• 무역상무연구
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• 제38권
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• pp.377-408
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• 2008

Globalization of R&D activities of multinational firms is becoming important in compared with the past, because of increasing globalization of world economy. So, every country tries to attract foreign investment including R&D activities. In this paper, effects of several factors, which determine the scale of foreign subsidiary's R&D activities in local market, are analyzed. Through the review of previous literature, I found that three groups of determinant factors. The first one is the factor which is related to characteristics of local market, such as competitive situation of local market, accessability to research institutions, etc. The second group is the factor which is related to relationship between foreign subsidiary and its mother company. The dominant factors of this group are operation strategy of foreign subsidiary, competitiveness of mother firm, and equity structure of foreign subsidiary. Finally the characteristics of industry affect to the scale of foreign subsidiary's R&D activities. Among these factors, 6 factors are chosen to investigate empirically. For the empirical investigation, 107 foreign subsidiaries among KOITA(Korea Industrial Technology Association)'s list are chosen. Each subsidiary has more than 50% of foreign equity and implement R&D activities in Korea. The results show that sales volume of foreign subsidiary is dominant influencing factor in determining scale of R&D activities in Korean market. And also I found that currently established firms are implementing more R&D activities than old established firms. This is quite interesting finding. However, R&D activities of foreign subsidiary are not vitalized in Korean market. It probably means that Korean government and Korean business partners have to make effort to enhance foreign firms/ R&D activities, because it could contribute technological and economic development of Korean market.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.189-206
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• 2020

Purpose - This paper attempted to verify the process by which a multinational corporation (MNC)'s subsidiary practices entrepreneurship to create effective knowledge (KC) in the local market. We have looked at whether subsidiary entrepreneurship (SENT) has a moderation effect in creating knowledge for the local market when a subsidiary has been given autonomy (AUT) from the headquarters (HQ). We also argue that when a subsidiary creates meaningful knowledge, the effect of the increased status by the HQ within the MNC network position (NP) has an indirect effect on whether knowledge is transferred to other overseas subsidiaries (KTO). Design/methodology - This paper used a structural equation model (SEM) of 282 effective foreign companies invested in Korea. To test the hypothesis about the process of SENT on KTO, descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability, convergent and discriminant validities, and common method bias were analyzed using STATA. In addition, the moderation effect was verified along with SEM. The moderation effect of AUT on SENT and KC was presented graphically by confirming \mathrm{\pm1} standard deviation of AUT for the main effect. Findings - Our findings are as follows. First, while the hypothesis about the direct effect of SENT and KC on KTO was not supported, all other hypotheses were supported. Second, both the AUT and moderating effect and the indirect effect of NP were significant. In the conclusion, these findings are discussed in relation to its various theoretical and practical implications. Originality/value - This study attempted to contribute to the knowledge creation theory of MNC by contemplating how subsidiaries can move away from HQ and grow in the local market. Although there is still a shortage of foreign investment in the Korean market, our practical implications offer guidance for how current subsidiaries can develop more than other overseas subsidiaries.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.425-446
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• 2011

해외자회사의 자율성이 높아지면 경영성과가 좋아질 것이라는 것은 경영자들에게는 너무나도 당연한 논리로 받아들여 왔지만 실제로 학술적인 실증분석이 이루어지지 못하였다. 또한 글로벌경영으로 경영패러다임 전환 이후 본사의 글로벌조정의 틀 속에서도 자회사의 자율성 수준과 경영성과와의 정의 상관관계가 실제로 유의적인지 밝혀진 바가 없다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제를 확인하기 위하여 한국에 진출한 다국적기업을 연구대상으로 하여 다국적기업 해외자회사(본 연구에서는 한국 국내자회사)의 자율성이 경영성과에 미치는 영향관계를 연구하였다. 검증 결과 자율성은 재무적 성과와 전략적 성과 모두에 유의적인 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 해외자회사의 자율성을 제고시킬수록 자회사의 경영성과가 높아진다는 일반적인 생각을 확인해주는 결과이다. 또한 글로벌경영의 틀 안에서도, 즉 본사의 글로벌조정 속에서도 해외자회사의 자율성을 확보해주는 것이 경영성과 향상에 중요하다는 것을 시사하고 있다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.728-734
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• 2000

An asymmetric actuator can be used to reduce the distance between the reflective mirror and objective lens of a small optical disk drive for use in the notebook-sized personal computer data storage devices. However, this asymmetric actuator is very sensitive to the subsidiary resonance which is caused by its rigid body motion. In this paper, an analytical approach using a simple lumped parameter system model is presented with a physical insight to investigate why the subsidiary resonance occurs. The finite element method is used to figure out the force and torque characteristics of the asymmetric actuator which are essential to understand the subsidiary vibration characteristics. The frequency responses are presented to examine how the subsidiary resonance is altered for various situations of having different thickness of a yoke and permanent magnet and of having a different magnet circuit. Finally, the design guidelines to avoid the subsidiary resonance will be presented.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2015

Purpose - There is a lack of research on how much corporate control is sufficient for effective subsidiary business-related decision making. To address this research gap, this study analyzes the impact of the level of control of a Korean corporation's headquarters on its overseas subsidiary performance. Research design, data, methodology - The study's sample comes from the Overseas Korean Business Directory of KOTRA. A multiple regression analysis empirically confirmed the relationship between the headquarters level of control over the subsidiaries and their performance. Results - The results show that the greater an organization's headquarters control over strategic issues, the greater the subsidiary's non-financial performance. However, quick decision-making through decentralization promotes the rapid selection of successful new products that can provide a competitive advantage. Conclusion - This study shows that the impact of control levels on subsidiary performance depends on the type of control involved. Specifically, while low levels of control over operational issues had a positive (+) influence on subsidiary non-financial performance, high control levels led to improved non-financial performance with regard to strategic issues among the subsidiaries.

• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표회 초록집
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• pp.38-41
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• 2012

This study aims to analyze fourteen cases' HRR & SPR results on bed mattress's reaction-to-fire test in real scale where open flame burner system is used with total heat supply of 27 kW. Most cases show all burning within 5 minutes from the beginning of the test and 3 cases of them reach flashover situation.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.61-78
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• 2018

해외직접투자에서 자회사 운영방식은 크게 수평적 자회사와 수직적 자회사로 구분할 수 있다. 이와 같은 자회사의 운영방식은 진출국의 제도에 따라 차이를 보인다. 본 연구는 제도이론관점에서 국내 전기전자 및 자동차산업의 해외직접투자 기업을 대상으로 진출국 공식적, 비공식적 제도가 해외 자회사 운영 방식선택에 미치는 영향을 실증 분석하였다. 실증분석결과, 진출국 정치적 위험정도가 낮을수록, 문화적 차이가 클수록 수직적 자회사를 선택하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 진출국 부패지수가 낮을수록, 경제자유도가 높을수록 수평적 자회사를 선택하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 2005년도 공동추계학술논문발표회 논문집
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• pp.259-265
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• 2005

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 전기설비전문위원
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• pp.57-59
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• 2006

In this study, we experimented a deterioration characteristics by series arcing with 600V polyvinyl chloride insulation wire and analyzed the glowing/growing process of copper oxide, waveforms of contact voltage, current, power dissipation and carbonized patterns of insulation. We know that how glowing contacts and surface arcing can decompose PVC insulation and that it is possible for the subsequent series arc to ignite, and burn insulation. We expect that these results are useful for advancing the state-of-the-art in fire protection by Providing a better understanding of how electrical fires can initiate.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 전기설비전문위원
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• pp.41-43
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• 2006

This paper deals with a comparison of individual and common grounding method for potential rise. When a test current flowed through grounding electrode, potential rise was measured and analyzed for grounding method using a electrolytic tank in real time. The grounding electrodes were designed and fabricated with ground rods on a scale of one-eightieth. Potential rises of individual grounding method were higher than those of common grounding method. The distributions of surface potential are dependent on the distance from grounding electrode.