• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.129-137
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• 2015

This study was carried out to verify application motive for consulting upon the path between quality perception and use of results in the government-supported convergence consulting service on SMEs. A survey was conducted on SMEs which went through government-supported consulting, with the following results of the study. First, it turned out that the perception of the quality of consultant's performance and the perception of the quality of the government support have a positive impact on the perception of the quality of consulting results. Second, the perception of the quality of consultant's performance has a positive impact on the use of consulting results. Third, it was proved that the perception of the quality of the government support has no impact on the use of consulting results. Fourth, it was demonstrated that the perception of the quality of consulting results has a positive impact on the use of consulting results. Fifth, it turned out that there is a difference in paths of non-voluntary application group and application group and application group for consulting service. This study implies that it is necessary to reinforce consultant's competence, government support system and voluntary application for consulting.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.111-133
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect that the utilization motivation of SNS (Social Network Service) marketing affects on the export performance of medium small sized exporting enterprises (MSEE) directly and indirectly. This study is to investigate the effects of the export marketing environment of MSEE onto the motivation of SNS application and then it proposes a model which evaluates the performance of SNS marketing. In this study, for data collection and analysis questionnaire, survey was conducted for MSEE participated in trade exhibitions sponsored by COEX and used TradeSOS consulting services of Korea International Trade Association. The results showed that MSEE utilized SNS for cost reduction.