There have been a lot of studies about overseas factory location in order to meet various needs of industries according to the international economic developments. However, most of the studies were written about generic theory for general industries or mainly concerned to high capital industries. This study is focusing on the sewing and apparel industries which represent labor intensive and small-medium type of enterprises. For this study, AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) methods were applied to make proper analysis after wide range of survey to clarify determinants which provide a guidance for overseas factory location. As a result of the analytical researches done in the thesis the most important which should be taken consideration while determining of overseas factory location for sewing and apparel products industry are as follows – economic factors(0.569), geographic factors(0.171), social and cultural factors(0.157), regulations and institutional factors(0.103). In the last, S company is examined for example to show how this determinants have practically been applied.

Abstract
 1. 서 론
 2. 이론적 배경
  2.1 봉제·의류제조업의 특징
  2.2 해외입지관련 선행연구
  2.3 AHP 방법론
 3. 해외입지 선정요인
  3.1 선정요인 도출 및 계층도
  3.2. 선정요인
 4. 해외입지선정요인의 중요도 분석
  4.1 AHP 설문 및 분석
  4.2 대항목 평가요인의 상대적 중요도
  4.3 소항목 평가요인의 상대적 중요도
  4.4 해외 입지선정요인별 최종 중요도
 5. S사의 해외입지 선정 사례
  5.1 S사의 현황
  5.2 S사의 해외진출과 시행착오
  5.3 제4공장 입지선정 문제
 6. 결론
 7. References
 저자 소개

• 김주인((주)시즈 글로벌) | Joo-In Kim Corresponding Author
• 백낙기(한국산업기술대학교 경영학부) | Nakki Baek
• 이재광(한국산업기술대학교 경영학부) | Jae Kwang Lee