• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.69-81
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• 2021

The aim of this paper is to identify the key determinants in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows by using a balanced data panel for the period from 1995 to 2018. This study covers GCC countries in their entirety. The study uses ten explanatory variables, namely, trade ratio, gross domestic product, external balance, fuel exports, gross savings, international tourism, military expenditure, net foreign assets, services value added, and total natural resources. The authors have tried to find the best fit model from the differences methods considered such as OLS, GLS regression with the help of Hausman test, and country by country regressions as additional analysis. The study revealed a significantly positive association between inflation, trade ratio, gross domestic product, gross savings, and net foreign assets with FDI. On the contrary, international tourism was revealed to have a negative association with FDI. The sample of all GCC countries chosen for this study has not been considered widely by any earlier study. Moreover, this study covered many determinants of FDI that add to the previous literature. It is a significant contribution to the current research body and stresses the originality of this paper.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.19-38
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• 2008

Financial ratios are key indicators of an organization's financial and business conditions. Among various financial indicators, profitability, financial structure, financial activity and liquidity ratios are frequently used and analyzed. Using the structural equation modeling(SEM) technique, this study examines the structural causal relationships among key financial indicators. Data for this study are taken from complete financial statements from 142 hospitals that passed the standardization audit undertaken by the Korean Hospital Association from 1998 to 2001 for the purpose of accrediting teaching hospitals. In order to improve comparability, ratio values are standardized using the Blom's normal distribution. The final model of the SEM has four latent constructs: financial activity(total asset turnover, fixed asset turnover), liquidity(current ratio, quick ratio, collection period), financial structure(total debt to equity, long-term debt to equity, fixed assets to fund balance), and profitability(return on assets, normal profit to total assets, operating margin to gross revenue, normal profit to gross revenue). While examining several model fit indices(Chi-square (df) = 178.661 (40), likelihood ratio=4.467, RMR=.11, GFI=.849, RMSEA=.157), the final SEM we employed shows a relatively good fit. After examining the path coefficient of the constructs, the financial structure of the hospital affects the hospital's profitability in a statistically significant way. A hospital which utilizes its liabilities, more specifically fixed liabilities, and makes a stable investment decision for fixed assets was found to have a higher profitability than other hospitals. Then, the standard path coefficients were examined to directly compare the influence of variables. It was found that there were no statistically significant path coefficients among constructs. When it comes to variables, however, statistically significant relationships were found. between. financial activity and. fixed. asset turnover, and between profitability and normal profit to gross revenue. These results show that the observed variables of fixed asset turnover and normal profit to gross revenue can be used as indicators representing financial activity and profitability.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.917-929
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• 2021

This study highlights the importance of remittance, the factors which affect the percentage of income remitted, and the investment options available to reduce remittance. For the year 2019, the remittances from Oman totaled $9.1 billion. Oman was among the top remitters with remittance to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 11.9%. A survey was conducted on 300 resident expats in Oman. The descriptive analysis shows that the maximum remittance percentage is between 21%-40% of income. The multinomial logistic regression results show that outward remittance depends on gender, age, occupation, number of dependent in Oman, and the number of dependent in the home country. Regarding investment, the most preferred investment option is business, followed by real estate and financial services. Age and education are found to affect investment options. This paper tries to fill the literature gap, especially for the case of Oman, by exploring what determines the level of remittance and the preferred choices for retaining funds. This study adds to the existing literature, as no previous study is available regarding how personal factors can influence the level of remittance and investment in a small oil-exporting developing country like Oman. The study will be helpful to policymakers and academicians in devising policies to retain and invest the outwards remittances in Oman.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제22권
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• pp.137-165
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• 2007

It seems high time to increase productivity by adopting e-business to overcome challenges posed by both external factors including the appreciation of Korean won, oil hikes and fierce global competition and domestic issues represented by disparities between large corporations and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Seoul metropolitan and local cities, and export and domestic demand all of which weaken future growth engines in the Korean economy. The demands of the globalization era are for innovative changes in businessprocess and industrial structure aiming for creating new values. To this end, e-business is expected to play a core role in the sophistication of the Korean economy through new values and innovation. In order to examine business performance in e-business-adopting industries, this study analyzed the home shopping industry by closely looking into the financial ratios including the ratio of net profit to sales, the ratio of operation income to sales, the ratio of gross cost to sales cost, the ratio of gross cost to selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense, and return of investment (ROI). This study, for best outcome, referred to corporate financial statements as a main resource to calculate financial ratios by utilizing Data Analysis, Retrieval and Transfer System (DART) of the Financial Supervisory Service, one of the Korea's financial supervisory authorities. First of all, the result of the trend analysis on the ratio of net profit to sales is as following. CJ Home Shopping has registered a remarkable increase in its ratio of net profit rate to sales since 2002 while its competitors find it hard to catch up with CJ's stunning performances. This is partly due to the efficient management compared to CJ's value of capital. Such significance, if the current trend continues, will make the front-runner assume the largest market share. On the other hand, GS Home Shopping, despite its best organized system and largest value of capital among others, lacks efficiency in management. Second of all, the result of the trend analysis on the ratio of operation income to sales is as following. Both CJ Home Shopping and GS Home Shopping have, until 2004, recorded similar growth trend. However, while CJ Home Shopping's operating income continued to increase in 2005, GS Home Shopping observed its operating income declining which resulted in the increasing income gap with CJ Home Shopping. While CJ Home Shopping with the largest market share in home shopping industryis engaged in aggressive marketing, GS Home Shopping due to its stability-driven management strategies falls behind CJ again in the ratio of operation income to sales in spite of its favorable management environment including its large capital. Companies in the Group B were established in the same year of 2001. NS Home Shopping was the first in the Group B to shift its loss to profit. Woori Home Shopping has continued to post operating loss for three consecutive years and finally was sold to Lotte Group in 2007, but since then, has registered a continuing increase in net income on sales. Third of all, the result of the trend analysis on the ratio of gross cost to sales cost is as following. Since home shopping falls into sales business, its cost of sales is much lower than that of other types of business such as manufacturing industry. Since 2002 in gross costs including cost of sales, SG&A expense, and non-operating expense, cost of sales turned out to have remarkably decreased. Group B has also posted a notable decline in the same sector since 2002. Fourth of all, the result of the trend analysis on the ratio of gross cost to SG&A expense is as following. Due to its unique characteristics, the home shopping industry usually posts ahigh ratio of SG&A expense. However, more than 80% of SG&A expense means the result of lax management and at the same time, a sharp lower net income on sales than other industries. Last but not least, the result of the trend analysis on ROI is as following. As for CJ Home Shopping, the curve of ROI looks similar to that of its investment on fixed assets. As it turned out, the company's ratio of fixed assets to operating income skyrocketed in 2004 and 2005. As far as GS Home Shopping is concerned, its fixed assets are not as much as that of CJ Home Shopping. Consequently, competition in the home shopping industry, at the moment, is among CJ, GS, Hyundai, NS and Woori Home Shoppings, and all of them need to more thoroughly manage their costs. In order for the late-comers of Group B and other home shopping companies to advance further, the current lax management should be reformed particularly on their SG&A expense sector. Provided that the total sales volume in the Internet shopping sector is projected to grow over 20 trillion won by the year 2010, it is concluded that all the participants in the home shopping industry should put strategies on efficient management on costs and expenses as their top priority rather than increase revenues, if they hope to grow even further after 2007.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.231-240
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• 2008

해외 직접투자는 그룹(지역)별, 시간별로 다양한 원인에 의해서 투자결정이 이루어지고 있어 복잡성을 띠고 있다. 본 연구에서는 복잡성을 띠고 있는 해외 직접투자의 제 변인들을 파악하기 위해 패널 데이터를 이용한 연구 모형을 설정하고 이를 통해 해외 직접투자에 결정적으로 영향을 미치는 제 변인에 대하여 조사, 분석, 검증한다. 본 연구는 7그룹(아시아, 북미, 유럽, 중남미, 대양주, 아프리카, 중동)을 분석대상으로 하였다. 분석기간은 2002년 6월부터 2007년 12월 까지의 자료를 이용하였고, 해외직접투자액을 종속변수로 설정하고 국내총생산, 경상수지, 환율, 고용율, 평균가동률(제조업), 소비자물가지수, 수출액, 임금(사업 서비스업)을 설명(독립)변수로 투입하였다. 본 연구에서는 실증분석을 위하여 LIMDEP 8.0 소프트웨어를 이용하고 결정요인 추정에 있어서 TWECRT모형의 임의모형 중심으로 분석하였다. 한국의 해외 직접투자 결정요인을 추정한 결과 고용율과 임금(사업서비스업)의 계수 값이 각각 유의적인 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나고 환율, 소비자물가지수 및 수출액 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 제조업 평균 가동률은 정 (+), 국내총생산 및 경상수지는 부(-)의 영향을 미치지만 해외직접투자에 큰 영향을 주지는 않은 것으로 나타났다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2011

The study intends to conduct an analysis of relations between efficiency of investment to human resources and the operating margin in hospitals. The analyzed results are as follows: First, it is found out that an index related to labor productivity(the monthly value added per bed, the value added ratio to gross revenue), and an index for efficiency of human resources(value added to personnel expenses), do not have a significant difference by years. Second, labor productivity, indicating the efficiency of human resources, does not have a significant difference between regions and between hospital types. But there is a significant difference according to types of establishment: private hospitals have higher labor productivity(efficiency of human resources) than corporate hospitals. The hospital size is small have significantly higher labor productivity. As a result of a follow-up check, it is found out that there is separation between a group with more than 200 beds and a group with less than 200 beds. Third, at the relations between the indices related to value-added productivity and the operating margin that the higher the value added ratio to gross revenue and the higher labor productivity, the higher the operating margin. Especially, labor productivity(value added to personnel expenses), an index for the efficiency of human resources, out of all the indices related value added productivity, has the most significant influence on the operating margin.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.23-40
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• 2015

본 연구는 시스템 다이내믹스 기법을 활용하여 주요 해운정책이 우리나라 외항선대 증가에 미치는 영향에 대하여 분석하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 시뮬레이션을 위해 사용된 변수는 2005년부터 2013년까지 우리나라 해운기업이 보유한 선박척수와 총톤수, BDI, HRCI, CCFI, WS, 달러 대비 환율, 세계 선대규모, 우리나라 해운업계 부채비율 등이고, 해운정책이 외항선대 증가에 어떤 영향을 주는지를 검증하기 위하여 국제선박등록 톤수, 정책금융기관의 해운기업에 대한 대출액수, 톤세제 적용기업의 수, 선박펀드 규모 등 4가지 정책변수에 대해 민감도 분석을 실시하였다. 예측값의 정확도를 파악하기 위해 절대평균 오차비율(MAPE) 검증을 실시하였는데, MAPE 값이 3.46%로서 10%이내에 해당하여 매우 높은 정확도를 가지는 시뮬레이션 모델로 평가되었다. 민감도 분석결과, 국제선박등록 톤수, 정책금융기관의 대출액수, 선박펀드 규모, 톤세제 적용기업의 수의 순으로 영향도가 큰 것으로 분석되었다.

• Asia Pacific Journal of Business Review
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.19-44
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• 2021

Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) is receiving increased investments in the energy sector under the belt and road initiative (BRI) project since its inception in 2013. SSA has a worse energy efficiency ratio coupled with deficient electricity access, through analysis showed varied impacts on the SSA countries due to the BRI initiative. This study dilves into the influencing factors for Energy Efficiency (EE) in 38 SSA countries, applying the probit and logit approach for 2000-2018. The Multiple-regression model shows significant results of some variables such as foreign direct investment, gross domestic product, and port infrastructure quality being significant on EE under BRI initiative countries. However, the logit and probit models produce similar results and the marginal effect for the entire variable, except energy imports that do not likely impact EE. Furthermore, the interaction of quality of port infrastructure and foreign direct investment variables produces significant results, highlighting the increased investments SSA receives under the BRI initiative in the energy and transport sectors. The model Percent correctly predicted (PCP) value was about 84%, indicating it correctly classified the variables and about 16% not classified. The study recommends EE performance standards should be incorporated on energy projects in SSA to ensure that these projects are energy efficient and decouple SSA's energy demand from economic growth. The research proffers suggestions for policy regarding the BRI initiative in SSA and the implications on sustainable energy and building a community with a shared future.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.9-20
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• 2018

본 논문은 법인의 전기 사내유보가 당기 연구개발 투자에 미치는 영향을 분석함으로써 미환류 소득세제가 어느 정도 효과를 거두고 있는지 실증분석 하고자 하였으며 추가로 교육훈련비를 조절변수로 사용하여 정부정책의 유효성도 알아보고자 하였다. 또한 GBM 모델을 이용하여 그 효과를 한 번 더 살펴보았다. 연구 결과 교육훈련비의 조절효과와 매개효과 모두 유의미한 효과가 있는 것으로 판단할 수 있었고 모형1, 모형2, 모형3에서 모두 이자비용과 복리후생비 변수가 99% 수준에서 유의미함을 확인할 수 있었던 반면 전기유보율은 모든 모형에서 유의미하지 않은 결과를 보여주었다. 이를 통해 정부의 미환류 소득세제 도입 취지인 사내 유보금 과세를 추진하면 기업은 그 재원으로 물적 및 인적 투자를 늘릴 것이라는 가정은 아직 그 효과가 미미한 것으로 사료된다. 추가분석으로 실시한 융합 차원에서의 GBM 모형에서도 비슷한 결과가 도출되었다. 앞으로의 과제는 미환류 소득세제의 시행기간인 3년간(2015~2017)의 시계열 분석을 통하여 정부정책의 효과를 살펴볼 필요가 있다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.574-580
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 제주국제자유도시 및 경제자유구역의 경제적 성과를 외국인직접투자(FDI), 지역내총생산(GRDP), 고용률(EPR) 데이터를 이용하여 통계적 검정과 패널분석의 이중차분모형(Difference-In-Difference model)으로 살펴보고, 세 변수의 관계를 지역별 데이터 및 패널 벡터오차수정모형(PVECM: Panel Vector Error Correction Model)을 이용하여 살펴보았다. FDI 신고액 대비 도착액의 비율인 실투자율 연평균증가율의 경우 수도권이 비수도권보다 높게 나타났다. FDI 도착액의 성장과 상대적 규모를 살펴보면 16개 지역 중 7개 지역이 성장도 낮고, 규모도 작은 것으로 나타났다. 통계적 분석 결과 지구지정 전후의 변화에서 2개 지역을 제외하고는 일부 변수에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 나타났으나 순수한 지구지정 정책효과인 지를 판단할 수 있는 이중차분 추정치는 통계적 유의성이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, PVECM을 이용하여 세 변수의 상호 관계를 분석해 본 결과 상호 설명력은 상당히 제한적이었으나 수도권 지역보다는 비수도권 지역에서, 광역지역 보다는 시도지역에서 크게 나타났다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때, FDI 유입이 GRDP 증가 및 고용률 상승 등 지역경제 활성화로 연결될 수 있는 FDI 유치 메커니즘을 구축하는 것이 필요하다고 하겠다.