost stickiness of corporations. Conclusions - The results of this study imply that controlling shareholders may be regarded as a threat to the interests of minority shareholders and corporate values especially when controlling shareholders have significant influence over managers or the power to make managerial decisions as owners of a corporation.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.177-191
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• 2020

본 연구는 프랜차이즈 경영자의 사적 효용 동기에서 비롯된 자기과시적 성향이 기업의 원가행태에 어떠한 영향을 미치고 있는지를 검정하고자 하였다. 연구 문제를 해결하기 위해 국내 프랜차이즈 경영자의 자기과시적 성향에 대한 대용치를 개발하고 이들 특성 변수를 그룹화하여 그룹별 독립변수가 영업비용인 종속변수에 미치는 영향을 다중회귀모형을 이용하여 비교·분석하였다. 연구 결과, 프랜차이즈 경영자의 자기과시적 성향은 매출 감소 시 영업비용의 하방경직성을 강화시키게 되고, 자기과시적 성향이 커질수록 하방경직성은 더욱 강화되어 나타났다. 본 연구는 기존 연구에서 수행되지 않았던 프랜차이즈 경영자의 갑질 행위 등의 자기과시적 성향에 대한 대용치를 개발하여 향후 프랜차이즈 경영자에 대한 연구를 강화하고, 기업의 영업비용에 미치는 경영자의 자기과시적 속성의 영향을 확인함으로써 예비창업자, 가맹점주, 투자자 등의 프랜차이즈 이해관계자에게 유용한 정보를 제공할 것이다.