• 제목/요약/키워드: determinant analysis

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밀에서 질소 시비 조건에 따른 생육 단계별 초분광 특성 변화 (Changes in the Hyperspectral Characteristics of Wheat Plants According to N Top-dressing Rates at Various Growth Stages)

  • 정재경;이영훈;최재은;송기은;고종한;이경도;심상인
    • 한국작물학회지
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    • 제65권4호
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    • pp.377-385
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    • 2020
  • 적절한 질소 시비는 작물에 초형을 개선하는 한편, 엽록소 유지에도 도움을 주어 엽노화를 억제하고 광합성도 증대시켰다. 드론을 활용해 얻어진 잎의 RGB 값은 4월 29일에서 추비량 증가에 따라 RGB 값의 뚜렷한 차이를 나타내 단순한 엽색 분석도 작물의 생리적 상태 평가에 활용할 수 있음을 보여주었다. 휴대용 측정기를 이용한 실험에서 추비 조건에 따른 NDVI와 SPAD 값은 3월 19일에 큰 차이 확인할 수 없었다. 그러나 초분광카메라를 통한 분석에서 추비량 증대에 따라 780 nm보다 큰 파장대인 NIR 영역에서 반사율 증가가 확인되었다. 이는 시비 효과가 명확히 드러나지 않는 생육 초반에도 초분광카메라 활용해 작물 상태를 진단할 수 있음을 보여준다. 포장에서 추비 수준이 낮을수록 4월 29일에는 가시광선 영역의 반사율이 증가하고, NIR 영역의 감소가 확인되어 시비에 따른 영향을 확인할 수 있었다. 초분광카메라를 이용한 식생지수 확인으로 엽록소 함량, 질소 부족 정도, 광합성 상태 분석에 근거한 시비 효과 평가가 가능하였다.

정보시스템의 지속적 사용에서 경험의 역할에 대한 분석 (An Analysis of the Roles of Experience in Information System Continuance)

  • 이웅규
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.45-62
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    • 2011
  • The notion of information systems (IS) continuance has recently emerged as one of the most important research issues in the field of IS. A great deal of research has been conducted thus far on the basis of theories adapted from various disciplines including consumer behaviors and social psychology, in addition to theories regarding information technology (IT) acceptance. This previous body of knowledge provides a robust research framework that can already account for the determination of IS continuance; however, this research points to other, thus-far-unelucidated determinant factors such as habit, which were not included in traditional IT acceptance frameworks, and also re-emphasizes the importance of emotion-related constructs such as satisfaction in addition to conscious intention with rational beliefs such as usefulness. Experiences should also be considered one of the most important factors determining the characteristics of information system (IS) continuance and the features distinct from those determining IS acceptance, because more experienced users may have more opportunities for IS use, which would allow them more frequent use than would be available to less experienced or non-experienced users. Interestingly, experience has dual features that may contradictorily influence IS use. On one hand, attitudes predicated on direct experience have been shown to predict behavior better than attitudes from indirect experience or without experience; as more information is available, direct experience may render IS use a more salient behavior, and may also make IS use more accessible via memory. Therefore, experience may serve to intensify the relationship between IS use and conscious intention with evaluations, On the other hand, experience may culminate in the formation of habits: greater experience may also imply more frequent performance of the behavior, which may lead to the formation of habits, Hence, like experience, users' activation of an IS may be more dependent on habit-that is, unconscious automatic use without deliberation regarding the IS-and less dependent on conscious intentions, Furthermore, experiences can provide basic information necessary for satisfaction with the use of a specific IS, thus spurring the formation of both conscious intentions and unconscious habits, Whereas IT adoption Is a one-time decision, IS continuance may be a series of users' decisions and evaluations based on satisfaction with IS use. Moreover. habits also cannot be formed without satisfaction, even when a behavior is carried out repeatedly. Thus, experiences also play a critical role in satisfaction, as satisfaction is the consequence of direct experiences of actual behaviors. In particular, emotional experiences such as enjoyment can become as influential on IS use as are utilitarian experiences such as usefulness; this is especially true in light of the modern increase in membership-based hedonic systems - including online games, web-based social network services (SNS), blogs, and portals-all of which attempt to provide users with self-fulfilling value. Therefore, in order to understand more clearly the role of experiences in IS continuance, analysis must be conducted under a research framework that includes intentions, habits, and satisfaction, as experience may not only have duration-based moderating effects on the relationship between both intention and habit and the activation of IS use, but may also have content-based positive effects on satisfaction. This is consistent with the basic assumptions regarding the determining factors in IS continuance as suggested by Oritz de Guinea and Markus: consciousness, emotion, and habit. The principal objective of this study was to explore and assess the effects of experiences in IS continuance, with special consideration given to conscious intentions and unconscious habits, as well as satisfaction. IN service of this goal, along with a review of the relevant literature regarding the effects of experiences and habit on continuous IS use, this study suggested a research model that represents the roles of experience: its moderating role in the relationships of IS continuance with both conscious intention and unconscious habit, and its antecedent role in the development of satisfaction. For the validation of this research model. Korean university student users of 'Cyworld', one of the most influential social network services in South Korea, were surveyed, and the data were analyzed via partial least square (PLS) analysis to assess the implications of this study. In result most hypotheses in our research model were statistically supported with the exception of one. Although one hypothesis was not supported, the study's findings provide us with some important implications. First the role of experience in IS continuance differs from its role in IS acceptance. Second, the use of IS was explained by the dynamic balance between habit and intention. Third, the importance of satisfaction was confirmed from the perspective of IS continuance with experience.

스타트업 액셀러레이터 투자결정요인의 중요도 및 우선순위에 대한 연구 (A Study on the Importance and Priorities of the Investment Determinants of Startup Accelerators)

  • 허주연
    • 벤처창업연구
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    • 제15권6호
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    • pp.27-42
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    • 2020
  • 창업초기 기업들은 자금과 사업화 역량, 경험 부족 등으로 지속적인 생존이 쉽지 않다. 스타트업 액셀러레이터는 이러한 창업초기기업의 문제 해결을 돕고 해당 기업의 지분을 얻음으로써 수익을 창출하는 새로운 형태의 투자주체로서 등장하였다. 이들의 창업초기기업과 창업생태계에 미치는 긍정적인 성과들이 입증됨에 따라 이들의 투자를 필요로 하는 초기기업들 또한 증가하고 있다. 그러나 스타트업 액셀러레이터에 대한 연구 또한 초기수준에 머물고 있어 투자결정요인 등에 대한 괄목할 만한 선행연구가 부재한 상황이다. 따라서 스타트업들은 액셀러레이터들이 중요하게 생각하는 요인이 무엇인지에 대한 정보가 없어 막연하게 투자유치를 준비하는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 액셀러레이터들이 투자 시 중요하게 생각하는 요인이 무엇인지 살펴봄으로써 스타트업들의 투자유치 준비과정을 돕고, 학계에도 의미 있는 시사점을 제공하고자 한다. 앞선 연구에서 정성적 메타합성법, 2차 관련자료, 미국 액셀러레이터에 대한 관찰 및 심층인터뷰 등을 통해 5개 상위 카테고리, 26개의 하위 액셀러레이터 투자결정요인들을 도출하였다. 본 연구에서는 이들의 중요도와 우선순위를 도출하여 중요한 시사점을 얻고자 하였으며, 이에 중요도와 우선순위 도출에 적합한 방법론으로 평가받고 있는 분석적 계층화 기법을 활용하였다. 카테고리 별 분석 결과 액셀러레이터들은 시장 및 고객 관련 요인들(Market related)을 가장 중요하게 생각하는 것으로 나타났다. 그 다음으로 스타트업 내부인력 관련 요인(Human related)요인들을 더 중요하게 생각하는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 26개의 하위투자결정요인들의 전체우선순위 분석 결과에서는 '고객의 니즈 정도'와 '창업자와 팀원들의 고객과 시장에 대한 이해도'가 중요도 및 우선순위가 높은 요인으로 나타났다. 이를 통해서 스타트업 액셀러레이터들이 고객중심 관점을 매우 중요하게 생각함을 알 수 있다. 그리고 창업자 관련 요인 중에서 가장 높게 나타난 요인은 '창업자의 유연한 사고와 실행력'으로 나타났는데, 본 연구에서는 창업자의 유연한 사고를 액셀러레이터 등 전문가의 의견 등을 잘 청취하고 적절하게 반영하는 역량으로 정의하고 있다. 따라서 액셀러레이터들은 이러한 스타트업과의 협업용이성 등을 매우 중요하게 생각함을 확인할 수 있다. 이러한 연구 결과를 통해 창업 초기기업은 기업의 생존과 액셀러레이터의 투자를 유치하기 위해서 어떤 준비를 선행해야 하는지 알 수 있다. 더불어 액셀러레이터들은 어떤 요인에 우선순위를 두고 투자대상 스타트업을 선정해야 하는지 등의 준거기준으로 활용할 수 있으며, 정책입안자들 또한 이의 결과를 바탕으로 다양한 스타트업 선정기준을 마련할 수 있다. 마지막으로 본 연구는 기존 연구들 대비 가장 많은 투자결정요인을 다룸으로써 누락되는 것이 없도록 하였으며, 이의 결과는 후속 연구들에게 좋은 발판이 되리라 생각한다.

임팩트 투자자의 투자 우선순위와 비중 차이에 관한 연구 (Investment Priorities and Weight Differences of Impact Investors)

  • 유성호;황보윤
    • 벤처창업연구
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.17-32
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    • 2023
  • 최근 정부와 공공의 역할만으로 사회문제를 모두 해결하기에는 한계가 있어서, 시장에서 영리 조직의 효율성이나 효과성을 통해 사회문제를 해결하면서 성장하는 것을 목표로 하는 소셜벤처의 필요성이 증대되었다. 이러한 배경하에 국내 스타트업 생태계에서도 소셜벤처 창업이 증가하면서 소셜벤처 투자자인 임팩트 투자자에 대한 관심도 증가하고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구는 임팩트 투자자의 투자 결정에 있어서 인지과정과 의사결정 환경에 따른 판단 정보의 타당도와 가중치를 객관적으로 분석하고자 판단분석기법을 활용하였다. 연구 진행을 위한 세 가지 분류로 첫째, 투자자로서 재무적 이익과 회수 가능성 판단을 위한 초기투자단계에서의 투자 우선 순위, 둘째, 사회에 미치는 영향과 파급력, 그리고 소셜벤처의 상생과 연대를 위한 창업가(팀)의 정치적 기술, 셋째, 임팩트투자펀드 조성 목적에 부합하는 소셜벤처기업의 소셜미션으로 구성하였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 임팩트투자자의 투자결정의 우선 순위는 창업가(팀)의 전문성, 창업가(팀)의 성공시의 잠재적 수익률, 창업가(팀)의 소셜미션인 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 임팩트투자자가 투자결정요인에 대하여 판단하는 인식이 획일적이기보다는 투자 결정 요소가 제각각 다르며, 비중을 두는 정도에 있어서도 생각의 차이가 있다는 것이다. 셋째, 임팩트투자의 다양한 투자결정 요인에서 '창업자(팀)의 네트워킹 능력', '창업자(팀)의 사회적 통찰력', '창업자(팀)의 대인관계 영향력은 다른 4개의 요인보다 상대적으로 낮게 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 실무적 기여점은 소셜벤처기업들이 투자 유치과정에서 임팩트투자자의 투자결정요인이 무엇인지 이해를 돕고, 소셜벤처 투자자에게는 임팩트투자자의 판단사례와 분석을 참고하여 투자결정의 질적 제고를 기대할 수 있다. 학술적 기여점은 임팩트 투자자의 투자 우선 순위와 비중 차이를 실증적으로 규명하였다는 것이다.

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그린기술 채택에의 디지털 지식풍부성의 역할: 디지털 옵션 이론 관점에서 (The Role of Digital Knowledge Richness in Green Technology Adoption: A Digital Option Theory Perspective)

  • 유호선;이남연;권오병
    • 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.23-52
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    • 2015
  • 연구 목적 본 연구의 목적은 그린 기술의 채택 현상을 디지털 지식의 제공 여부로 이해하는 것이다. UTAUT2를 이론적 기반으로 하되 디지털 옵션 이론과 결합하였다. 특히 일반적인 UTAUT2 관련 연구들이 IT자체에 대한 수용 현상을 설명하기 위해 사용된 것과는 달리 본 연구에서는 IT의 산물인 디지털지식이 그린 기술이라는 대상을 채택하는데 긍정적인 영향을 주는지에 대해서 초점을 두었다. 연구설계/방법론/접근법 UTAUT2를 근거로 하되 그린 기술의 채택 현상을 설명하는데 유용한 요인들을 파악하기 위하여 내용분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과로 본 연구에서는 그린기술을 위한 수정된 UTAUT2 모형을 개발하였으며 그에 맞는 36개의 설문 문항을 개발하였다. 각 문항의 측정은 리커트 7점 척도를 채택하였다. 한 기관의 패널 자료로부터 총402명의 유효한 설문을 획득하였다. 사전 검증을 마치고 획득한 설문결과를 PLS 2.0M3와 SPSS 20.0을 이용하여 분석하였으며 가설검증을 위해 구조방정식 분석을 수행하였다. 결과 통계분석 결과 개발된 UTAUT2 수정 모형은 수요자들의 그린기술 채택 현상을 적절히 설명하는 것으로 실증분석 결과 나타났다. 사회적 영향은 전통적인 UTAUT나 UTAUT2에서 사용하는 효용가치나 쾌락가치보다 그린기술의 채택하는 맥락 하에서의 수용 행위를 더 잘 설명하고 있었다. 또한 디지털 지식과 그린기술의 채택, 즉 환경 친화적 제품에 대한 태도에 영향을 주는 요인들 사이의 인과관계는 유의한 것으로 판정되었다. 아울러 디지털 지식은 어떤 잠재적 사용자들이 그린기술을 잘 활용하고 있는 그들의 동료들로부터 학습하기 위해서 유용한 매체인 것으로 밝혀졌다.

모자건강관리를 위한 위험요인별 감별평점분류기준 개발에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Risk Factors for Maternal and Child Health Care Program with Emphasis on Developing the Risk Score System)

  • 이광옥
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.7-21
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    • 1983
  • For the flexible and rational distribution of limited existing health resources based on measurements of individual risk, the socalled Risk Approach is being proposed by the World Health Organization as a managerial tool in maternal and child health care program. This approach, in principle, puts us under the necessity of developing a technique by which we will be able to measure the degree of risk or to discriminate the future outcomes of pregnancy on the basis of prior information obtainable at prenatal care delivery settings. Numerous recent studies have focussed on the identification of relevant risk factors as the Prior infer mation and on defining the adverse outcomes of pregnancy to be dicriminated, and also have tried on how to develope scoring system of risk factors for the quantitative assessment of the factors as the determinant of pregnancy outcomes. Once the scoring system is established the technique of classifying the patients into with normal and with adverse outcomes will be easily de veloped. The scoring system should be developed to meet the following four basic requirements. 1) Easy to construct 2) Easy to use 3) To be theoretically sound 4) To be valid In searching for a feasible methodology which will meet these requirements, the author has attempted to apply the“Likelihood Method”, one of the well known principles in statistical analysis, to develop such scoring system according to the process as follows. Step 1. Classify the patients into four groups: Group $A_1$: With adverse outcomes on fetal (neonatal) side only. Group $A_2$: With adverse outcomes on maternal side only. Group $A_3$: With adverse outcome on both maternal and fetal (neonatal) sides. Group B: With normal outcomes. Step 2. Construct the marginal tabulation on the distribution of risk factors for each group. Step 3. For the calculation of risk score, take logarithmic transformation of relative proport-ions of the distribution and round them off to integers. Step 4. Test the validity of the score chart. h total of 2, 282 maternity records registered during the period of January 1, 1982-December 31, 1982 at Ewha Womans University Hospital were used for this study and the“Questionnaire for Maternity Record for Prenatal and Intrapartum High Risk Screening”developed by the Korean Institute for Population and Health was used to rearrange the information on the records into an easy analytic form. The findings of the study are summarized as follows. 1) The risk score chart constructed on the basis of“Likelihood Method”ispresented in Table 4 in the main text. 2) From the analysis of the risk score chart it was observed that a total of 24 risk factors could be identified as having significant predicting power for the discrimination of pregnancy outcomes into four groups as defined above. They are: (1) age (2) marital status (3) age at first pregnancy (4) medical insurance (5) number of pregnancies (6) history of Cesarean sections (7). number of living child (8) history of premature infants (9) history of over weighted new born (10) history of congenital anomalies (11) history of multiple pregnancies (12) history of abnormal presentation (13) history of obstetric abnormalities (14) past illness (15) hemoglobin level (16) blood pressure (17) heart status (18) general appearance (19) edema status (20) result of abdominal examination (21) cervix status (22) pelvis status (23) chief complaints (24) Reasons for examination 3) The validity of the score chart turned out to be as follows: a) Sensitivity: Group $A_1$: 0.75 Group $A_2$: 0.78 Group $A_3$: 0.92 All combined : 0.85 b) Specificity : 0.68 4) The diagnosabilities of the“score chart”for a set of hypothetical prevalence of adverse outcomes were calculated as follows (the sensitivity“for all combined”was used). Hypothetidal Prevalence : 5% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Diagnosability : 12% 23% 40% 53% 64% 75% 80%.

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K-REITs(부동산투자회사)의 투자 유형별 특성 분석 (A Study on the K-REITs of Characteristic Analysis by Investment Type)

  • 김상진;이명훈
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제17권11호
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    • pp.66-79
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    • 2016
  • 최근 리츠 인가의 증가로 대두되는 사안은 경영활동에 드는 자금을 어떻게 조달하는지와 투자 자금을 효율성 있게 운용함으로써 기대 수익률과 경영 극대화를 목표 설정에 맞게 실현될 수 있는지 대한 문제로 귀결되는 듯하다. 이에 본 연구는 국내 리츠가 운용된 2002년부터 2015년(2007~2009년, 글로벌 금융위기 기간의 파급효과 기간은 제외하였음)까지 리츠의 사업현황, 투자, 재무 등 경영 전반에 관련 자료를 구축하여 투자 유형별 특성을 분석하고 리츠의 부채비율에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하였다. 분석결과 리츠의 최대주주 성향이 법인, 연기금, 공제회, 은행, 증권, 보험 등의 비중이 높게 나타나며 최근 최대주주와 주요주주의 비중이 상승하고 있다. 리츠 투자에서 기관투자자 역할이 증대되면서 기관투자자가 리츠성장을 견인한 것으로 보인다. 기관투자자에서 자주 목격되는 동시 투자자에게 다른 금융기관보다 더 높은 이자율을 지급된 것으로 분석되어, 리츠가 동시투자자에 대하여 유인과 보상을 병행한 것으로 판단된다. 부채비율과 관련 변수 간의 영향요인에 대하여 다중회귀분석을 수행한 결과 부채비율이 수익성과는 음(-)의 관계를 맺어 자본조달순위이론을 지지하며, 투자기회(성장성)는 음(-)의 관계, 자산 규모와는 양(+)의 관계를 맺어 상충이론을 따르는 것으로 분석되었다. 이와 같은 연구결과는 국내 리츠가 공모형 리츠보다는 사모형 리츠 위주로 운용되고 있어 타인자본 조달 시 주식시장의 자금조달보다는 유형자산(대부분 부동산)의 담보에 의한 차입으로 운영되고 있는 리츠시장을 반영한 것으로 보인다. 또한, 글로벌 금융위기 이후 타인자본을 리츠 사업에 적극적으로 활용하고 있으며, 최대주주의 비중과 성향, 투자상품에 따라 부채비율이 결정되고 있음을 보여준다.

시맨틱 웹 기술혁신의 채택과 확산: 질적연구접근법 (The Adoption and Diffusion of Semantic Web Technology Innovation: Qualitative Research Approach)

  • 주재훈
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.33-62
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    • 2009
  • Internet computing is a disruptive IT innovation. Semantic Web can be considered as an IT innovation because the Semantic Web technology possesses the potential to reduce information overload and enable semantic integration, using capabilities such as semantics and machine-processability. How should organizations adopt the Semantic Web? What factors affect the adoption and diffusion of Semantic Web innovation? Most studies on adoption and diffusion of innovation use empirical analysis as a quantitative research methodology in the post-implementation stage. There is criticism that the positivist requiring theoretical rigor can sacrifice relevance to practice. Rapid advances in technology require studies relevant to practice. In particular, it is realistically impossible to conduct quantitative approach for factors affecting adoption of the Semantic Web because the Semantic Web is in its infancy. However, in an early stage of introduction of the Semantic Web, it is necessary to give a model and some guidelines and for adoption and diffusion of the technology innovation to practitioners and researchers. Thus, the purpose of this study is to present a model of adoption and diffusion of the Semantic Web and to offer propositions as guidelines for successful adoption through a qualitative research method including multiple case studies and in-depth interviews. The researcher conducted interviews with 15 people based on face-to face and 2 interviews by telephone and e-mail to collect data to saturate the categories. Nine interviews including 2 telephone interviews were from nine user organizations adopting the technology innovation and the others were from three supply organizations. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The interviews were recorded on digital voice recorder memory and subsequently transcribed verbatim. 196 pages of transcripts were obtained from about 12 hours interviews. Triangulation of evidence was achieved by examining each organization website and various documents, such as brochures and white papers. The researcher read the transcripts several times and underlined core words, phrases, or sentences. Then, data analysis used the procedure of open coding, in which the researcher forms initial categories of information about the phenomenon being studied by segmenting information. QSR NVivo version 8.0 was used to categorize sentences including similar concepts. 47 categories derived from interview data were grouped into 21 categories from which six factors were named. Five factors affecting adoption of the Semantic Web were identified. The first factor is demand pull including requirements for improving search and integration services of the existing systems and for creating new services. Second, environmental conduciveness, reference models, uncertainty, technology maturity, potential business value, government sponsorship programs, promising prospects for technology demand, complexity and trialability affect the adoption of the Semantic Web from the perspective of technology push. Third, absorptive capacity is an important role of the adoption. Fourth, suppler's competence includes communication with and training for users, and absorptive capacity of supply organization. Fifth, over-expectance which results in the gap between user's expectation level and perceived benefits has a negative impact on the adoption of the Semantic Web. Finally, the factor including critical mass of ontology, budget. visible effects is identified as a determinant affecting routinization and infusion. The researcher suggested a model of adoption and diffusion of the Semantic Web, representing relationships between six factors and adoption/diffusion as dependent variables. Six propositions are derived from the adoption/diffusion model to offer some guidelines to practitioners and a research model to further studies. Proposition 1 : Demand pull has an influence on the adoption of the Semantic Web. Proposition 1-1 : The stronger the degree of requirements for improving existing services, the more successfully the Semantic Web is adopted. Proposition 1-2 : The stronger the degree of requirements for new services, the more successfully the Semantic Web is adopted. Proposition 2 : Technology push has an influence on the adoption of the Semantic Web. Proposition 2-1 : From the perceptive of user organizations, the technology push forces such as environmental conduciveness, reference models, potential business value, and government sponsorship programs have a positive impact on the adoption of the Semantic Web while uncertainty and lower technology maturity have a negative impact on its adoption. Proposition 2-2 : From the perceptive of suppliers, the technology push forces such as environmental conduciveness, reference models, potential business value, government sponsorship programs, and promising prospects for technology demand have a positive impact on the adoption of the Semantic Web while uncertainty, lower technology maturity, complexity and lower trialability have a negative impact on its adoption. Proposition 3 : The absorptive capacities such as organizational formal support systems, officer's or manager's competency analyzing technology characteristics, their passion or willingness, and top management support are positively associated with successful adoption of the Semantic Web innovation from the perceptive of user organizations. Proposition 4 : Supplier's competence has a positive impact on the absorptive capacities of user organizations and technology push forces. Proposition 5 : The greater the gap of expectation between users and suppliers, the later the Semantic Web is adopted. Proposition 6 : The post-adoption activities such as budget allocation, reaching critical mass, and sharing ontology to offer sustainable services are positively associated with successful routinization and infusion of the Semantic Web innovation from the perceptive of user organizations.

소규모 기업에 있어서 지식소싱 전략이 기업성과에 미치는 영향 고찰 (An Examination of Knowledge Sourcing Strategies Effects on Corporate Performance in Small Enterprises)

  • 최병구
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.57-81
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    • 2008
  • Knowledge is an essential strategic weapon for sustaining competitive advantage and is the key determinant for organizational growth. When knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout the organization, it increases an organization's value by providing the ability to respond to new and unusual situations. The growing importance of knowledge as a critical resource has forced executives to pay attention to their organizational knowledge. Organizations are increasingly undertaking knowledge management initiatives and making significant investments. Knowledge sourcing is considered as the first important step in effective knowledge management. Most firms continue to make an effort to realize the benefits of knowledge management by using various knowledge sources effectively. Appropriate knowledge sourcing strategies enable organizations to create, acquire, and access knowledge in a timely manner by reducing search and transfer costs, which result in better firm performance. In response, the knowledge management literature has devoted substantial attention to the analysis of knowledge sourcing strategies. Many studies have categorized knowledge sourcing strategies into intemal- and external-oriented. Internal-oriented sourcing strategy attempts to increase firm performance by integrating knowledge within the boundary of the firm. On the contrary, external-oriented strategy attempts to bring knowledge in from outside sources via either acquisition or imitation, and then to transfer that knowledge across to the organization. However, the extant literature on knowledge sourcing strategies focuses primarily on large organizations. Although many studies have clearly highlighted major differences between large and small firms and the need to adopt different strategies for different firm sizes, scant attention has been given to analyzing how knowledge sourcing strategies affect firm performance in small firms and what are the differences between small and large firms in the patterns of knowledge sourcing strategies adoption. This study attempts to advance the current literature by examining the impact of knowledge sourcing strategies on small firm performance from a holistic perspective. By drawing on knowledge based theory from organization science and complementarity theory from the economics literature, this paper is motivated by the following questions: (1) what are the adoption patterns of different knowledge sourcing strategies in small firms (i,e., what sourcing strategies should be adopted and which sourcing strategies work well together in small firms)?; and (2) what are the performance implications of these adoption patterns? In order to answer the questions, this study developed three hypotheses. First hypothesis based on knowledge based theory is that internal-oriented knowledge sourcing is positively associated with small firm performance. Second hypothesis developed on the basis of knowledge based theory is that external-oriented knowledge sourcing is positively associated with small firm performance. The third one based on complementarity theory is that pursuing both internal- and external-oriented knowledge sourcing simultaneously is negatively or less positively associated with small firm performance. As a sampling frame, 700 firms were identified from the Annual Corporation Report in Korea. Survey questionnaires were mailed to owners or executives who were most erudite about the firm s knowledge sourcing strategies and performance. A total of 188 companies replied, yielding a response rate of 26.8%. Due to incomplete data, 12 responses were eliminated, leaving 176 responses for the final analysis. Since all independent variables were measured using continuous variables, supermodularity function was used to test the hypotheses based on the cross partial derivative of payoff function. The results indicated no significant impact of internal-oriented sourcing strategies while positive impact of external-oriented sourcing strategy on small firm performance. This intriguing result could be explained on the basis of various resource and capital constraints of small firms. Small firms typically have restricted financial and human resources. They do not have enough assets to always develop knowledge internally. Another possible explanation is competency traps or core rigidities. Building up a knowledge base based on internal knowledge creates core competences, but at the same time, excessive internal focused knowledge exploration leads to behaviors blind to other knowledge. Interestingly, this study found that Internal- and external-oriented knowledge sourcing strategies had a substitutive relationship, which was inconsistent with previous studies that suggested complementary relationship between them. This result might be explained using organizational identification theory. Internal organizational members may perceive external knowledge as a threat, and tend to ignore knowledge from external sources because they prefer to maintain their own knowledge, legitimacy, and homogeneous attitudes. Therefore, integrating knowledge from internal and external sources might not be effective, resulting in failure of improvements of firm performance. Another possible explanation is small firms resource and capital constraints and lack of management expertise and absorptive capacity. Although the integration of different knowledge sources is critical, high levels of knowledge sourcing in many areas are quite expensive and so are often unrealistic for small enterprises. This study provides several implications for research as well as practice. First this study extends the existing knowledge by examining the substitutability (and complementarity) of knowledge sourcing strategies. Most prior studies have tended to investigate the independent effects of these strategies on performance without considering their combined impacts. Furthermore, this study tests complementarity based on the productivity approach that has been considered as a definitive test method for complementarity. Second, this study sheds new light on knowledge management research by identifying the relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies and small firm performance. Most current literature has insisted complementary relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies on the basis of data from large firms. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this study identifies substitutive relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies using data from small firms. Third, implications for practice highlight that managers of small firms should focus on knowledge sourcing from external-oriented strategies. Moreover, adoption of both sourcing strategies simultaneousiy impedes small firm performance.

수술로 제거된 비소세포폐암의 예후 예측에 있어 FDG-PET 최대 표준화 섭취계수의 유용성 (Prognostic Usefulness of Maximum Standardized Uptake Value on FDG-PET in Surgically Resected Non-small-cell Lung Cancer)

  • ;이원우;성숙환;전상훈;김유경;이동수;정준기;이명철;김상은
    • Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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    • 제40권4호
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    • pp.205-210
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    • 2006
  • 목적 : PET에서 측정되는 FDG 섭취가 비소세포폐암의 예후예측인자로 인정받고 있으나 최대 표준화섭취계수(maximum standardized uptake value, 이하 maxSUV)의 예후예측 성능에 대해서는 충분한 연구가 이루어지지 않았다. 저자들은 수술로 제거된 비소세포폐암 환자에서 maxSUV의 재발예측 성능을 알아 보았다. 대상 및 방법 : FDG-PET을 실시한 후 4주 이내에 근치적인 수술을 시행받은 42명의 환자(여:남=14:28, 평균나이 $62.3{\pm}12.3$세)를 대상으로 하였으며 수술 후 병리학적인 stage는 29명은 stage I, 13명은 stage II이었다. 21명의 환자들은 수술 후 경구용 항암제 치료를 받았다. 추적관찰 기간(중앙값 16개월, 범위 3-26개월) 동안 재발여부와 maxSUV와의 연관성을 분석하였다. 결과 10명(23.8%, 10/42)의 환자에서 재발이 확인되었다(추적관찰 기간: 중앙값 7.5개월, 범위 3-13개월). 단변량분석에서 maxSUV (<7 vs. $\geq7$, p=0.006), 종양의 크기(<3 cm vs. $\geq3$ cm, p=0.024), 그리고 종양의 분화도(well/moderate vs. poor, p=0.044)가 비재발-생존기간과 유의한 상관이 있었다. Cox 위험도 모델을 이용한 다변량분석에서는 maxSUV만이 유일한 재발 예측인자이었다. (p=0.014) MaxSUV가 7이상인 환자들(n=10)은 1년 비재발 생존률이 50.0%인 반면에 maxSUV가 7미만인 환자들(n=32)은 1년 비재발 생존률이 87.5%이었다. 결론: MaxSUV는 수술로 제거된 비소세포폐암의 재발을 예측하는 독립적인 인자이었다. FDG 섭취 정도는 기존에 알려져 있는 인자들과 함께 비소세포폐암의 예후에 대한 유용한 정보를 제공할 것으로 기대된다.