• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.843-851
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• 2009

Much work has already been done to control and regulate the worldwide problems caused by climate change, particularly the issues on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Carbon dioxide ($CO_2$), having the highest form of concentration among GHGs composed around 1.0 billion tons of emission, and comprises about 98% of the total emissions from the shipping industry. Korean trade mainly rely on the sea transportation. Korean ship tonnages that was brought about by shipbuilders all over the country, continues to grow annually due to the prevailing demands on goods or material supplies and depicting only a small part of the global maritime activity. Nowadays, new build ships coming from the Korean Shipbuilders are being optimized by hull, structure and appendages design, The operational capability of the propulsion and auxiliary machineries in its maximum capacity to achieve the highest possible efficiencies for energy and onboard power use to mitigate $CO_2$ emissions are continually being done through the help of research and development. In this paper, the energy efficiency design index and anboard power capacity of Korean new build ships have been analyzed with response to data collected by ship types, and its respective fuel consumption in relation to $CO_2$ emission results. In response to climate change convention outcome proposals, the best way for the new build ships to become energy efficient is by lowering its operational speed thru adopting the state of the art diesel propulsion engines, patronizing the best sailing practice to lower the transportation cost on the different sea trade routes also helps in $CO_2$ mitigation.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2007년도 7th International Meeting on Information Display 제7권2호
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• pp.1206-1209
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• 2007

Both PM-OLEDs and AM-OLEDs are now in production. However, manufacturers are still concerned about life-time, voltage drift, operating voltage and efficiency in order to develop larger displays. Most material suppliers seem to be focussing on emitters and the benefits of introducing suitable charge transporters have been largely unexplored. OLED-T has developed a novel organic electron injector (Trade Name: EI-101) which evaporates at a very low temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ as opposed to the conventional LiF which requires $580^{\circ}C$. EI-101 has been found to increase the lifetime by up to 12%, reduce the voltage drift by up to 61% and increase the efficiency by up to 15%. The material can be handled in air and in situ Q-mass spectroscopy on extended thermal evaporation has confirmed its high stability for use in mass production.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.876-882
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• 2009

With overall opening of global construction market by World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, importance of management efficiency of construction industry which considers both tangible and intangible assets is recently being recognized in our nation. That is, efforts for reinforcement of competitiveness must be placed through maximization of values of internal and external intangible assets of construction industry such as management innovation, information, investment in technology and R&D and intellectual property. Accordingly in this study, evaluation criteria for intangible assets of construction industry were investigated and classified. Using such criteria, evaluation index and model were established based on the degree of importance of each criterion. The purpose of this study is to review importance of intangible assets in terms of competitiveness and management efficiency of construction industry and to provide basic data for establishment of intangible assets and revitalization of investment.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.34-48
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• 2020

Purpose - The rapid rise of e-commerce enterprises has led to the development of the logistics industry. At the same time, some enterprises are motivated by the interests to start reducing costs and inputs, which on the contrary leads to low quality of service, thus reducing customer satisfaction. In recent years, vicious competition, violent express delivery and lack of professionalism in the logistics market have led to high annual customer complaint rate, which has resulted in the company losing many loyal customers, but also unable to obtain new customers. Therefore, to pay attention to and understand the psychological needs of customers and improve the quality of logistics distribution service has become a pressing problem for Every express company. Design/methodology - By analyzing the problems existing in logistics distribution of express companies, this paper explores various factors affecting customer satisfaction and takes consumer sentiment as a mediating variable. Through questionnaires to collect relevant data, put forward hypotheses for empirical analysis, use two different software including SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 to analyze the information, draw conclusions and make recommendations. Findings - According to the above research results, the reliability, convenience, efficiency, professional can have a positive impact on customer satisfaction through the mediating effect of their sentiment, convenience and professional on consumer sentiment and satisfaction are more significant. Originality/value - This paper the establishment of distribution service indicators related to customer satisfaction and empirical analysis can not only enrich and supplement the distribution service quality indicator system studied by the former, but also provide a theoretical basis for future research.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.115-134
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• 2020

Purpose - International trade leads to the international division of labor, improving the efficiency of the global economic system. Transport costs are a more serious barrier to international trade than customs tariffs. An increase in competition in the transport sector may thus lead to a reduction in transport costs. However, if a carrier's nationality significantly influences transport costs, simply adding more competing carriers of different nationalities would be ineffective. Therefore, it is necessary to establish national or regional carriers to influence competition and reduce transport costs. This study investigates this "nationality effect" by treating Hanjin Shipping's collapse as a natural experiment. Design/methodology - The theoretical basis of this study is the 3rd-degree price discrimination in container shipping market. By using the monthly data of container freight rates of Korea, China and Japan, this study shows the so-called Korea Premiums, which are the empirical counterparts of nationality effect in Korea container shipping market. For this empirical investigation, the structural model with state-space form is used and the dummy models are also estimated. In addition, because China has been also affected by the Hanjin's collapse, the China premiums are considered too. Findings - Compared with Japan's case, it is shown that there had been the so-called Korea premiums since the collapse of Hanjin Shipping. These results are robust from both the state-space model and dummy models. The time pattern of Korea premiums was consistent with the market evolution, especially the pattern of substitutability in container shipping markets. In addition, this paper shows the magnitude of Korea premiums. Originality/value - The argument of this study that the nationality effect can be interpreted as an extended concept of the home market effect is original, which is expected to evoke future research efforts. Further, the discussion on the shipping industrial policy from both horizontal and vertical aspects will provide the relevant policy makers with solid information, especially for the policy coordination in a global scale.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.73-83
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• 2016

Purpose - The parcel delivery service(courier) industry all over the world has been expanding its market so far, but its growth has been declining in recent years. In this situation, most parcel delivery companies are having trouble with managing themselves because of the pressure from the customer to increase service level and decrease the rate. The purpose of this study is to provide ways to improve competitive advantages of the parcel delivery service industry by evaluating the multi-period operating efficiency of Korea, Japan and global service providers. Research design, data, and methodology - The data for the period of 2011 to 2014 were collected from the annual reports published by parcel delivery companies. In this study, we analyze the marketability (revenue), profitability (operating profits), and management conditions (net profits) of parcel service companies by combining information on human resources (number of employees) and material resources (total assets and equity). Therefore, the number of employees, total assets, and equity are selected as input variables, and revenue, operating profits, and net profits as the output variables. In this study, DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) is used to measure the comparative efficiency and MPI (Malmquist Productivity Index) is used to analyze the trend of change of the efficiency for a multi-year period. Results - The operational efficiency scores of medium-sized parcel delivery companies in Korea are higher than other larger competitors such as Korean, Japan and Global larger companies. As of 2014, Logen(1.878) was found to be the most efficient parcel delivery enterprise, followed by KGB (1.224), and Kyoungdong(1.002). Otherwise, Hanjin(0.235), CJ(0.262), Hyundai Logistics(0.657), DHL(0.611), UPS(0.766), FedEx(0.498), TNT(0.350), Yamato(0.762) and Sagawa(0.520), larger sized companies, were done inefficiently. The productivity of parcel delivery companies is influenced by endogenous factors as well as exogenous ones such as changes in business environment and technological advances. Conclusions - Korean medium-sized companies have relatively high efficiency scores in operation. That is why they still survive the competitive market in Korea where market restructuring on the industry has been expected to be conducted for many years. The reason why medium-sized couriers had higher efficient scores than larger couriers is that most of couriers spend more operating expenses versus unit price of delivery which is the amount of money that is needed in order to send a package by parcel service. So the delivery unit price must be taken into account by all the expenses associated with the cost of fuel, labor and maintenance expenses for facilities, etc. therefore, the unit price must be increased to strengthen business competitive power. In order for the industry to have more competitive advantage, the companies need to make profits by increasing demand volume and raising the delivery rate to provide high-quality delivery service to customers. And both endogenous and exogenous change must take precedence in order to strengthen their competitiveness.

• 무역학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.1-26
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• 2018

본 연구는 2000년부터 2016년까지 국내 제조기업 중 수출기업을 대상으로 기술적 효율성(TE) 및 총요소생산성(TFP)을 추정하고 TFP와 수출 간의 관계를 분석하였다. 특히 TFP는 기술진보(TC), 기술적 효율성 변화(TEC), 규모 효과(SE)로 분해하였으며, 각각에 대해 대기업과 중소기업을 구분하여 분석결과를 비교하였다. 먼저 기술적 효율성(TE)의 경우 2008년 금융위기 이후 대폭 하락하는 등 한국 경제가 외부충격에 매우 취약한 것으로 나타났으며, 현재 국내 경제의 성장을 견인하고 있는 전자, 자동차, 기계 부문 등의 효율성이 낮게 나타나 개선이 필요하다고 할 수 있다. 또한 비철을 제외한 대부분의 제조업 세부 산업에서 대기업의 효율성이 중소기업보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 총요소생산성(TFP)의 경우 TFP 변화의 대부분은 기술진보(TC)에 의한 것으로 노동 및 자본의 효율적인 결합이나 규모의 효과는 거의 영향이 없는 것으로 나타나 기업 내부의 체질 개선이 시급하다고 할 수 있다. 또한 2008년 금융위기의 충격으로 인한 변동성이 대기업보다 중소기업에서 훨씬 크게 나타나 외부의 경제 충격은 대기업보다 중소기업에 더 큰 악영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 TFP 분해요소 중 중소기업의 TC만 수출에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 수출 증대를 위해서는 중소기업의 경우 기술개발을 촉진하기 위한 R&D 지원이 필요하며, 대기업의 경우 효율성과 규모 효과를 수출과 연계하기 위한 수출 시장별, 경쟁 기업별, 품목별로 차별화된 전략을 마련할 필요가 있다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2017

본 연구는 3개의 투입변수와 3개의 산출변수로 구성된 DEA법을 이용하여 우리나라 항만의 노무효율성을 측정 평가하였다. 대상항만의 전체 기술적 효율성은 평균 94.18% 수준이었으며, 순수 기술적 효율성은 100%로 나타났고 규모의 효율성은 94.18%로 전체 기술적 비효율성이 가장 높게 나타났다. 분석결과 7개의 항만은 효율적인 항만으로 측정되었고 4개의 항만은 비효율적 항만으로 측정되었다. 4개의 비효율적 항만중 규모에 대한 수익체증은 동해항으로 나타났다. 그러나 비효율적인 항만들은 생산규모의 비효율성보다 자원운영의 비효율성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 한편 초효율법을 이용하여 효율적인 항만의 우선순위를 분석한 결과 인천항, 목포항, 평택당진항, 마산항, 여수광양항, 제주항, 군산대산항 순으로 효율성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 특히 비효율적인 부산항은 목포항 및 인천항을 벤치마킹하여 항만 물동량의 증대, 장비의 현대화 및 노무효율성의 향상을 위해 전면적인 노무상용화가 필요하다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.91-101
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• 2018

Purpose - This study compares the management efficiency of retailers in China, Korea and other global countries. China's retail industry is experiencing a recession. In order to strengthen the competitiveness of retailers, it is necessary to manage the efficiency. Therefore, we analyzed the management efficiency of Chinese retailers as well as Korea and global retailers who are competing with Chinese retailers. Research design, data, and methodology - The DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis) carried out for evaluating the relative efficiency of multiple DMUs (decision making units) with homogeneity. Data were collected from the American Retail Trade Association (2017). In those distributors' data, 5 of China and 5 of Korea and 10 of other global countries' analyzed. CCR and BCC analysis were performed to determine the cause of the inefficiency of DMUs by measuring the technical efficiency, pure technology efficiency and scale efficiency. Result - Among the 20 retail distributors, Costco, Kroger (Global), Eland World, BGF(Korea) are operating efficiently. Chinese retailers are operating inefficiently. Retailers' CRS status means the growth rate of input is equal to the growth rate of output. In the case of DRS status, the ratio of output to input variable is much smaller. In order to improve inefficiency, reducing input variables can be a solution. For the firms in IRS status, the rate of increase in output is relative greater than the input. That means efficiency is good condition. The analysis result shows that most retailers are showing DRS status especially Chinese retailers. Scale efficiency is a major cause of inefficiency rather than pure technology efficiency. It is recommended for ineffective retailers to reduce inputs to become efficient retailers. Otherwise, retrain existing employees or introducing advanced technologies to increase the output. Conclusions - Most of Chinese retailers are operating inefficiently which caused by the excessive investment in the inputs. On the other hand, Other global retailers are analyzed to be efficient by DEA. In this study, benchmarking targets of some retailers' suggested to improve the management efficiency especially in inputs.

• 경영과학
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.23-43
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• 2012

Enacted for enhancing the competitiveness of the Korean capital market and financial industry, Capital Market Consolidation Act (CMCA) was intended to induce considerable changes such as adopting the concept of financial investment products, regulating financial investment functionally, extending financial investors' business areas and intensifying protection for investors. Employing DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis), this study measures and compares the efficiencies of domestic financial companies between the before and after the enactment of the Consolidation Act. We categorize the financial companies into 4 groups (banks, life insurance companies, property and casualty insurance companies and securities companies) depending on their business types, and evaluate how much and in which direction the Consolidation Act affects the efficiency of each group respectively. The study shows that there is no significant difference between the average efficiency of banks and that of property and casualty insurance companies due to the trade-off between opportunities and threats of the Act. To the contrary, it shows that the respective average efficiencies of life insurance companies and securities companies moved in the opposite directions to a considerable extent. Through empirical tests, we demonstrate the effect of the Act on the efficiency of Korean financial companies, and suggest the countermeasures for each financial group against the Act.