• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.1463-1467
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• 2009

Construction projects are vulnerable to diverse internal and external factors, requiring systematic and consistent performance management along the entire life cycle of a project. In particular, urban renewal projects have a range of performance measures, including policy reconciliation and permits, project development, project financing, design, construction, and occupancy and maintenance. This requires a program-level megaproject approach, which integrates each stage of a project as well as variety of stakeholders' interests in pursuing a project from different perspectives. However, previous research on performance management has focused especially on the limited scopes of factors, including cost, quality, and schedule at the project level or on financial factors at the firm level. Given the lack of current approaches, this study suggests an integrated and systematic performance management scheme to control urban renewal megaprojects at the broadened perspectives of the program level. To this end, this study adopts the balanced scorecard approach and elicits key performance indices associated with various project configurations. Finally, an algorithm is presented for quantitatively assessing the level of performances along whole life cycle of urban renewal megaprojects.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.268-276
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• 2023

As the climate crisis intensifies, the need to improve the climate resilience of developing countries is ever increasing. Hence, the international community is seeking ways to effectively conduct climate technology transfer by linking the projects with financial mechanisms. However, commercialization of climate technology in developing countries is no easy feat as comprehensive knowledge on the target country is a prerequisite for seeking a suitable technology-financial linkage measure. Hence, in-depth discussions on effective climate technology and financial linkage measures have become an important global agenda, and South Korea, as a country with long experience in climate technology transfer, and a strong ecosystem for public climate technology, should step forward to take up a leading role. Against this backdrop, this paper proposes strategies and implementation measures for linking funds from the Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) with Korea's Public Climate Technology (PCT) by examining several key areas of R&D, international cooperation, and technology commercialization.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.962-969
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• 2009

The market of building construction has been competitive in Hong Kong, perhaps as anywhere else in the world. The barrier to entry is low because there are relatively low requirements on the three factors of production - technology, manpower and finance. The prevailing building technology is traditional and labour-intensive. There is also not much need of capital because clients' periodic payments have been the main source of project finance. Further, capitalizing on trade sub-contracting, contractors have been able to keep their direct labour-force small and to transfer much of their business risk to the sub-contractors. Based on interviews to solicit the perception of a sample of building contractors on the particular issues of construction finance, we present the findings in this paper and discuss the various implications. We believe that the current practice of construction financing is both the cause and effect of the competition within, and the competitiveness of, the building construction sector in Hong Kong. We conclude that the building construction sector is "locked or stuck" in this "equilibrium" of traditional technology, reliance on clients' finance and exploitation of sub-contracting. In this "equilibrium" state, there is hardly any motivation for contractors to engage themselves in product or process innovation. Consequently, any talk of industry reform or innovation could only remain just that. We believe that this problem is not unique in Hong Kong. The building construction sector in many other developed and developing economies is posed with similar if not the same problems and constraints. We conclude that there has to be some "external forces" to bring this "equilibrium" state to a higher level "equilibrium" one where higher value-added building construction services are supplied and demanded. This is a state where building contractors possessing innovative technology, better financial and manpower resources could thrive to build better buildings with innovative building methods and processes.

• 한국보건교육건강증진학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국보건교육건강증진학회 1999년도 3rd International Symposium
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• pp.149-163
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• 1999

네팔의 보건부산하 보건서비스부서에서는 5개년계획을 게우고 있으며, 지방에서 기본적인 보건의료서비스제공을 위한 주요 전략으로 일차보건의료사업을 하고 있다. 그러나 자유화 정책(Liberation policy)으로 인해 도시지역의 전문화된 서비스 개발, 인간자원 개발, 경영강화와 민간 및 대외 투자 등이 활발해졌다. 그러나 네팔은 아직도 높은 출산력, 영양결핍, 전염병, 높은 사망률 등을 겪고 있는 데 이는 조기결혼, 미신적인 전통신앙과 행동, 비위생적 생활, 빈곤, 문명, 감독과 모니터링의 결핍, 높은 인구밀도, 민간 및 대외활동에 더 많이 투자해야 하고; 인력개발 및 전문화된 서비스가 관리되어야 하며; 경영기술이 강화되고 이전사업의 평가를 통해 향후 사업수행상의 오류를 피할 수 있도록 해야 한다. 이러한 것들이 개선된다면 네필주민의 건강목표는 달성될 것이다.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.19-38
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• 2013

해운기업의 경우 선박과 같은 설비자산에 대한 타인자본의존도가 높아 자본구조를 포함한 재무건전성에 대한 관리가 여타 산업에 비해 높은 특징을 가지고 있다. 아울러 선박과 같은 자산의 확보에 거대 자본이 소요되는 만큼 조달비용을 포함한 자본비용과 장기지불능력을 동시에 고려해야 하는 특징도 가지고 있다. 즉, 투자에 따라 창출될 미래현금흐름이 자본비용뿐만 아니라 장기부채비용까지 보존되어야하는 것이다. 이를 바탕으로 본 연구는 타인자본조달이 중요한 해운기업들을 대상으로 부채 및 기업특성변수와 기업의 투자활동과의 관련성을 알아보고자 하였으며, 자산대비 부채비율, 부채만기, 금융비용 부담률이 해운기업의 투자활동 현금흐름과 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 아울러 부채가 증가할수록 투자활동현금흐름이 위축되는 결과를 보여주었으며, 기업규모가 작고 경기가 불황일수록 자본의 조달비용측면에 더욱 민감한 것으로 분석되었다. 반면 기업규모가 크고 상대적으로 호황일수록 자본조달비용측면보다는 자본구조에 더 민감한 나타났다. 결국 해운기업의 경우 부채관련 요인이 주요한 투자활동 변수임과 동시에 기업규모와 경기변화에 따라 투자의사결정요인이 다른 양상을 가짐을 시사해주고 있다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2015

Purpose - This paper aims to investigate whether information asymmetry could explain capital structures in Korean corporations. According to Myers (1984), firms prefer internal funding to external financing due to the costs associated with information asymmetry. When external financing is necessary, firms prefer to issue debt rather than equity by the same reasoning. Since Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999), numerous studies continue to debate the validity of the theory. In this paper, we show how the theory depends on assumptions and incorporated variables. We hope our investigation can provide helpful implications regarding capital structure, information asymmetry, and other firm characteristics. Specifically, our empirical results are complementary to the analysis of Son and Lee's (2015), a recent study that examines the pecking order theory prediction for Korean retail firms. Research design, data, and methodology - We test empirical models that are some variants of model used in Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999). The financial and accounting data are provided by WISEfn for the firms listed on the KOSPI during 1990 to 2013. Bond ratings are supplied by the Korea Investor Service (KIS). We take into account the heterogeneity in debt capacity; a firm's debt capacity is measured by using the method of Lemmon and Zender (2010) based on its bond ratings. Finally, we estimate empirical models suggested by Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999), Frank and Goyal (2003), and Lemmon and Zender (2010). Results - First, we find that Shyam-Sunder and Myers' (1999) prediction fails to explain total debt changes of Korean firms. Second, we find a non-monotonic relationship between total debt changes and financial deficits with respect to debt capacity. This contradicts the prediction of Lemmon and Zender (2010) that argues the pecking order theory survives with a monotonically increasing relationship. Third, we estimate a negative correlation coefficient between financial deficit and current debt changes. The result is the complete opposite of the prediction of Lemmon and Zender (2010). Finally, we also confirm the non-monotonic relationship between non-current debt changes and financial deficits with respect to debt capacity. Yet, the slope of coefficient is smaller than that of total debt change case. Indeed, the results are, to some extent, consistent with the prediction of pecking order theory, if we exclude the mid-debt capacity firms. Conclusions - Our empirical results complementary to the analysis of Son and Lee (2015), a recent study focusing on capital structure in Korean retail firms; their paper suggests interesting topics regarding capital structure, information asymmetry, and other firm characteristics in Korean corporations. Contrary to Son and Lee (2015), our results show that total debt changes and current debt changes are inconsistent with the prediction of Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999). However, similar to Son and Lee (2015), non-current debt changes are consistent with the pecking order prediction, in the case of excluding the mid-level debt capacity firms. This contrast allows us to infer that industry characteristics significantly affect the validity of the pecking order prediction. Further studies are needed to analyze the economics behind this phenomenon, which is beyond the scope of our paper. In addition, the estimation bias potentially matters regarding the firm-level debt capacity calculation. We also reserve this topic for future research.

• 재무관리연구
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.1-27
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• 2007

은행이 대출채권에 비해 유가증권을 더 선호하게 될 경우, 자본시장에 접근하기 어려운 은행의존적 차입자들이 자금난을 겪을 수 있다. 이러한 점에서 은행의 유가증권 선호 현상의 원인을 밝히는 것은 중요한 의의를 지닌다. 본 논문은 은행 순자산의 크기와 유가증권 선호도 간의 관계를 이론적 실증적으로 규명하고 있다. 외부충격이 발생하여 부보예금의 대량 인출이 이루어질 경우 은행이 이에 대응하여 기존의 대출을 축소하는 것은 쉽지 않다. 대출채권의 경우 낮은 유동성으로 인해 매각이 용이하지 않기 때문이다. 따라서 부보예금 인출 시 은행은 부보대상이 아닌 양도성예금증서, 금융채 등을 통해 자금을 조달해야 하는데, 자본시장이 불완전할 경우에는 외부조달 프리미엄의 존재로 인해 충분한 자금을 조달하기 어려울 수 있다. 그러나 만약 은행이 유동성 높은 유가증권을 보유하고 있다면, 외부조달 없이 보유 유가증권의 처분을 통해 예금인출에 대응할 수 있다. 바로 이 때문에 외부조달에 어려움이 존재할 경우 은행은 수익성은 낮지만 유동성이 높은 유가증권을 선호하는 것으로 보인다. 여기에서 은행의 유가증권 선호를 가져오는 핵심요인은 외부조달의 어려움인데, 이러한 외부조달의 어려움은 외부조달 프리미엄의 크기에 의존하며 이는 다시 은행 순자산의 크기에 의존한다. 따라서 만약 은행 순자산이 충분한 수준에서 유지되고 있다면, 은행들은 수익성 낮은 유가증권을 선호할 필요가 없어지는 것이다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2017

The IRR (internal rate of return) is often used by investors for the evaluation of engineering projects. Unfortunately, it is widely known that it has serial flaws. Also, External rate of returns (ERRs) such as ARR (Average Rate of Return) or MIRR (MIRR, Modified Internal Rate of Return) do not differentiate between the real investment and the expenditure. The PRR (Productive rate of return) is faithful to the conception of the return on investment. The PRR uses the effective investment instead of the initial investment. In this paper, we examined two cases of the engineering project. the one is a traditional engineering project with financing activity, another is the project with R&D. Although the IRR has only one value, it overestimates or underestimate profitabilities of Engineering Projects. The ARR and the MARR assume that a returned cash reinvest other projects or assets instead of the project currently executing. Thus they are only one value of a project's profitability, unlike the IRR. But the ARR does not classify into the effective investment and non-investment expenditure. It only accepts an initial expenditure as for an investment. The MIRR also fails to classify into the investment and the expenditure. It has an error of making a loss down as the investment. The IRR works as efficiently as a NPW (Net Present Worth). It clearly expresses a rate of return in respect of an investment in an engineering project with a loan. And it shows its ability in an engineering project with a R&D investment.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.353-379
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• 2019

This paper aims to determine factors causing the stagnation of Korean firms' fixed investment after the global financial crisis, using panel data for the period of 1999-2016. Fixed investment remained sensitive to cash flow and Tobin's q although their effects decreased after the global financial crisis. A decreasing trend of cash flow and an increase in Tobin's q since the early 2000's imply that the worsening cash flow was a major factor behind the sluggish investment after the crisis. Meanwhile, debt-equity ratio remained significant for non-chaebol affiliated firms, reflecting disparity in access to external financing. Volatility of stock returns also became insignificant after the crisis, casting doubt on the argument that uncertainty was a major factor contributing to the decline of fixed investment. Analysis of financial investment confirmed the significant effect of cash flow, larger than that on financial investment than on fixed investment. In particular, debt repayment and other financial investment, except share repurchase, were sensitive to cash flow. However, the substitution of fixed investment by financial investment is a consequence, rather than a cause of declining fixed investment.

• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find out the impact of financial leverage on firm's profitability in the listed textile sector of Bangladesh. Research design, data and methodology: A sample of 22 DSE listed textile firms has been used to conduct the study. In this study, firm profitability is measured by Return on Equity (ROE) and both short term debt and long term debt are used as the as proxies of financial leverage. Pooled Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Fixed Effect (FE), and Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) models have been used to test the relationship between financial leverage and profitability of firms. Result: This study finds a significant negative relationship between leverage and firm's profitability using the Pooled OLS method. The result is also consistent with the fixed effect and GMM method. This result implies that firm's profitability is negatively affected by the firm's capital structure. Conclusion: The study concludes that maximum textile firms use external debt as a source of finance as they don't have sufficient internally generated funds. This study recommends that firm should give more emphasize on generating fund internally to meet up their financing needs.