• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2009

A hypermarket as the one of the most globally standardized retailing format is also the type of store among various types of stores that the most active in expanding into other foreign markets. Recently, as several Korean retailing companies start to penetrate into Chinese market they differentiate themselves with modern facilities and customers service oriented high-end concept. China and Korea as Far East Asian countries share many common values, however precise and careful analysis should be carried out since there may also be critical differences in socio-economic aspects as well as in consumption patterns due to the level of development stages of retail industry among two countries. Even though precise and careful study is crucial on Chinese retailing market and consumers, none of researches and studies on 'how the quality of service dimensional structure is different between Korea and China', and 'what will be the most important and influential service dimensional factors for Chinese consuers compared to the hypermarkets customers in Korea' in order to improve the level of Chinese consumers satisfaction' have been fulfilled At this point of view, this study uses KD-SQS (Rho Eun Jung & Sir Yong Gu, 2008) which is a measure of Korean hypermarkets service quality to set up a hypothesis on Korean and Chinese consumers, and an empirical analysis is conducted. We try to get the answers about how the comparative importance of Service quality dimensions which decides the level of customer satisfaction is different depending on the cultural dimensions and socio-economic factors among two countries, Korea and China. Based upon the results, we try to give a valuable suggestion of what service dimensional factors should be reinforced to improve the level of CS in Chinese retailing market. Hypotheses for this study are as follows : H1. Each dimension of Service Quality significantly affects the level of CS H2. The effect of 'Basic Benefit' in service quality dimensions on the level of CS is greater in China than in Korea H3. The effect of 'Promotion' in service quality dimensions on the level of CS is greater in China than in Korea H4. The effect of 'Physical Aspects'in service quality dimensions on the level of CS is greater in Korea than in China. H5. The effect of 'Personal Interaction' in service quality dimensions on the level of CS is greater in China than in Korea H6. The effect of 'Policy' in service quality dimensions on the level of CS will be greater in Korean than in China H7. The effect of additional convenience in service quality dimensions on the level of CS will be greater in Korean than in China. More than 1,100 data were collected directly from the surveys of Chinese and Korean consumers in order to verify the hypotheses above. In Korea, stores which have floor space of over $9,000m^2$and opened later than year 2000 were selected for the samples, and thus Gayang, Wolgye, Sangbong, Eunpyeong, Suh-Suwon, Gojan stores and their customers were surveyed. In China, notable differences in the income levels and consumer behaviors between cities and regions were considered, and thus the research area was limited to the stores only in Shanghai. 6 stores which have the size of over $6,000m^2$ and opened later than 2000, such as Ruihong, Intu, Mudanjang, Sanrin, Raosimon, and Ranchao stores were selected for the survey. SPSS 12.0 and AMOS 7.0 were used as statistical tools, and exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and multi-group analysis were conducted. In order to carry out a multi group analysis that decides whether the structure variables which shows the different effects of 6 service dimensions in Korean and Chinese groups is statistically valid, configural invariance, metric invariance, and structural invariance are tested in order. At the results of the tests, 3 out of 7 hypotheses were supported and other 4 hypotheses were denied. According to the study, 4 dimensions (Basic Benefit, Physical Environment, Policy, and additional convenience) were positively correlated with CS in Korea, and 3 dimensions (i.e. basic benefit, policy, additional convenience) were significant in China. However, the significance of the service-dimensions was turned out to be partially different in Korea and China. The Basic Benefit is more influential in deciding the level of CS in china than Korea, however Physical Aspect is more important factor in Korea. 'Policy dimension' did not make significant difference between two countries. In the 'additional convenience dimension', the differences in 'socio-economic factors' than in'cultural background' were considered as more important in Chinese consumers than Korean. Overall, the improvement of Service quality will be crucial factors to increase the level of CS in Chinese market same as Korean market. In addition, more emphases need to be placed on the service qualities of 'Basic Benefit' and 'additional convenience' dimensions in China. In particular, 'low price' and 'product diversity' that constitute 'Basic Benefit' are proved to be comparatively disadvantageous and weak points of Korean companies compared to global players, and thus the prompt strengthening those dimensions would be urgent for Korean retailers. Moreover, additional conveniences such as various tenants and complex service and entertaining area will be more important in China than in Korea. Besides, Applying advanced Korean Hypermaret`s customer policy to Chinese consumers will help to get higher reliability and to differentiate themselves to other competitors. However, as personal interaction, physical aspect, promotions were proved as not significant for the level of CS in China, Korean companies need to reconsider the priority order of resource allocations when they tap into Chinese market.

• 한국유통학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국유통학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.383-405
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• 2005

재래시장은 지역의 중심지적인 특성과 문화적인 특성이 고스란히 반영된 지역 거점지이며 인근 지역주민의 상거래라는 1차적 장소적 기능과 사회문화적 측면의 상호 정보문화교류, 커뮤니티 공간 형성으로 유통의 집객시설과 집적시설로서 중요한 역할과 기능을 하고 있다. 5인 이하 가족 단위의 생계형으로 취급상품, 구입방범, 판매방식 등이 전근대적인 경영기법을 통해 한국의 대표적 소매업태로서의 역할을 해오고 있다. 1990년대 이후 신유통업태와 대형할인점 진출로 인해 재래시장은 급격한 경쟁력 상실과 소비자들의 생활수준의 향상, 구매패턴의 변화, 인터넷의 급속한 확산 등 외부적인 유통 환경변화에서 경쟁력을 상실하고 설 자리를 잃어가고 있다. 정부의 지역경제 활성화와 국민경제의 발전 측면에서 고령화된 재래시장에 대한 대책 중 정부의 예산지원 정책으로 환경개선사업, 연구용역, 경영현대화중심의 국고지원 사업은 2001년부터 2004년까지 총 3,853억원의 국고가 지원되었으나 활성화 사업의 실효성에는 아직 정확히 나타나고 있지 않은 상황으로 조사되었다. 또한 지원사업을 추진함에 있어 시장상인리더들의 전문성결여로 종합적인 추진전략과 중장기적 계획수립 및 자발적인 상인들의 합의점 유도 반감으로 지속적인 사업추진방향에 한계점을 나타냈다. 재래시장이 단순히 물건을 사고파는 물리적인 장소적 의미에서 벗어나 새로운 지역 장소적 생활공간으로 커뮤니티적 접근을 통한 장소적 창조전략이 필요하다. 이에 시대적 패러다임 변화에 따른 새로운 사업 방향 전환을 통해 재래시장의 장소적 기능 도입을 동해 문화적 경제적 의미를 지닌 공간으로 재조명을 동해 발전방향을 제시하고자 한다. 재래시장은 지역 기반으로 한 지역생활자들과 자연스럽게 커뮤니티를 상호 형성하고 정보와 지식 공유를 통해 부 창출 공간으로 재생되어야 할 것이다 재래시장이 부 창출 공간으로 재생하려면 시대적 장소적 환경에 맞는 시설과 교류활동을 통찬 상호신뢰구축 활동 속에서 고객이 원하는 방향으로 영업환경도 변화하여야 하며, 지역단위 중심 영국의 TCM, 미국의 BID, 일본의 TMO 등 해외 벤치마킹을 통한 단위 시장상가 점포단위의 점(點)정책에서 선(線)단위의 상가로 환경사업과 거시적인 지역단위중심인 면(面) 정책적 접근을 통한 커뮤니티적인 발상 전환이 필요하다. 국내외 사례비교 분석을 통해 사회적 정책수요 발굴과 기존의 추진방법에 대한 선진사례 연구를 통한 NPO, NGO 등의 시민기업가와 이를 수행키 위한 혁신성과 전문성조정능력을 갖춘 리더자 양성이 무엇보다 중요하다. 특히 지역자원 활용 소스 중심의 문화관린 산업의 seeds 발굴과 향토상품의 상품화와 네트워크 조직망 구축을 위한 지역중심의 복합 생활문화 공간이 필요할 것이며, 이를 촉진키 위한 mentor academy시스템 접근을 통해 점점 고령화되어 가고 있는 재래시장에 대해 차별적 특성이 반영된 종합적이고 체계적 접근 방법연구가 필요하다.