• 한국의류학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.42-53
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• 1999

Global sourcing strategy is the one that apparel firms adopt in order to improve efficiency. Souring statesgies are not limited to the decision of sourcing country or vertical integration of sewing process Sourcing strategies include all the ecision of marketing process from the acquisition of fabric to distribution of products. The present study aims to analyze the soucing strategies of Korea apparel industry in global perspectives by applying transaction cost approach and aims to provide the implications for the future. The results are as follows ; (1) sourcing strategies in the dimension of domestic versus offshore soucing are determined by the experience in foreign business and the degree of fashionability of the product. (2) Firms tend to increase affshore soucing as they accumulate the experience in foreign business because they can decrease transaction costs as the perceived risks decrease (3) Also firms tend to source their products in foreign countries when the products are more fashionable. Brand loyalty of the product is a additional factor that increases the proportion of domestic sourcing. (4) Degree of vertical integration of sourcing is determined by the fashionability brand loyalty and the experience in foreign business. That is firms decrease the transaction costs by avoiding the investment to short life fashion products. However firms increase the control over the high reputation product by in house production. As the apparel firms tend to more marketing oriented and the national boundaries of business envrionment becomes permeable more efficient global sourcing strategies should be stablished, Besides the production costs nonproduction costs should be equallly considered in order to analyze the total costs.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.595-608
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• 2008

Although Korean apparel companies have transformed dramatically from contractors to sourcing companies thanks to the rapid growth of local market, relatively little work has been done identifying the determinants and the patterns of global sourcing activities of Korean companies. The purpose of this study was to outline a conceptual model that may be used to organize and guide global sourcing activities of Korean apparel manufacturers and retailers. The conceptual model identified four important factors, cost factor, strategic non-cost factor, firm's internal factor, and global factor, which affect global sourcing strategies and help predict how companies conduct various sourcing activities. The model also identified two sourcing patterns, outsourcing and intra-firm sourcing. In developing the model, literature review on how manufacturers and retailers in diverse areas including global apparel sourcing was conducted. Managerial implications and directions far future study were offered as well.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.130-136
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• 1999

본 논문은 글로벌소싱이 빈번하게 이루어지고 있는 유럽과 일본에 기반을 둔 다국적기업들의 미국내 자회사를 대상으로 글로벌소싱의 목적 및 유사성과 차이점에 대해 조사하는데 목적이 있다. 특히 본 연구는 글로벌소싱을 기업내부에서 구매하는 인소싱(insourcing 흑은 intra-firm sourcing)과 기업외부에서 구매하는 아웃소싱(outsourcing 혹은 inter-firm sourcing)으로 구분하여 각 소싱전략의 중요성을 유럽과 일본의 다국적기업에 대해서 실증적으로 연구하였다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.819-830
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• 2003

Korea is facing great threat from other countries as a major global sourcing site for textile and apparel products. The threat has been augmented by changes in external environment such as advents of Trading Blocs and Free Trade Area(FTA) as well as internal environment such as hikes in labor cost and lack of flexibility in accommodating international buyers' needs. This study analyzed international buyers' sourcing activities in Korea for the purpose of developing strategies to enhance competitiveness of the Korean textile and apparel industries in the global market. The data used in this study were gathered by surveying 52 non-Korean textile and apparel product buyers with cooperation of the Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI). The data were analyzed by mean, frequency, Pearson correlation coefficient, and ｘ$^2$ analysis. The results indicated that Korea is still attractive to many international buyers especially to those who have been engaged in global sourcing for longer periods of time with bigger purchasing budgets. However, in order to expand and solidify their customer bases, Korean companies should focus more on developing competitively priced value added products a step ahead of their foreign competitors, diversifying their marketing channels including internet.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.37-54
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• 2020

Purpose - This study is to investigate the determinants of suppliers' dependence on buyers in the home country by developing a theoretical model of innovative activities. The high dependence of auto parts suppliers on a single local buyer in South Korea due to firm ownership issues and incremental innovation is examined using data from a set of organizations that supply intermediate goods to this automotive manufacturer. Furthermore, we tested the moderating effect of FDI and global knowledge sourcing on the relationship between firm ownership and suppliers' dependence on the local buyer. Design/methodology - To test the hypotheses, we examined a sample of 101 suppliers over 10 years in the Korean automobile parts industry. In this empirical analysis, we utilized a fixed-effects generalized least squares model using panel data. Findings - In this study, domestic firms (automobile parts suppliers) were more dependent on a single local buyer (automobile assembler) than foreign-owned suppliers operating in Korea. In addition, incremental innovation was the mediating mechanism between domestic firms and dependence on the local buyer. To reduce this dependence on the buyer, we suggest two different international strategies: geographical diversification through FDI and global knowledge sourcing. Originality/value - Previous studies showed that asymmetric dependence between firms has many adverse effects. This study proved that domestic and foreign-owned suppliers have different levels of dependence on local buyers due to their heterogeneous characteristics and business strategies. We distinguish two different types of innovation - radical innovation and incremental innovation - that previous studies have often treated as equal when it comes to firm autonomy. Finally, we propose that both FDI and international knowledge sourcing as global strategies to weaken suppliers' asymmetric dependence on a single buyer.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.5-14
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• 2019

Purpose - This study aims to proposes a conceptual framework to segment multi-national products based on a Chinese consumer's perception of multi-national products, to find the role of consumer ethnocentrism (CET) in country of origin (COO) effects for Chinese, and to figure out how different dimension of CET Effects on purchase intention developed market and home country. Research design, data and methodology - This study selected a 2×2×2 factorial design for the hypothesis test based on the product category × combination of manufactured type × Ethnocentrism level. This study distinguishes products between luxury (Burberry) and non-luxury (Nike) products and choose combination of manufactured type (Spain vs India/ Spain vs China) in order to perform comparative studies. A total of 223 Chinese participated in the experiment. After being exposed to each scenario, participants were asked to respond to questions about brand preference and purchase intention Results - Regarding to luxury made in developed country, it is worth that exposing COO information to low level of ethnocentrism consumers. Regarding to non-luxury product made in emerging country, it makes it worse when COO information to high level of ethnocentrism consumers. Lastly, regarding to non-luxury product, patriotic consumers prefer to purchase product made in home country.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제27권
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• pp.149-172
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• 2008

Since the 9/11 terror attack, the event which caused supply chain disruption, supply chain security has becomes more important than ever before. Furthermore, such company's logistics strategies conflicting supply chain security as increased global sourcing, JIT manufacturing are increasing supply chain vulnerability. It could burden for global companies to strengthen supply chain security because not only it requires additional investment cost but also changes of companiy's global logistics strategy. However, on the other hand, supply chain visibility and resilience can be improved through supply chain security. In addition, it allows companies to stabilize supply chain structure as well as rapid and flexible response to market demand. The key issue is balancing between efficiency and supply chain security. To do this, identifying risk elements under the supply chain and assessing vulnerability of each supply chain components should be performed before developing efficient supply chain security management system without obstructing supply chain efficiency.

• 한국가정과학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to examine needed abilities of Korean apparel merchandisers and to propose a basic design of textbook for an education of Korean apparel merchandisers. For this purpose. the role and needed abilities of Korean apparel merchandisers'. and the contents of other textbooks under same topic were examined. Data of Korean apparel merchandisers'abilities to execute their role were collected by interviewing 7 apparel merchandisers who work for major Korean apparel manufacturers. Korean apparel merchandisers are expected to have following abilities : comprehensive and analytic Judgement. knowledge of clothing and textiles. deep understanding of the apparel market, budget planning and accounting. cooperation in the execution of tasks, ability of summarizing data, healthcare, and computing skills. The textbook is divided into five parts. The titles and brief description of them are as follows : Part I - Introduction Basic concept and composition factors of apparel merchandising and the role of apparel merchandisers in Korean apparel industry will be discussed. Part II - Apparel Merchandising Environment The structure of apparel manufacturers and apparel industries In Korea. other environmental factors, and apparel consumer behavior will be investigated. Part III - Apparel Market Analysis Market segmentation. brand evaluation, product positioning. target market strategies, and market research will be investigated. Part IV- Apparel Merchandising Apparel merchandising processes will be introduced and explained in detail. Part V - Global Apparel Merchandising Global apparel merchandising environment and strategies. and global sourcing and marketing will be discussed.

• 한국유통학회지:유통연구
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.195-215
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• 2010

최근까지 국내 유통산업 성장의 주도적인 역할을 담당해 온 대형할인마트 시장이 점차 업체들간의 치열한 출점경쟁에 따른 내수시장의 포화상태 및 수명주기단축 등 성장의 한계에 다다르게 되었다. 이러한 국내시장의 한계에 따라 대형할인마트들은 생존과 성장을 위해 해외 신규매장 진출, 혹은 해외 유통체인 인수, 그리고 단순 글로벌 출점뿐만 아니라 글로벌 소싱전략 등을 통한 다양한 해외시장 진출전략과 마케팅 전략을 시도하고 있는 상황이다. 기존에는 유통선진국의 글로벌 기업들이 상대적으로 후진국인 아시아지역 국가들에 선도적인 지위를 차지하며 진출을 해왔지만 1980년대 후반 이후 아시아 경제가 급성장하게 되면서 일본과 같은 동아시아 유통기업들의 아시아시장 진출이 시도되기 시작하였다. 중국을 필두로 해서 경제발전 속도에 비해 유통서비스산업 등이 상대적으로 선진화되지 못한 아시아시장은 서구선진국 글로벌 유통기업뿐만 아니라 일본, 한국 등 동아시아 국가들이 내수시장의 한계를 극복하기 위한 탈출구로써 활발하게 진출이 행해지고 있는 시장이다. 이미 많은 유통기업들이 중국 등 아시아시장 진출과정에서 다양한 이유로 인해 성공과 실패를 경험하였다. 유통산업, 특히 대형할인마트의 아시아시장 진출에 있어서 상대적으로 후발국가라고 할 수 있는 우리나라의 경우, 해외진출의 원인과 과정이 우리와 유사한 일본 대형할인마트의 해외진출 사례와 전략을 살펴보고 이를 통해 우리나라 대형할인마트의 성공적인 해외 진출을 위한 전략적 시사점을 찾아보고자 하였다.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.71-82
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• 2013

자동차 공급망은 자동차기업들이 글로벌화되어 아웃소싱이 일반화되고 해외생산기지를 구축함에 따라 지속적으로 복잡하게 되었다. 자동차산업에서 순환물류용기 (RPC: Returnable Plastic Container) 의 사용은 물류효율과 비용절감 측면에서 매우 일반화되어 있으나 주로 내수용으로 활용하고 있으며 국제무역용으로는 절대적인 운송거리가 길고 운영관리가 복잡해져 크게 활용되지 않고 있다. 이 연구는 시뮬레이션을 통하여 1회용기와 반복사용이 가능한 순환물류용기를 pooling system으로 적용하는 경우 기업에 미치는 경제적 영향을 비교하였다. 결론적으로 미국과 같은 장거리 국제물류에서는 순환물류용기의 사용이 어려우나 중국과 일본과 같이 비교적 단거리 국제무역에서는 pooling 시스템의 도입으로 경제적으로 타당한 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구결과는 국제공급망 환경에 따라 경제적으로 최적의 포장방법과 형태의 변화가 필요함을 밝혔다. 다만, 국제무역상 발생하는 통관상의 복잡함, 관세, 국내와 해외 물류환경의 상이로 인한 효율성 저하 등의 문제는 하기 위해서는 보다 많은 연구가 필요하다.