• 유통과학연구
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.31-41
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• 2022

Purpose: Developing and nurturing supply chain dynamic capability is one of the leading solutions to create competitive advantages, maintain growth and sustainable development for businesses. The study was conducted to experimentally confirm the impact of supply chain dynamic capability on competitiveness and business efficiency for Vietnamese wood enterprises. Research design, data and methodology: The study surveyed 236 managers of Vietnamese wood manufacturing and distribution enterprises. The authors applied the structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the relationship between the dynamic capability of the supply chain and the competitiveness, business efficiency of enterprises to achieve those goals. Results: The results show that businesses owning supply chain dynamic capability will have better competitiveness and business efficiency. Especially, in the context of Vietnamese wood sector, the larger the scale of business, the more profound the impact of supply chain dynamic capability on competitiveness and business efficiency. Conclusions: Focusing on developing supply chain dynamics would be a promising solution to improve the competitiveness of Vietnam's wood enterprises in the global market.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2019

Purpose - This research empirically proves that global shipbuilding industry leadership has moved to China from Korea. Design/Methodology - Competitiveness is measured by AHP for the weights of comprehensive competitiveness, which is the output mixture of three attributive factors: shipbuilding technology, shipbuilding contract price, and export credit. Findings - China is far ahead of Korea for standard vessels such as bulkers and containerships with competitiveness weights of 0.762 and 0.612, respectively, against 0.238 and 0.388 of Korea. Korea is maintaining its competitiveness only in LNG carriers (174k CBM) with a competitiveness weight 0.621. China and Korea have similar competitiveness for chemical carriers, complex vessels with a small hull size. The sources of Chinese competitiveness are shipbuilding contract price and export credit. With the majority share of standard vessel types in the world fleet, China will hold a bigger market share than Korea in the global shipbuilding industry in the forthcoming years. Implications - The swing factors of market power are shipbuilding technology and contract price. If China fails to further develop shipbuilding technology for shipowners worried about the reliability of the Chinese-built vessels, shipowners may swing back to Korea. The rising Chinese labor cost will expedite this swing in the forthcoming competition. Originality/value - To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first paper that quantitatively examines the competitiveness of shipbuilding between China and Korea by comparing attributive factors for competitiveness.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2016년도 추계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.142-143
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to derive enhancements in terms of construction enterprises to enhance the competitiveness of Korea's overseas construction companies. We have carried out a survey targeting international constriction engineers. s a research result, it was investigated that excellent construction engineers and improvement of construction management competitiveness was necessary. It was ability of financing development and development of international business organizations in construction sector. And it was design ability of FEED and ability of international marketing in design sector.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.57-81
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper is to seek ways to improve the competitiveness of Korea's fashion industry by utilizing the source of competitiveness of Japan's fashion industry, which represents the world's leading countries in terms of fashion, so that Korea can better enter the global fashion market. The study shall first compare the competitiveness of the Japanese and Korean fashion industries by utilizing the generalized double diamond model; second, provide an understanding of what the Japanese fashion industry can offer to Korean fashion industry and companies - that is, understand what the Japanese fashion industry's competitive edge is; and third, study the kind of global competitiveness that Korea's fashion industry must achieve. To adopt a generalized double diamond model to compare the competitiveness of the Korean and Japanese fashion industries, we selected 31 sub-variables to act as determinants of the model. That is, we extracted 31sub-variables by doing research of literature to analyze national competitiveness of the fashion industries. To measure these 31 sub-variables, secondary data was gathered. We collected data related to each sub-variable from various sources of Korea and Japan. And to calculate the competitiveness index, we took three steps with reference to previous studies. We found that status of the fashion industry of the two countries as it stands. That is, Japan is an advanced country of which fashion industry is domestic market-oriented while Korea is a small open economy that mainly focuses on the foreign market. Out of 31 proxy variables, Korea's fashion industry shows higher measurements relating to production and export than Japan, but Japan's fashion industry reports higher measurements than Korea in the fields of R&D, design and brand power, the rate of value added, the efficiency of companies and globalization. In order for Korea's fashion industry to achieve competitiveness in the global market, it should pursue the following development direction. First, it is very difficult for Korea to follow the footsteps of the U.S. and Japanese fashion industries that are able to take advantage of economies of scale, because Korea is smaller than those countries. Therefore, in the case of small economies such as Singapore, strengthening of international activities will practically improve domestic determinants that Korea should improve its domestic diamond by enhancing the current competitiveness of its international diamond. In other words, Korea needs to further endeavor to develop and expand global resources and markets as well as improve its competitiveness in terms of R&D, design and brand power, the rate of value-added, and the efficiency of companies. As the Korean fashion industry shows relatively advanced level of information technology and the fashion education system, it has considerable potential to grow. Korea is expected to have a huge growth potential since it has relatively higher level of information technology, fashion education system and activities than those of Japan in both the domestic diamond and international diamond. In particular, a better environment is laid out before Korea to gain competitiveness in the fashion industry due to the recently growing influence of the Korean Wave that Korea is expected to grow as a leader in the Asian market as well as in the global market.

• International Journal of Quality Innovation
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.82-91
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• 2006

In order to achieve sustainable growth in the era of global competitiveness, a speedy and flexible strategy is needed in the fast changing management environment. For this purpose, strengthening the core confidence in the organization along with acquiring competitive advantages that cannot be easily copied by competitors should be done based on dealing with needs from customers and markets positively. In this study, the creative value innovation strategy and creative value design methodology will be presented to improve company competitiveness.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.42-50
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• 2005

The IMD(International Institute for Management Development) report said that national competitiveness of Korea is declined in this year. The main reason for Korea's decline is a largely related to the weakness of corporate competitiveness. The new product development is a necessary ingredient for improving the national competitiveness. The analysis of changing of technologies and customer's needs is needed for successful new product development. In this paper, We found out successful factors of the project by use of DFSS(Design for Six Sigma) and proved them by case study of K-company. Result from this paper is applied to the new product development planning step for K-company and it made a great success rate. It is expected that the result is applied to the same kind industries.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제9권12호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2019

본 연구는 반도체 설계전문기업의 경쟁력수준을 분석하는 데 초점을 맞추고 있다. 해당 기업의 경쟁력은 제품개발, 축적기술, 시장관련능력, 인적자원 그리고 경영시스템 등의 범주에서 분석하였다. 분석대상은 73개 기업으로 하였고, 이들 기업의 자료는 설문지 수거와 직접 응답방식을 병행하여 수집하였다. 설문은 명목척도를 활용하여 경쟁력 범주에 대한 중요도 순위와 경쟁력 범주별 세부항목의 수준(100점 기준)에 대하여 응답하도록 구성하였다. 분석결과, 중요하다고 인식하고 있는 경쟁력 범주와 실제 간에는 차이가 존재하고 있었다. 경쟁력 범주에 대한 중요도 인식순위는 제품개발, 축적기술, 시장관련능력, 인적자원 그리고 경영시스템 등으로 나타났다. 그러나 실제 현실적인 경쟁력 수준은 인적자원역량의 경쟁력이 가장 높았고, 그 다음으로 경영시스템, 제품개발 및 축적기술 등의 순으로 확인되었다. 가장 경쟁력이 취약한 범주는 시장관련역량으로, 이 범주의 경쟁력 제고(고객층 발굴, 시장 및 고객정보수집, 관련 정보분석 등)를 위한 노력이 더욱 필요하다고 볼 수 있다.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.111-122
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• 2003

문화를 경제의 수단으로 여겨서는 안 된다. 특히, 문화적 정체성을 제품의 형태에 담는 일은 가능하지도 않겠지만 또 그것으로 국제 경쟁력이 제고될 수도 없다. 그것은 정체성이 언어와 같아서 축적된 경험을 공유하고 있는 집단 내에서만 읽혀지는 상징의 체계를 따르기 때문이다. 반면에, 기술 또는 기술이 공여하는 사용가치는 문화적 색깔을 띠지 않기에 국제양식의 조형언어로써 보편적으로 수용될 수 있다. 따라서 디자인의 경쟁력은 기술과의 관련에서만 획득될 수 있는 특성이라 하겠다. 예컨대, 우리의 휴대전화기가 세계적으로 인정받을 수 있는 까닭은 그 형태가 한국적이기 때문이 아니라 경쟁력 있는 기술력을 갖추고 있기 때문인 것과 같다. 디자인에 대한 일반의 인식은 사용가치를 배제한 '시각'적 조형성에 국한되어 있어 형태와 기능의 유기적 연관성이 상실됨에 따른 사회윤리적 역기능의 원인이 되고 있다. 단순히 조형적 특성만으로 국제 경쟁력을 높이려 한다던가 제품을 예술적 조형실험의 대상으로 여기는 등의 일탈이 허용될 여지를 제공하고 있다는 것이다. 그리고 탈기능적인 과도한 형태가 블랙박스 제품류의 확산에 힘입어 디자인 행위 본연의 결과로서 소비 대중에 각인됨으로써 디자인에 대한 인식적 왜곡의 정도를 더하고 있다. 디자인 영역을 새롭게 획정하는 것은 이러한 인식적 혼란에서 비롯된 제반 오해를 불식하고 인간과 사회에 대한 디자인의 이념적 역할을 다하게 하는 출발점이라 하겠다. 그리고 이를 통해 스타일을 경쟁의 수단을 삼으려는 도덕적 해이와 치열한 경제행위를 문화화하려는 맹목에 경종을 울림과 더불어, '기능이 보이지 않는 제품'의 확산이 가져올 제품의 시각화에 제동을 걸 수 있는 인식적 바탕을 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.20-37
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• 2019

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze the trade structure and competitiveness of China's information technology (IT) industry in comparison to that of Korea and the United States, particularly in terms of quality. Design/methodology/approach - Indices such as trade specialization index (TSI), Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), and Market Comparative Advantage (MCA) are used. Further, an Intra-industry Trade (IIT) index is used to analyze qualitative changes in horizontal intra-industry trade and intra-industry trade of high- and low-quality goods. Findings - China's IT industry has a comparative competitive advantage over that of Korea and the United States, and mainly exports goods of inferior quality and imports goods of superior quality. Further, China's horizontal intra-industry trade has been decreasing, while its vertical intra-industry trade has been increasing and vertical trade of inferior quality goods outweighs that of superior quality goods. This shows that China is rapidly catching up with Korea and the United States, even though its qualitative competitiveness has not significantly improved. Research limitations/implication - This study has academic and political implications, as it analyzes changes in China's IT trade competitiveness. However, it is somewhat limited as factors determining qualitative aspects has not been considered. Originality/value - Most studies aggregate analyses of export competitiveness using methodologies such as TSI, RCA, and market share. However, the focus of these methods is price competitiveness. Hence, an examination of the objective and qualitative trade competitiveness of China's IT industry is necessary. this study the trade structure and quantitative competitiveness of the industry by analyzing intra-industry trade focusing on the quality of competitiveness. Therefore, the changes in China's IT industry in the USA and Korea and in foreign trade competitiveness and quality competitiveness are clarified. The results show that the academic and policy implications of these changes in the IT industry will be a useful resource. This is the first study in Korea to attempt such an analysis. This is the first study in Korea to attempt such an analysis.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.79-101
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• 2022

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to analyze and compare the international competitiveness of digital service trade between Korea and China and to help enhance the competitive advantage of digital service trade between the two countries. Design/methodology - This paper designs and establishes a comprehensive evaluation system for the international competitiveness of the Korea-China digital service trade. By using the analytical methods of combining theory and demonstration through qualitative and quantitative analysis, this paper makes a concrete and complete theoretical deconstruction and empirical measurement of its international competitiveness from the two levels of overall competitiveness and departmental competitiveness. At the same time, the study also analyzes the competitive advantages and comparative disadvantages of the two countries. Findings - It is found that South Korea has a strong competitive advantage in the sector competitiveness of digital service trade, and the export structure is reasonable and balanced, but the deficit pattern affects the overall competitiveness. China has a strong competitive advantage in the overall competitiveness of the digital service trade. However, the structural imbalance in the export sector weakens the competitiveness of the sector. Both Korea and China have the space advantage and competitive potential to enhance international competitiveness in terms of development trends. Originality/value - This paper takes the lead in solving the pain point of the relative lack of similar research topics. It demonstrates the evolution process, development trends, and structural characteristics of the digital service trade. A new combination of competitive power research methods is innovated, and a comprehensive evaluation system is established. The above innovation points show the academic theoretical value and practical application value of this study.