Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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KOLAO Holdings' Entry Strategy to Southeast Asian Automotive Market through Combined Activities of Exploration and Exploitation

탐험 및 활용의 복합적 활동을 통한 코라오홀딩스의 동남아시아 자동차시장 진출전략

  • 배재성 (대전대학교 융합컨설팅학과) ;
  • 서영욱 (대전대학교 융합컨설팅학과)
  • Received : 2017.06.05
  • Accepted : 2017.08.20
  • Published : 2017.08.28
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Abstract

Kolao Holdings has a dominant market share in Lao Automotive market, wherever Japanese automotive makers have the biggest market share in other Southeast Asian countries. The company that was founded by a Korean in Laos has firstly listed on the Korean Stock Market among companies which Koreans founded abroad. Applying the model of Exploration and Exploitation by March(1991), this study is aiming at finding out what the management strategy leaded to Kolao's success in Laos. In addition, this study figured out the company's process innovation and cultural innovation. In result, it is summarized that the exploitation activities contributed to the entry to Lao market, the exploration activities to expanding market to neighboring countries, the process innovation to creation profits, and cultural innovation to sustainable growth.

일본 자동차가 동남아시아 시장을 장악하고 있는 가운데 예외적으로 라오스에서 독보적인 자동차 시장점유율을 확보하고 지역 내 글로벌화를 시도하고 있는 코라오홀딩스라는 기업이 있다. 코라오홀딩스는 한국인이 설립한 라오스 현지 기업이며 2010년 한상 기업 최초로 코스피에 상장했다. 본 연구는 코라오홀딩스가 라오스 자동차 시장을 개척하고 라오스 최대 기업으로 성장한 경영전략을 알아보고자 한다. March(1991)가 제시한 조직학습에서의 활용(Exploitation)과 탐험(Exploration) 모델을 적용하여 경영혁신에 어떻게 작용했는지를 조사한다. 또한 기업의 글로벌화를 위한 문화적 혁신과 프로세스 혁신을 분석했다. 기술의 활용과 탐험, 프로세스 혁신과 문화적 혁신에 대하여 매트릭스 분석을 하였다. 기술의 활용은 초기 시장진입 전략으로, 기술의 탐험은 시장확대 전략으로, 문화적 혁신은 지속성장 전략으로, 프로세스 혁신은 경영합리화 전략으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석결과는 최근 동남아 시장에 진출하고자 하는 국내 기업에 기술의 활용과 탐험의 균형전략이 효과적일 수 있고 현지인으로부터 사랑받고 지속적으로 성장하는 기업이 되기 위해서는 문화적 혁신이 유효하다는 사실을 시사한다.

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