• 대한약침학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2003

Background & Methods : In order to measure the acute and subacute toxicity of Vermilionum and it's anti-cancer effects, Sarcoma-180 abdominal cancer cells were injected intravenously. The following results were obtained after measuring the survival rate, toxicity of the NK cells, and IL- 2 productivity. Results : 1. It was impossible to measure $LD_{50}$ value in the acute toxicity test and no toxic effects were witnessed in the clinical observation. 2. No significant differences were shown in the weight changes between the experiment groups and the control group in the acute toxicity test. 3. No peculiar toxic effects were shown in the subacute toxicity test and the weight changes were insignificant between the experiment groups and the control group. 4. In measuring the survival rate after inducing abdominal cancer by Sarcoma-180, the experiment groups showed increased of 9.52% compared to the control group. 5. In measuring the activity of NK cells, no significant changes were shown between the experiment groups and the control group. 6. In measuring the productivity of IL-2, significant reduction was shown in the experiment groups compared to the normal group, but no significance was witnessed compared to the control group.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2019

Under the Act No. 21 of 2008, Islamic banks in Indonesia as an intermediary institution are obligated to manage the resources simultaneously, the financial funds as well as the social funds, e.g. zakah, infaq, and sadaqah. This study aims to investigate the productivity change of social funds and financial funds of Islamic Banks in Indonesia. Non-parametric tests of Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) is applied to annual data from period 2012 to 2017, encompassing post-reform of banking authority from Bank Indonesia to The Financial Services Authority (OJK) at 2012. The samples are nine Islamic banks in Indonesia which were able to provide the data during observation period. The results indicate that social funds are more productive than financial funds and productivity change tends to trade off. The productivity of social funds is progressed by 8.2% while the financial funds is regressed by 5.4%. Overall, the productivity change of Islamic banks is influenced by technological aspect rather than the efficiency aspect. Besides, BRI Syariah is the best performer in managing financial funds while BCA Syariah as the best performer in social funds. It implies that the policymakers may strengthen the supervisory and coaching to increase the Islamic banks' productivity in both activities.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.47-67
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• 2010

본고에서는 탄소생산성(환경경제효율)이 미래 저탄소사회에서 기업이 지속가능한 발전을 달성하기 위한 환경전략의 목표가 될 수 있는지를 확인하기 위해 탄소생산성과 기업의 재무성과 간에는 어떠한 관련성이 있는지를 실증적으로 분석하고자 하였다. 분석 결과를 요약하면 첫째 탄소생산성이 높은 기업일수록 재무성과가 향상되는 것으로 나타났다. 탄소생산성(환경효율) 개념을 수정 보완한 Factor-X지표도 재무성과에 유의한 양의 영향을 미치는 것을 보여주었다. 둘째 재무성과가 양호한 기업일수록 차기의 탄소생산성도 개선될 것이라는 가설도 지지되었다. 그러나 탄소생산성과 재무성과 간에 장기적 영향(효과)은 나타나지 않았다. 끝으로 산업특성(에너지다소비산업 여부)에 따라 탄소생산성과 재무성과의 관련성이 달라진다는 사실도 확인되었다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.225-235
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• 2013

This study purposed to analyze the productivity of regional medical capacity in attracting medical tourist between 2009 and 2011. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Malmquist productivity index (MPI) were applied to test the productivity and changes in study periods. The DEA model included a number of doctors, nurses, and beds as input factors, and a number of inpatient and outpatient, and hospital income as output factors. The result of the study were as follow. Jeju had efficiency value of 1 for three years. Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Ulsan, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Jeonnam, Gyeongbuk, and Gyeongnam showed an increasing trend of efficiency value over three years. Seoul had the efficiency value, 1, in 2011. But, Incheon, Gwangju showed decreasing efficiency score during the study period. MPI showed overall productivity decrease during the period. Further studies will be needed by collecting more time-series data.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.53-80
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• 2021

The main objective of this study is to determine whether there have been TFP increases in the Korean manufacturing sector due to trade liberalization since the 1990s. Based on the methodology proposed by Pavcnik (2002), which focuses on the channel through which trade liberalization measures enhance overall industrial productivity by triggering the exit of low-productivity firms, this study tests the following two hypotheses: first, the TFP increase in the Korean tradable industry is not higher than that in the non-tradable industry, and second, plants with lower TFP levels did not exit from the tradable industry. Through the rejection of these two hypotheses, it is possible to infer indirectly the effect of trade liberalization on firm productivity rates in Korea since the 1990s. First, this analysis reveals that since the 1990s, the TFP of the tradable sector compared to the non-tradable sector presented a statistically meaningful increase only in the 2000s, when China joined the WTO and trade increased sharply between Korea and China. Secondly, TFP growth in the tradable sector was positively affected by exits, as it was plants with lower TFP levels that ceased to exist.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.211-238
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• 2005

한국경제는 경제전반의 생산성에 있어서 OECD 국가 중 최하위에 있다. 이러한 생산성 격차와 함께, 한국경제는 구조변화를 경험하고 있다. 설비투자는 급격하게 감소하고 있는 반면, 연구개발투자는 크게 확대되고 있지는 않다. 한국이 당면한 과제는 과거의 추격성장전략에서 지식기반경제로 전환하는 것이다. 이를 위한 과제는 무엇인가? 본 논문은 이 과제를 혁신을 통한 생산성 제고라는 측면에서 검토하고 있다. 외환위기 이후 한국의 산업혁신시스템의 괄목할 만한 변화의 하나는 혁신네트워크가 새롭게 등장하고 있다는 것이다. 이러한 혁신 네트워크는 향후 산업혁신시스템의 중핵으로 자리할 것이며, 한국경제의 생산성 제고에 긍정적으로 기여할 것이다. 본 논문은 자동차산업에 대한 사례를 통하여 이러한 변화를 명시적으로 보여준다. 향후 한국 산업혁신시스템의 강화를 위해서는 산업의 상위부문의 강화, 중소기업의 혁신기반 확대 및 국내기업과 외국인기업 사이의 기술협력 촉진이 필요하다.

• 농촌계획
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2003

The objectives of the study are to improve techniques for social impact assessment and to suggest their measuring methods to apply in small scale rural development projects. Population, residence, industries, and traffic volumes were selected to measure the social and economic impact assessment of Seongeup agricultural water development project in Jeju Province. Existing data gathering methods were used to estimate the changes of population and traffic volumes. Interview schedule for villagers was applied to estimate the residents' satisfaction to living environments. Interview schedule for experts was applied to estimate agricultural productivity and land price. The results of social and economic impact assessment show that there will be considerable changes in living environments, agricultural productivity, and land price. On the contrary, the project will make little impacts on the changes of population, em-ployment, and traffic volumes.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.761-768
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• 2017

Purpose: Quality management has significantly contributed to the productivity revolution in the past century. However, the argument that quality can be an impediment to innovation in the age of industry 4.0 has intensified recently. Possible solutions to this controversial issue are discussed. Methods: The research papers and magazine articles which described quality as an impediment to innovation are reviewed, and the industries in which this particular problem arises are examined. Results: Conventional quality management is as effective as ever when technology changes quite slowly. However, strong 'quality first' culture serves as an impediment to innovation when technology changes quickly as in the ICT(information and communication technology) industry and platform business. Conclusion: When the technology changes rapidly, faster time-to-market is much more important than variation control and continuous improvement. Moving from a productivity focus to a creativity focus is also required in quality management.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2020

This study aims to measure the efficiency and productivity change of 30 domestic construction companies from 2010 to 2018 using data envelopment analysis(DEA) and Malmquist productivity index (MI). In particular, we used the number of employees, capital stock, and non-current assets as input variables, and sales and net income as ouput variables for the analysis. The dataset used for the analysis of efficiency and productivity changes is the employee profile and financial statements for the companies from 2010 to 2018. We found that the MI of the 30 companies is greater than one since 2013. This is because many years of TEC (Technical Efficiency Change) is greater than 1, which means that the productivity index increases as the TEC increases. In addition, the MI value was less than 1, which lowered the productivity of construction firms in 2018. The results of the study may help decision makers to find effective future management plans by analyzing the internal and external factors.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.387-396
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• 2010

This paper estimates changes in the total factor productivity and technical efficiency change index and the technical change index using the Malmquist productivity index (MPI) in fishery-processed wholesale products over the time period spanning 2006-2008. The model considers a number of employees and operating costs as input factors, and sales and EBIT (earnings before tax and interest) as output factors. The results demonstrate that, between 2006 and 2007, there has generally been no technical progress, although a small improvement in productivity was detected in the sales scale of 10 billion won-50 billion won. Between 2007 and 2008, there was technical progress in the majority of DMU, except within the range of 20 million won-10 billion won. Wilcoxon's rank-sum test, however, demonstrates no statistically significant differences in productivity between the two periods.