• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.189-206
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• 2020

Purpose - This paper attempted to verify the process by which a multinational corporation (MNC)'s subsidiary practices entrepreneurship to create effective knowledge (KC) in the local market. We have looked at whether subsidiary entrepreneurship (SENT) has a moderation effect in creating knowledge for the local market when a subsidiary has been given autonomy (AUT) from the headquarters (HQ). We also argue that when a subsidiary creates meaningful knowledge, the effect of the increased status by the HQ within the MNC network position (NP) has an indirect effect on whether knowledge is transferred to other overseas subsidiaries (KTO). Design/methodology - This paper used a structural equation model (SEM) of 282 effective foreign companies invested in Korea. To test the hypothesis about the process of SENT on KTO, descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability, convergent and discriminant validities, and common method bias were analyzed using STATA. In addition, the moderation effect was verified along with SEM. The moderation effect of AUT on SENT and KC was presented graphically by confirming \mathrm{\pm1} standard deviation of AUT for the main effect. Findings - Our findings are as follows. First, while the hypothesis about the direct effect of SENT and KC on KTO was not supported, all other hypotheses were supported. Second, both the AUT and moderating effect and the indirect effect of NP were significant. In the conclusion, these findings are discussed in relation to its various theoretical and practical implications. Originality/value - This study attempted to contribute to the knowledge creation theory of MNC by contemplating how subsidiaries can move away from HQ and grow in the local market. Although there is still a shortage of foreign investment in the Korean market, our practical implications offer guidance for how current subsidiaries can develop more than other overseas subsidiaries.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.87-100
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• 2022

본 연구는 글로벌 시장 진출 기업을 대상으로 스마트물류플랫폼 활용의 성과를 분석하였다. 기존 연구를 기반으로 스마트물류플랫폼 활용, 공급사슬지향성, 물류서비스 네트워크 관련 문헌을 분석하였다. 해당 요인을 중심으로 공급사슬지향성에서 해외시장 성과에 이르는 경로를 구조방정식모형으로 분석하였다. 경로모형에 따라 매개효과 검증을 포함하여 9개의 가설을 설정하였다. 전체 175개 기업을 대상으로 실증분석을 수행한 후 결과를 분석하였다. 분석결과 공급사슬지향성은 스마트물류플랫폼 활용과 물류서비스 네트워크에 긍정적 영향을 보였으나 해외시장 성과에는 직접적 영향이 없었다. 스마트물류플랫폼 활용은 물류서비스 네트워크와 해외시장 성과에 모두 긍정적 영향을 나타냈으나, 물류서비스 네트워크는 해외시장 성과에 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 더불어 스마트물류플랫폼 활용은 공급사슬지향성과 물류서비스 네트워크 사이에 긍정적 매개요인임을 확인하였다.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2012

In this study, the status of healthcare infrastructure in foreign countries was investigated for a Korean healthcare business planning to expand its business to these countries. Countries selected and surveyed are China, India, Indonesia, and the Middle East. When the surveyors visited the hospitals, the hospital facilities were investigated and medical professionals were interviewed to scrutinize the healthcare conditions in the hospitals. Also studied are healthcare related laws, trend of healthcare policies, hospital operations, medical staffing, and global healthcare service providers. Korea has expanded their overseas healthcare market only to small-sized hospitals and clinics. In order to keep up with global market expansion in the healthcare domain, strategic marketing is required. Especially, the most important key for overseas marketing is to make a synergizing system among hospitals, construction companies, medical equipment providers and IT solution providers. For the next step, the in-depth study will be conducted through real projects in the target countries per type of business.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.109-114
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• 2005

This paper introduces the current status of total overseas packaging industries. The total market of the world packaging industry reached over 500 billion dollars in 2002. The top nations for the packaging industry were U.S. at about 27 percent, the countries of Western Europe at about 27%, Japan at about 14%. In terms of packaging materials, the overall market rate for paper, plastics, and metal parts in world packaging industry was 84%. Also, the market rate of glass, packaging machine, and others was only 5-6%. Among EU nations, Germany showed largest packaging consumption of 23 percent in 2000, and consumed about 17,125,814 ton of packaging materials yearly. For paper and paperboard cartons, the percentage used for the packaging consumption was about 39.4%. The consumption rate of plastic and glass packaging was approximately 14.6% and 23.7% respectively. For metal packaging the consumption rate was about 5.9%. In Japan, the production rate of packaging materials was decreased slowly at paper, metal, glass, and wood areas, but plastic packaging showed a constant rate of growth. In China, total production of packaging industry amounted to about 33.7 billion in 2003. The paper packaging in china was a remarkable production rate of 32%. The production rate of plastic and printing packaging was 28% and 20% respectively. The rate of packaging industry for printing in China was much higher than that in other countries.

• 플랜트 저널
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2010

While the local plant market is reducing its volume, the plant market over the world since 2000s is rapidly expanding. The nation's construction companies, aggressively dedicated in launching out overseas plant market, increase the volume of orders in that sector, but there also are much difficulty in the project management as those projects ordered are gradually large scaled with more cutting-edge high-tech requirements along with comparatively higher risk. Though the local construction companies have developed their own types of measures to analyze the risk evaluation putting into practice, the specialized decision-making model for the overseas plant market or the risk measure understandable easily and applicable practically is not yet shown. This paper aims at providing the methodology to evaluate the risk by way of constructing the risk evaluation process in order to induce risk measuring elements through appropriate indexing system. Furthermore, through studying the risk management system, it aims to seek for a thorough risk management method from beginning of the project to the end.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.134-151
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• 2021

Purpose - This study empirically analyzes the impact of the internal and external network embeddedness of foreign subsidiaries and local market characteristics of the host country on the CEO selection whether or not to appoint an expatriate as the CEO of a foreign subsidiary. Design/methodology - To conduct an empirical analysis, we obtained a list of the headquarters of Korean MNCs from the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Based on the list of HQs, we identified a final list of overseas subsidiaries of Korean MNCs that have entered the world from KOTRA (Trade-Investment Promotion Agency for Korea). Then we conducted an empirical analysis based on the results of 391 questionnaires by employing logistic regression analysis. Findings - The results of empirical analysis are as follows. First, the higher the subsidiary's internal network embeddedness, the higher the tendency appoint an expatriate as the CEO. Second, the higher the volatility of the local market, the higher the tendency to appoint an expatriate as the CEO. Third, the stronger the competition in the local market, the lower the tendency to appoint a PCN. Originality/value - This study has significant theoretical implications in that it examines the link between the internal and external embeddedness of overseas subsidiaries and the appointment of parent country nationals (PCNs) as the CEO that prior research has not examined.

• Composites Research
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2007

Natural fibers can refer to all types of fibres only produced by nature. Their lengths vary from particles to long strands. Natural fibers are categorized roughly by six types, depending on the types of sources; base, leaf, seed, grasses, fruit and wood. Of these fibers, jute, flax, sisal and ramie are the most commonly used as reinforced materials in preparing polymer composites. In development and improvement of these composites, many studies have been implemented to overcome the drawbacks such as incompatibility, moisture problems and so on. The range of industry sectors of natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites becomes more extensive gradually and many of the companies all over the world are engaged in fabrications or applications. This paper mainly discussed the recent status of the domestic/overseas market and research issues of natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites. We made an exception of wood-polymer composites market which have played a great role because they had been often dealt with.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 7th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management Summit Forum on Sustainable Construction and Management
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• pp.159-166
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• 2017

Recently, the wooden structure has been revived again as an eco-friendly structure technique. It is the counterattack of the wood material, which has become more recognized as a finishing material pushed by the concrete material in the rapid growth after the Industrial Revolution. However, it is difficult to conclude that this is a tendency of the construction market in the whole country. Perhaps this is a tendency to appear more strongly in Korea. It could be seen by comparing the characteristics of the overseas construction market with Korean's and the advanced constructed case of large-scale wooden structures in overseas. National wooden buildings show own characteristics such as construction methods, materials, and member dimensions of wood structures by country, which could be seen as a result of continuously developing their own technology. However, in Korea, despite its unique wooden structure and technology (Hanok; Korean traditional housing), it has not been developed continuously and treated it only as a living building exhibit. This is evidenced by the fact that only one percent of the building is constructed with traditional wooden building technology. Therefore, there are various efforts to modernize the traditional wooden structure technology, but it still does not reach the level of advanced wooden technology abroad. The characteristics of the Korean wooden building market were analyzed in order to suggest ways to develop the Korean wood structure technology. The characteristics of Hanok construction were analyzed through quantitative criteria to define the main development tasks for Hanok development to propose the long-term development path.

• 무역학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.241-251
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• 2022

As a 4th industrial revolution technology, robots are changing the form of labor market and trade in Korea. In the future, changes in the international trade order are expected to move in the direction of shortening global supply chains and restricting trade between countries. Accordingly, reshoring of relocating overseas production facilities to Korea or near-shoring of relocating overseas production facilities to neighboring allies may expand. In this context, this study analyzed the impact of robot introduction on the domestic labor market and trade based on firm-level data. As a result of analysis based on the 'business activity data' accumulated from 2017 to 2019, the introduction of robot technology was analyzed to expand low-wage, low-skilled employment. Analysis on trade shows that the introduction of robots decreases exports and increases imports. In order to expand exports through the technology of the 4th industrial revolution, employment expansion and robot introduction should occur at the same time, rather than replacing the labor force with robots. In addition, it is thought that reshoring's goal of risk management can be achieved when a stable supply chain for imports of raw materials or essential goods, which are difficult to transfer to Korea, is established together.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.64-76
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• 2006

지난 10여 년 동안 해외 건설시장은 급속도로 변화되어 왔다. 우루과이 라운드 협정과 WTO의 출범은 건설시장의 구조 및 질서를 국제화의 방향으로 변화시켜 왔으며, 이와 더불어 해외건설 프로젝트도 과거의 단순도급형에서 기술력과 자금동원력 및 고도의 관리능력을 요구하는 복잡화, 전문화, 고도화의 방향으로 변화하고 있다. 이러한 세계 건설시장의 환경 변화에 따라 해외건설시장의 기회는 계속 확대되고 있는 반면에, 이에 못지 않게 국내건설시장에 비해 매우 높은 수준의 리스크를 감수해야 하는 양면성을 띄고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 해외건설사업의 수익성에 영향을 미치는 리스크에 대한 체계적인 대응 전략을 마련하기 위해 국내업체가 수행한 136개 해외건설공사를 대상으로 사례조사 및 방문조사를 실시하여 해외건설공사의 수익성에 영향을 미치는 주요 인자를 수행단계별 50개와 부문별 104개 인자로 규명하고, 각 인자의 중요도를 분석하여 중점 관리인자를 도출하였다. 그리고 수익성 영향인자의 통계분석 결과와 문헌조사를 바탕으로 이들 인자간의 인과관계를 사업환경, 수주입찰, 계약협상, 참여주체, 공사관리의 5개 최상위 인자 이하 3단계에 걸쳐 총 340개 인자를 포함하는 계층구조로 정형화구축 해외공사 참여자들이 입찰단계 등 프로젝트 초기 단계에서 보다 체계적으로 리스크를 예측 분석할 수 있는 준거틀을 제공하였다. 또한 도출된 계층구조를 실제 수행되었던 해외공사 30건에 적용시켜 사례분석 함으로써 수익성 정도와 수익성인자 간의 관련성을 유추하여 해외건설공사 실무자가 공사 사전단계에서 리스크를 보다 효과적으로 관리하는데 도움이 될 수 있는 시사점을 제시하였다.