• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.47-67
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• 2010

Carbon productivity is an efficiency concept, well suited to maximizing product/service(economic) value of firms and minimizing environmental impact($CO_2$ emissions). This study investigates the causal relationship between carbon productivity (eco-efficiency) and financial performance in Korean firms. The result shows that firms improving carbon productivity are able to gain superior financial performance. The analysis also show that changes in financial performance have a positive impact on the improvement of carbon productivity. However this study reports that carbon productivity does not have a long-run impact on financial performance and vice versa. Finally, the results also show that differences exist in the relationship between carbon productivity and financial performance when grouped by industry characteristics.

• Journal of Venture Innovation
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.99-112
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• 2018

This study focused the effect of small business owner's competencies on business performance. Especially mediating effect of professional education between independent variables and dependent variables. As a result of statistical analysis, 3 hypothesis were accepted and 1 hypothesis was rejected. H1. The relationship between small business owner's managerial competencies and business performance was positive. H2. The relationship between small business owner's technological competencies and business performance was not valid. H3. Professional education was mediating effect between small business owner's competencies and financial performance. H4. Professional education was mediating effect between small business owner's competencies and non-financial performance. This study founded professional education was mediating effect, especially partial mediating effect between small business owner's competencies and financial performance, non-financial performance. This study provided logical background on government support of small business owner's professional education and small business owner's spontaneous participation in professional educations

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.86-98
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• 2014

This study examined a long-standing issue with its perverse results in the Korean capital markets, such as any variant financial profiles over time, affecting capital structure for the firms belonging to the chaebols. It may be of interest to identify these components from the perspectives of international investors and domestic policy makers to implement their contingent strategies on the target leverage, since the U.S. financial turmoils in the late 2000s. Regarding the evidence from the three hypothesis tests on the firms in the chaebols, this research found that the control variabels measuring profitability, business risk, and non-debt tax shields, showed their statistically significant relationships with the different types of a debt ratio. While FCFF(free cash flow to the firm) showed its significant influence to discriminate between the firms in the chaebols and their counterparts, not belonging to the chaebols, BDRELY as the ratio of liabilities to total assets, comprising the enhanced 'Dupont' system, only showed its statistically significant effect on leverage in the context of the parametric and nonparametric tests. In line with the results obtained from the present research, one may expect that a firm in the Korean chaebol, may control or restructure its present level of capital structure to revert to its target optimal capital structure towards maximizing the shareholders' wealth.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.143-167
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to analyze changes of innovation activities and their performance in pre-IPO and post-IPO of KOSDAQ IPO listed companies in medical and pharmaceutical fields, which require high R&D investment, from 2000 to 2005 in Korea. The innovation efficiencies of the IPO companies were measured before and after three years based on the DEA model. The financial data and patent information of the listed company during total 6 years, which were 3 years before IPO and 3 years after IPO, were collected. The main results of this research are as follows. First, it took an average 12.86 years until IPO in the start-up of the IPO companies in the pharmaceutical sector, and innovation was on average more active than the IPO before. R&D investment was higher than the IPO before, and the number of the applied patent during 3 years after IPO was 16.67 which was increased from 8.43 during 3 years before IPO. In addition, the average scope of technology of the IPO companies was expanded from 11 to 22 technology fields during previous 3 year and after 3 year each, and financial growth after IPO was lower than the previous IPO. Second, the financial performance of R&D investment and the performance of patent activity were weakened in the efficiency after the IPO, and the integrated performance from the patenting activities and the R&D investment was decreased after the IPO. Finally, the efficiency of the financial performance of the patenting activity was lower than the efficiency of the financial performance of the patent and R&D investment and patent activities under the R&D investment. In particular, the inefficiency of the firms' patenting activities performance after the IPO was caused by the decreasing return to scale, according to the results of this study. This results implicate that the expansion of R&D investments through the IPO had not lead to the financial performance of the market, and that the overall inefficiency since the IPO is due to the inefficiencies at the stage for the outcome of innovation activity rather than the output obtained through the R&D investments that appear to lead the performance of the market.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.177-184
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• 2015

Modern society is rapidly going digital as blowing hot air about it Convergence castration. Iran fusion product management, technology, and services such as free from black-and-white logic of various activities such as management of alternative recognition by further series of management innovation in the way of trying to fill the other gaps win-win. In addition, the company is to survive through the creation and unceasing. Performance of firms in contemporary globalization, which is still more sensitive. In this study, based on the fusion needs of the enterprise and explores how this convergence competencies affect to business performance. Results showed that the fusion capacity is affecting the financial performance and non-financial performance. That fusion technology education learning capability and convergence capabilities appeared to affect the financial performance and non-financial performance.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.143-163
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• 2023

This study aims to analyze the impact of ESG activities on the corporate performance of logistics companies in Korea. To achieve this, the study examines the factors influencing the adoption and implementation of ESG activities, assesses the extent to which ESG activities enhance corporate trust and image, and empirically analyzes the effect of ESG implementation on the corporate performance of logistics companies. An online survey was conducted using Google Forms for Korean logistics companies, and a total of 463 data sets were utilized for PLS structural equation analysis using the SmartPLS 4.0 software tools. The findings of the study are as follows: Firstly, external pressure, specifically government pressure, significantly influences environmental responsibility activities, while investor pressure significantly affects social responsibility activities and governance responsibility activities. Additionally, internal management pressures significantly impact environmental responsibility activities, and employees have a significant influence on all ESG responsibility activities. Secondly, environmental responsibility activities positively affect corporate image, whereas social and governance responsibility activities influence trust and corporate image. Thirdly, trust and corporate image demonstrate significant effects on both financial and non-financial performance. Fourthly, trust significantly mediates the relationship between social responsibility, governance responsibility, and non-financial performance, while image mediates the connection between ESG responsibility and both financial and non-financial performance. The contribution of this study lies in providing practical insights for logistics companies to actively promote ESG activities, thereby establishing a reputation for being environmentally, socially, and governance responsible and gaining customer trust. By doing so, this study aims to raise awareness of the importance of ESG activities in the logistics industry and help companies recognize their significance for sustainable management

• The Korean Journal of Financial Studies
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.77-92
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• 2007

한국증권시장을 포함한 대부분의 지역증권시장이 미국 뉴욕증권시장의 움직임에 반응하거나 동조현상을 보인다는 사실은 이미 경험적으로 혹은 통계적으로 널리 수용되고 있다. 본 연구는 그러한 반응에 비선형성이 존재하는가를 일별 주가수익률을 데이터로 활용하여 우선적으로 검정한다. 그러한 검정결과에 입각하여 비선형성을 내재화시킨 계량분석모형이 주가수익률을 설명하고 예측하는데 도움을 줄 수 있는가를 확인한다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 비선형성에 관련된 정보를 유도하기 위하여 평활전이(자기)회귀분석모형(STR)을 이용한다. STR모형은 국면전환을 야기하는 전이변수를 명시적으로 확인할 수 있고 다양한 국면전환형태를 모형에 수용할 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있다. KOSPI수익률의 비선형성에 대한 검정결과는 귀무가설인 선형성이 기각되는 것으로 나타났으며, 그러한 비선형성의 형태는 미국증권시장이 하강기에 처한 경우에 상승기에 처한 상태보다 민감한 동조현상을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 추정된 STR모형이 주가의 변동을 설명하거나 예측하는데 여타의 모형보다 나은 능력을 가지는가에 대해서는 긍정적인 결과를 얻지 못하였다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.151-156
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• 2021

This study is aim to verify the mediating effect of entrepreneurial spirit on non-financial performance and self-efficacy. In this study, data were collected through a survey to investigate the relationship between variables, and empirical analysis of the research hypothesis was conducted using multiple regression analysis. The results of the study are as follows. First, entrepreneurship has a positive effect on self-efficacy; second, it suggests that the stronger entrepreneurship, the better self-efficacy. In addition, self-efficacy can produce positive results in various aspects, especially through this study, self-efficacy has resulted in improvement of non-financial performance.The results of this study have a positive effect on the various convergence of start-ups and the establishment of a stable start-up culture in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.13-44
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• 2000

본 연구는 1987년부터 1997년까지 11년간을 연구기간으로 하여 이 기간 중에 유상증자를 실시한 기업에 대한 장기(長期) 성과를 조사했다. 연구방법으로는 증자기업과 기업규모, 장부가-시가비율, 수익성에 있어 유사한 비증자기업을 비교기업으로 엄선하여 양 그룹간의 증자 후 3면간의 주가수익률과 영업성과를 비교하는 방법을 택했다. 실증분석 결과 증자기업이 비증자기업에 비해 주가수익률과 영업성과에 있어 모두 열등한 성과를 보이고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 구체적으로 증자 후 3년 동안 증자기업의 보유기간수익률이 비증자기업에 비해 27.7%나 낮았으며, 증자전후 7년 동안의 영업성과에 있어서도 증자기업이 통계적으로 유의한 저성과를 보이고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 유상증자로 재무구조가 개선된다는 증거도 발견할 수 없었다. 이 밖에도 연구는 초과 주가수익률과 초과 영업성과에 대한 시계열적 특징을 조사하였으며, 증자시점에 관해서도 주가가 상승하고 있을 때 유상증자를 실시하는 경향이 있지만 증자전 회계적 이익이 큰 기업이 증자를 실시하는 경향은 없다는 증거를 제시하고 있다.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.213-230
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• 2014

Increasing unemployment rate and creation of new jobs are most important issues around the world recently. Then many developed countries, including Republic of Korea, establish and enforce a variety of start-up activation policies to increase employment rate and boom up the national economy. Establishing linkage of entrepreneurship motivation, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial intention and firm performance, focusing on potential entrepreneurs and entrepreneur, it could provide personalized and targeted entrepreneurial policy programs to increase entrepreneurship, because entrepreneurship is the most important factor to activate startups. On this study, it established factors of entrepreneurial motivation on potential entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs, and analyzed the linkage of factors of entrepreneurial motivation, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial intention(potential entrepreneurs) and firm performance(entrepreneurs). For analysis, this study conducted descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, factor analysis to verify validity, correlation analysis, and regression to analyze influence between factors. Potential entrepreneurs group has 202 samples, and findings show self-efficacy, social network, economic status and government policy influence on entrepreneurship positively. And self-efficacy, startup education, economic status and government policy have a positive effect on entrepreneurial intention, too. Entrepreneurs group has 212 samples, and findings show self-efficacy, social network and economic status influence on entrepreneurship. And each linkage has a positive effect, that self-efficacy - financial and non-financial performance, startup education - financial and technological performance, social network - financial performance, economic status - financial and non-financial performance, and government policy - financial and technological performance.