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Key Success Factors of Home-Based Business among Female Entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia

  • bin Dahari, Zainurin;Abu Bakar, Abdul Rahim;Al-Gosaibi, Sahar
    • Asia Pacific Journal of Business Review
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    • 제3권2호
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    • pp.43-66
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    • 2019
  • Home-based business (HBB) is one of the fastest growing form of business start-ups where the business is conducted from home. In develop economies, the HBB industry is an engine for economic growth that has proven its viability through significant contribution to the national GDP. In view of its importance, the Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Industry encourage local women to start and develop their own HBB as it gives them the flexibility while still contributing to the national economy. Although various initiatives have been taken place, little information is available about Saudi HBB. This study therefore aims to determine the factors that contribute to the growth as well as the challenges of female HBB in Saudi Arabia. The study was based on qualitative approach which adopted an in-depth interview with eleven Saudi females who run HBB. The findings revealed that HBB contributing factors comprised of access to funding, sufficiency of savings and the influence of the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in starting the business. Meanwhile, the obstacles are government regulations and policies, culture, and home design. The study recommendations include improving banks and service institution policy and procedures to enable HBB to have access to funding and services and to develop legal policies to protect the right of the HBB operator and customers. Finally, the study also suggests future research on managerial factors that can contribute to HBB female success, the stress coping mechanism of HBB and the factors contributing to the difference between HBB in growth strategies.

외국인 직접 투자(FDI)가 GVC 참여도와 수출 부가가치에 미치는 영향 (Foreign Direct Investment(FDI), GVC Participation and Trade in Value Added)

  • 이가은;인령;최영준
    • 무역학회지
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    • 제44권5호
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    • pp.107-125
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    • 2019
  • This study analyzes the effects of FDI on the global value chain (GVC) using participation and export value added using panel data from 2005 to 2016 for 63 countries. This study used the GLS method. Results are as follows: First, foreign direct investment had a positive impact on the global value chain (GVC) participation and export value added of non-OECD economies. Furthermore, tariff rates were more sensitive to non-OECD countries than OECD countries. In addition, logistics infrastructure had a negative impact on global value chain (GVC) participation and export value added, while developed countries, such as OECD countries, with good infrastructure, had a positive impact on non-OECD countries. Finally, research and development costs have been shown to play a very important role in non-OECD countries. This study found that various service sectors, such as research and development (R & D) as well as the general manufacturing industry, are expanding beyond two countries to form global value chains (GVC) in which several countries are connected from production to consumption.

Preference of User Groups on Facade Elements of Remodeled Factories in Korea

  • Liu, Yuanzhao;Park, Changbae
    • Architectural research
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.29-40
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    • 2022
  • The transition from manufacturing to service-based economies in highly developed societies during the post-industrial period resulted in the decline of the industrial landscape, leaving it abandoned or underutilized. In pursuit of revitalizing the obsolete industrial space, innovative design techniques based on adaptive reuse are applied to retrofit modern functions to create a new cultural space and preserve the historical, symbolic, and cultural importance of the abandoned industrial facilities. Design considerations based on facade redesign have proven to be one of the most adopted techniques that can help in recreating a new function for the vacant industrial buildings and integrating them into the present-day urban fabric. This paper examines the facade renovation elements used for the adaptive reuse of 15 abandoned industrial buildings presently used as multi-purpose facilities in South Korea. Through a questionnaire survey, this study analyzes the respondents' preference for different facade renovation elements in the 15 sites according to age and gender. The study found that both genders showed similar preference patterns between most elements. But on some elements, females were keener and expressed a stronger opinion than males. There were much more females than males who perceived color and material as the most important exterior elements. The findings of this study can be used for the adaptive reuse of industrial buildings according to user preferences for different facade renovation elements.

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

  • BUI, Trung Huy;NGUYEN, Huong Thu;PHAM, Yen Nhu;NGUYEN, Trang Thu Thi;LE, Linh Thao;LE, Giang Thu Tran
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제9권7호
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 2022
  • The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused serious impacts not only on human health but also on the economies around the world. Enterprises play an important role in the development of every country but it is also one of the most affected sectors during the pandemic. Drawing on panel data of 131 enterprises listed on the Vietnamese stock exchange from 2016Q1 to 2021Q3, this study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on firm performance. Enterprises are classified into seven industries including Agriculture, Material, Industry, Real estate and Construction, Energy, Consumer, and Service. The paper also analyzes the variation of the effects among companies, focusing on differences in revenue and capital structure. The results show that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affects business performance. In addition, the empirical findings indicate that revenue and debt decreasing can cause deterioration of firm performance during the pandemic period. The decrease in revenue has a direct impact on firm profitability. The reduction of debt levels affects the corporate leverage leading to adverse effects on firm performance. The negative effect is more pronounced for companies in some specific sectors including industry, real estate, construction, consumption, and services.

Covid-19 and Transitions: Case Material from Southeast Asia

  • King, Victor T.
    • 수완나부미
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.27-59
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    • 2022
  • During the past two decades, the Southeast Asian region has experienced a range of major crises. Service industries such as tourism and the marginal and migrant laborers who work in them have usually been at the sharp end of these testing events, from natural and environmental disasters, epidemics and pandemics, global financial slumps, terrorism, and political conflict. The latest challenge is the "Novel Coronavirus" (Covid-19/SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. It has already had serious consequences for Southeast Asia and its tourism development and these will continue for the foreseeable future. Since the SARS epidemic of 2002-2004, Southeast Asian economies have become integrated increasingly into those of East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong). This paper examines one of the most significant current crises, Covid-19, and its consequences for Southeast Asia, its tourism industry, and its workers, comparing experiences across the region, and the issues raised by the over-dependence of some countries on East Asia. In research on crises, the main focus has been on dramatic, unpredictable natural disasters, and human-generated global economic downturns. Not so much attention has been devoted to disease and contagion, which has both natural and socio-cultural dimensions in origins and effects, and which, in the case of Covid-19, evoke a pre-crisis period of normality, a liminal transition or "meantime" and a post-crisis "new normality." The transition is not straightforward; in many countries, it operates as a set of serial lockdowns and restrictions, and to predict an uncertain future remains difficult.

에티오피아 모바일화폐 서비스의 채택의향과 사용행태 결정요인 (Determinants of Behavioral Intention and Usage of Mobile Money Services in Ethiopia)

  • ;황기현
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.23-35
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    • 2020
  • 모바일 화폐는 금융 서비스 제공에 혁명을 일으켜 신흥국, 특히 동 아프리카 국가의 금융에 대한 접근성을 향상시킬 수 있는 금융 포용을 가능하게 하는 핵심 요소이다. 따라서 본 연구는 UTAUT2 모델을 이용하여 에티오피아에서 모바일 화폐 서비스를 채택하려는 개인의 행동 의도 및 실제 사용에 영향을 미치는 주요 결정 요인을 분석하는 것을 목표로 한다. 본 연구 모델과 가설은 에티오피아의 여러 지역에서 200명의 응답자를 추출하여 테스트했다. 데이터 분석 결과는 정부 지원, 성과 기대, 촉진 조건, 모바일 화폐 서비스에 대한 신뢰 및 노력 기대가 에티오피아의 모바일 화폐 서비스 사용에 영향을 미치는 주요 요인으로 도출된 반면, 사회적 영향과 낮은 거래 비용 요소는 통계적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 모바일 화폐 서비스의 낮은 수수료 책정보다는 적절한 정책과 규정을 통한 모바일 화폐 서비스 활성화를 위한 에티오피아 정부의 적극적 노력과 지원만이 자국의 모바일 화폐 서비스 채택 및 보급을 촉진할 수 있다는 유용한 정보를 제공한다.

프랜차이즈 레스토랑의 선택속성이 지각된 가치와 고객만족 및 고객충성도에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Franchise Restaurant Selection Attributes on Perceived Value, Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty)

  • 왕수오;이용기;김성환
    • 한국프랜차이즈경영연구
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    • 제9권4호
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    • pp.7-19
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    • 2018
  • Purpose - Recently, global management in Korea franchise industry is becoming an important keyword. As an important branch market, Chinese market plays a major role not only by making experience of the competitiveness among global brands which offers a foothold to become a top global brand, but also by actualizing an economies of scale in production, sales, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to identify key successful factor influencing customer evaluation and responses of Korean franchise restaurant targeting Chinese consumers in China context. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects for Korean franchise restaurant selection attributes on perceived value, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in Chinese context with SmartPLS 3 and Artifical Neural Network(ANN). Research design, data, and methodology - For these purposes, the authors developed several hypotheses. A questionnaire survey was conducted on the panel of online survey companies for Chinese consumers who have visited Korean franchise restaurants. A total of 404 data were analyzed using structural equation modeling(SEM) and artifical neural network(ANN) with SPSS 22.0 and SmartPLS 3.0. Result - The findings of this study are as follows: First, the alternative model findings show that facilities & atmosphere, employee service, and menu influenced on utilitarian value, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty directly. Second, employee service influenced on customer satisfaction. Third, menu influenced on hedonic value. Fourth, brand reputation influenced on utilitarian value. Fifth, hedonic value increase customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Sixth, hedonic value increase customer loyalty. Seventh, customer increase customer loyalty. And, the ANN analysis shows that utilitarian value is the first most important factor influencing customer satisfaction, followed by hedonic value, facilities & atmosphere, menu and employee service. However, the ANN analysis shows that customer satisfaction is the first most important factor influencing customer loyalty, followed by utilitarian value, hedonic value, brand reputation, menu, and employee service. Conclusions - This study provides practical implications for enhancing customer satisfaction and customer loyalty by applying the ANN technique that complements the limitations of the linear structural relationship analysis using the proposed model and the alternative model. In other words, the SEM-ANN model provides guidelines on how Korean franchise restaurants should formulate facilities & atmosphere, employee service, and menu mix strategies in China. In addition, ANN 's analysis shows that restaurant brand reputation plays a pivotal role in increasing customer loyalty. The fact suggests that Korean franchise companies should establish their domestic brand reputation prior to their entry into overseas markets such as China.

단일할당 복합운송 허브 네트워크 설계 모형 개발 (A Single Allocation Hub Network Design Model for Intermodal Freight Transportation)

  • 김동규;강성철;박창호;고승영
    • 대한교통학회지
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    • 제27권1호
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    • pp.129-141
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    • 2009
  • 복합운송은 두 개 이상의 수송수단을 이용하는 기점에서 종점까지의 수송으로 정의될 수 있다. 복합운송이 허브 네트워크에 활용되면 집화된 수송량이 보다 적절한 수단들과 기술들에 의해 수송되기 때문에 네트워크 효율성이 제고될 수 있다. 이러한 장점에도 불구하고 문제의 복잡성 등으로 인하여 복합운송 허브 네트워크 설계 문제에 관한 연구는 그동안 활발하게 수행되지 않았다. 본 연구의 목적은 단일할당 전략을 이용하는 복합운송 허브 네트워크 설계 최적화 모형을 개발하는 것이다. 본 연구에서 개발된 모형은 수송비용, 재고비용, 서비스지체비용 등 복합운송 허브 네트워크에서 발생하는 다양한 비용요소들을 고려하는 한편, 운행빈도 변수를 사용함으로써 수송량 집화에 따른 수송 규모의 경제 효과를 내생적으로 결정할 수 있어 복합운송을 활용하는 실제 허브 네트워크의 특성들을 잘 반영할 수 있다. 개발된 모형은 비선형 정수계획 문제의 복잡한 구조를 가지고 있기 때문에, 본 연구에서는 모형에 대한 해석적 연구를 통하여 모형을 단순화함으로써 향후 알고리즘을 개발하기 위한 이론적 출발점을 제시한다. 본 연구는 복합운송 허브 네트워크의 설계뿐만 아니라 기존의 물류시스템 평가에도 기여할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

한국형 전자선하증권 활성화 전략에 관한 연구 (A Study on e-B/L Korea Service and its Facilitation Strategies)

  • 정윤세
    • 통상정보연구
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    • 제13권4호
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    • pp.51-79
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    • 2011
  • 우리나라는 2003년부터 2008년까지 전자정부 과제로 인터넷기반의 국가전자무역망(uTradeHub)을 성공적으로 구축하여 무역의 전자화를 활성화하고 있으며, 전자무역의 마지막 단계라고 불리는 선하증권(B/L)을 전자화한 '한국형 전자선하증권 서비스(e-B/L Korea)'를 정부와 민간의 협력 하에 구축하여 시범사업을 거쳐 2009년에 공식적으로 전자선하증권 서비스에 들어갔다. 국가적 차원에서 상법을 개정하고 시행령을 만들어 선하증권을 제도화한 것은 세계 최초이며 세계 각국이 이의 성공여부에 지대한 관심을 가지고 주목하고 있다. 한국형 선하증권의 성공은 2011년 말을 기점으로 우리나라가 세계에서 9번째로 무역 1조불 클럽에 가입한 '무역강국'의 위상을 높이고 실질적으로 우리 수출입기업의 무역거래비용을 절감함으로써 향후 무역 2조불시대를 앞당길 전자무역 활성화의 시금석으로 인식되고 있다. 하지만 아직은 국가 간 연계구축망이 부재하고, 서류의 보안성과 안전성올 높이기 위한 전자인중이 국제적으로 통용되고 있는 사적인증을 배제하고 국내공인인증만을 취급하는 등 e-B/L 서비스를 활성화하기 위해서 해결해야할 문제점도 산적해 있어 실질적으로 e-Nego 서비스가 크게 확산되지 못하는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 e-Nego 또는 서면전환 과정에서 발생할 수 있는 한국형 전자선하증권의 변형에 따른 문제점을 비롯하여 구조적, 제도적 문제점과 사용상 장애요인을 도출하여 이에 대한 해결방안을 제시하였으며, 한국형 전자선하증권의 특성을 검토하고 통 서비스 활용을 활성화하기 위한 전략을 제시하였다.

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한국수출기업의 무역대금결제의 위험관리에 따른 무역보험제도에 관한 실증적 연구 (A Study on the Trade Insurance System through Risk Management of Trade Payment of Korea's Export and Import Manufacturing Companies)

  • 김창봉;박세환;권승하
    • 통상정보연구
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.213-236
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    • 2017
  • 세계무역은 지정학적 정치적 불확실성으로 보호무역 조치가 확산되었다. 우리나라는 수출비중이 높아 수출중소기업들이 성장하기 위해서는 수출시장의 다변화 노력이 필요하다. 우리나라 수출중소기업 들이 글로벌 시장 진출하기 위해서는 무역보험제도의 활용이 중요하다. 따라서 본 연구는 우리나라의 80개 수출중소기업을 대상으로 무역보험 관련 요인들이 무역대금결제위험과 수출성과에 미치는 영향관계를 검증하고 시사점을 도출하였다. 본 연구는 다음과 같은 연구결과를 얻었다. 첫째, 무역보험 서비스품질은 수출성과에 양(+)의 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 무역보험 활용은 무역대금결제 위험관리에 양(+)의 영향을 미쳤다. 셋째, 무역대금결제위험 관리는 수출성과에 양(+)의 영향을 미쳤다. 본 연구가 선행연구와 차별화된 내용은 무역지원기관의 서비스 품질이 수출성과에 중요하고, 무역보험 활용은 무역대금결제 위험관리가 동반될 때 수출성과에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다는 것이다. 실무적 기여도는 수출중소기업들이 무역보험 활용에 방향성을 제시하였다는데 의의가 있다.

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