• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.103-108
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• 2015

This paper investigate the determinants of investment for a cross-section of firms in emerging market. I examine three factors expected to affect investment: debt ratio, growth rate, and industry. I find that debt ratio and ICT firms are positively associated with investment in emerging market. I also find that ICT firms with high debt ratio have higher net capital expenditures. While the growth rate is unrelated to net capital expenditures. Unlike the evidence from the developed markets, debt ratio has significant and positive impact on investment (net capital expenditures) in the emerging market.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.136-144
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• 2020

Previous studies report that labor investment inefficiency occurs as the information asymmetry becomes severe and the agency problem between managers and external investors increases. Therefore, it is highly likely that managers will make opportunistic decisions that can damage corporate value in companies with high labor investment inefficiency. This study examines whether the value relevance of accounting information decreases as labor investment inefficiency increases as it is less likely that investors in the market use the accounting information of companies in which labor investment decisions are made inefficiently. Labor investment efficiency is measured as the difference between the actual level of labor investment and the expected level of optimal labor investment. Larger difference between the actual level of labor investment and the expected level of optimal labor investment is considered as higher inefficiency in labor investment. Using data of firms listed on the Korea Stock Exchange from 2002 to 2018, empirical results show that the value relevance of earnings decreases as the inefficiency of labor investment increases. This research provides empirical evidence on whether investment inefficiency in labor, which is an important factor in the competitiveness of a company, reduces the information usefulness of reported earnings.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Studies
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.49-74
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• 1999

최근 우리 나라 기업의 경영여건이 악화됨에 따라 해외투자철수현상이 급격히 증가하고 있다. 일반적으로 해외투자의 철수여부는 해외투자를 지속했을 때의 미래가치와 투자철수시 회수할 수 있는 현재가치를 비교하여 결정하게 된다. 자본시장에서 투자자들은 이러한 투자철수공시에 대해 상이한 반응을 보일 수 있는 근거가 모두 있다. 본 연구의 분석결과 한국기업의 해외투자철수 공시에 따른 자본시장의 반응은 해외투자철수 공시일에 통계적으로 주주부에 유의한 부(負)의 영향을 주고 있음을 보여주었다. 또한 해외투자철수의 유형에 따라 자본시장의 반응이 어떠한 차이가 있는지를 검증하여 본 결과 투자국요인, 철수동기, 철수의 비율 등이 차이를 나타내는 요인이라는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이상의 분석결과를 바탕으로 한국기업의 해외투자에 관한 전략적 함의를 도출하였다.

• 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.669-679
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• 2008

정보사회의 도래와 인터넷의 확산으로 정보보호의 중요성이 증가함에 따라 기업과 조직에 있어서 정보보호는 경쟁적 우위를 확보하기 위한 도구임과 동시에 비즈니스를 안정적으로 수행하기 위한 필수 경영요구사항으로 등장하고 있다. 또한 기업자산의 일원으로써 보호되어야 하는 유 무형 정보자산의 가치는 더욱 높아지고 있으며, 이를 관리하는 조직과 기업의 효율적이고 효과적인 정보 자산 관리 및 정보보호 투자에 대한 중요성이 부각되고 있다. 그러나 조직의 정보보호 투자가 증가함에도 불구하고 이에 대한 성과측정을 위한 체계적 방법이 제시되지 않아 정보보호 투자 의사결정 및 개선방향 도출에 어려움이 있다. 기존의 재무적 측면위주의 정보보호 투자효과 분석은 정보보호 투자의 기회비용적인 특징으로 인해 체계적인 효과 분석 및 현황을 파악하기에는 부족하며 향후 정보보호 투자의 전략추진방향을 제시하기 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 정보보호 투자효과의 특성을 고려하여 균형성과표(Balanced Scorecard, BSC)관점의 정보 보호 투자 전략과 성과에 대한 인과관계를 분석하고자 한다. 따라서 기존 정보보호 투자효과 분석의 선행연구를 중심으로 핵심성공요인과 측정지표를 도출하고, 관련 기업 및 조직을 대상으로 설문조사를 통해 수집된 자료를 구조방정식모형(Structural Equation Model, SEM) 분석기법을 활용하여 실증분석 하고자 한다.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.113-134
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• 2009

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between foreign ownership and firm value. Based on the sample of 3,398 firm-year observations in the period of 2000 to 2007, we find evidence that foreign ownership is positively associated with firm value measured by the market-to-book ratio. In addition, we employ simultaneous equation system where both foreign ownership and firm value are treated as endogenous variables. Simultaneous regression models indicate that the foreign ownership affects firm value, but not vice versa. The positive effects of foreign ownership on firm value result from monitoring and disciplining roles played by foreign investors. Many Korean firms have been run by an owner-manager while monitoring provided by institutional equity holders has been limited. Therefore, Korean firms are expected to suffer from more severe agency costs caused by the conflicts of interest between owner-managers and outside investors. Our empirical results support the notion that foreign investors play an important role in enhancing corporate transparency and improving corporate governance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.321-324
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• 2000

최근 국내 경제의 구조적 전환에 대한 필요성이 증대됨에 따라 기술집약적인 산업에 관심이 모아지고 있으며 이러한 관심은 주로 기술개발과 혁신을 통해 고수익을 달성하려는 벤처기업에 집중되어져 왔다. 특히 인터넷 비즈니스분야의 벤처인 경우 기존 산업이 지니고 있던 산업구조, 기업유형 및 수익원천과는 구별되는 특징을 지니고 있기에 기업의 성장성과 수익성을 예측하고 미래가치를 판단하는데 있어 새로운 투자평가 패러다임이 요구된다. 국내의 경우 최근 들어 벤처성과와 관련된 연구들이 진행되고는 있으나 주로 사례연구 방식으로 벤처기업을 대상으로 한 주요성공요인, 성과 영향요인, 자금조달 및 육성지원정책 등 탐색적 연구에서 벗어나지 못하고 있으며 실제 벤처투자자의 입장에서의 연구는 이루어지지 못하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 벤처투자가를 대상으로 투자고려요인과 성과요인을 추출하고 두 요인간의 관련성을 파악함으로써 투자성과에 영향을 미치는 요인을 제시하고 이를 투자자유형, 성장단계, 투자시기, 사업유형, 벤처전략별로 분석하는 것을 목표로 하고 있다. 이를 통해 인터넷 비즈니스분야의 벤처기업에게는 각 기업별 특성에 따른 관리 요인과 벤처투자가에게는 투자의사 결정시 도움을 줄 수 있는 투자지침을 제시한다.

• Korean small business review
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.89-107
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• 2017

This study investigates the effect of risk avoiding activities and characteristic of venture capital on the financial performance of invested companies. Based on the review on the literature, we present staged financing, syndicated investment and preferred stock investment as the measurements for risk avoiding activities. Types and age of venture capital were chosen as the variables for characteristic. The financial performance data of the invested companies was derived from their publicly announced yearly financial report. Data were analysed using logistic regression technique. The result show that syndicated investment and independent venture capital have positive influence on the growth of sales revenue and asset of the invested companies. Age of venture capital appears to be positively associated with growth of sales revenue. Staged financing and preferred stock investment, however, have no impact on any financial growth and profitability. Activities and characteristic of venture capital show no influence on the profitability.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.81-122
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• 2005

The paper aims to establish the characteristics of the Korean firms' R&D investment and to estimate the private rate of return to R&D investment. For the empirical analysis, a balanced panel data is constructed with 695 firms on 8 year observations. The panel data enables to characterize R&D investment of the Korean firms, which is mostly conformed to the 'stylized facts' of R&D investment that found in the previous studies on foreign firms. Klette model was used to estimate the private rate of return on R&D investment and depreciation rate of R&D capital. The paper estimates that the rate of return on R&D investment is 10.5% on average or 16.4% on median for the whole industry whereas manufacturing firms show 10.4% on average or 16.4% on median. The depreciation rate was estimated about 32.9% for whole industry, where it ranges from the minimum 11.6% for metal industry and 49.5% for services. The median estimate of the rate of return for R&D investment of Korean firms is roughly two times higher than real interest rates for the same period, which implies that R&D investment allows sizable rent in addition to the opportunity cost of capital investment.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.225-243
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• 2013

This paper analyses the effects of innovation and openness on productivity in Korean firms using company innovation index which issued by STEPI in 2012. The data contains 296 companies which are registered in Korean stock market. I observed that the effect of past R&D investments on innovation is significant than current R&D investment. The regression results show that company innovation index has significantly positive effects on the firm's revenue. The firm size and the openness also have an important effect on the firm's revenue.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.109-121
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• 2023

This paper examines whether angel investors affect startup's financial performance (profitability and growth ratios) in the Korean startup market over 10 years period from 2009 to 2018. In particular, we consider not only the behavior of angel investor such as the investment amount or the type of investments (stocks, bonds) but also the type of angle investor (individual or corporation). Our empirical results are as follows. First, we find that the startup's profitability ratios are higher after the investment of angel investors. However, the growth ratios show different results in assets and sales. Second, we identify that the investment amount of angel investors negatively affects on the startup's growth ratios. Lastly, we find that equity investment such as common stock or preferred stock and the individual angel investors such as personal investment association or professional angels show higher financial performance than bond investment or corporate angel investors. Overall, our findings imply that angel investors positively affect startup's financial performance. In particular, we infer that the superior financial performance is largely attributed to monitor startups by participating as shareholders or to select more carefully by the individual angel investors who may be exposed to more investment risk. In conclusion, our findings support that angel investors play a positive role in the Korean venture investment market.