Purpose: This study assesses the marketing practices and value-added fish products under the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (COREMAP) in East Indonesia. Research design, data and methodology: This study gathered qualitative and quantitative data through i) focus group discussions (FGD) with fishers, traders and COREMAP officers, ii) surveys and iii) interviews with fishermen and traders. This study surveyed 714 households (365 in COREMAP and 349 in non-COREMAP) and 33 traders (17 in COREMAP and 16 in non-COREMAP) using structured questionnaires between January and March 2016. This study used Shepherd’s Index to estimate the marketing efficiency for each stage of the marketing channel. For value-added fish products, the value is determined by the difference between processed output and the raw product used. Results: Marketing cost in the non-COREMAP area was more efficient than in COREMAP as indicated by lower operational cost and higher selling price. However, no value-added fish products were produced in the non-COREMAP area. This study noted a lower catch in COREMAP area, which implies COREMAP program successfully reduced fishing pressure. Conclusions: This study identified poor infrastructure and the limited market as the major problems in developing value-added fish products in both COREMAP and non-COREMAP area.

The study aims to provide some evidence of the effects of CSR practices on financial-based brand equity in Malaysia. Nowadays, many companies have embraced corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices because CSR is a vital component of the current competitive and complex business arena. It contributes greatly to social, environmental, and economic condition. With CSR practices, companies are able to achieve many benefits and there is evidence that CSR practices predict higher brand equity. However, little evidence has been produced concerning the effects of CSR practices on financial aspects of brand equity in developing countries such as Malaysia. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the effects of CSR practices on financial based brand equity among Malaysia Top 100 brand. A CSR checklist instrument was used in the current study to examine the extent of CSR practiced. The results indicated that PLCs that were actively involved in CSR practices such as environmental, community, workplace and marketplace, found that this involvement enhanced their brand equity. The findings provide useful support and evidence for the management of PLCs in Malaysia, as well as companies in other developing countries, to engage more in CSR practices as a core element of their strategic and brand management.

The study aims to investigate corporate social responsibility (CSR) best practices of the world automotive industry - Peugeot, BMW, Ford, Hyundai and Toyota among others – and recommend that they plan their business strategies and managerial responses accordingly. Based on the comparative research and case studies, this research finds that all five automobile manufacturers have taken very similar measures and actions in order to establish and maintain a high level of CSR practices. Sustainability was a core value in all five companies and served as a guiding principle in every aspect and approach of their business. This study finds that all five companies have CSR strategies in place to increase energy efficiency as well as reduce the usage and wastage of water in their production and plants. This research also finds that all companies monitor their suppliers and their own production process to ensure that they maintain their CSR standards. More impressively, this sustainable management practice is transferred along the companies’ supply chain through education and training. Their suppliers and business partners are closely monitored to make sure that their high CSR standards are respected and followed. However, we find that there also are some differences in terms of their CSR deliveries and activities.

새롭게 도입된 얌빈의 국내 재배기술 확립을 위하여 육묘조건, 적심, 적화, 재식밀도 등의 재배요인에 의한 생장과 수량반응을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 얌빈은 P.E. 하우스내에 전열 온상을 설치하여 평균 22℃로 유지하여 30일(적산온도 650℃) 육묘하면 건전묘 생산이 가능하였다. 트레이 규격에 따른 출현 특성의 차이는 없으며, 셀 크기가 클수록 묘 생장량이 증가하지만 육묘효율, 이식작업의 편의성을 고려하여 128공 트레이가 적합하였다. 7월 하순에서 8월 상순에 120 ㎝ 높이에서 적심을 하면 수량이 23% 가량 많아지며 8월 하순에서 9월 상순 사이에 적화를 하면 괴경수와 괴경중이 증가하여 수량이 32% 가량 많아진다. 50 ㎝×30 ㎝로 정식하였을 때 관행 100 ㎝×30 ㎝보다 수량이 30% 증가하였다. 적심, 적화, 재식밀도 최적조합처리는 무처리에 비해 경제적으로 107%의 이익적인 요소가 발생하였다. 이상의 연구 결과 얌빈의 최적 재배기술 적용을 통해 국내에서 새로운 소득 작목으로서 유망할 것으로 판단된다.

This research is carried out to investigate the relationship between sustainability practices and performance in a financial sense for Malaysian Oil and Gas sector. Objectives include to study the state of sustainability disclosure among Malaysian oil and gas companies, to understand if companies that practiced sustainability had better performances to their financial bottom-line and to conduct a data analysis to understand the relationship between Environmental, social and governance performance [represented by the acronym ACSI] and financial performance. Sustainability performance is measured using ACSI checklist, which is an adaptation of the GRI 3.0 by Global reporting initiative while financial performance was measured on financial and profitability parameters namely EBITDA, EPS and PE ratio. Secondary data sources are used which were then converted into a rating scale to develop quantitative data. SPSS 21 is used for the analysis. The result shows that the majority of oil and gas companies in Malaysia had poor performance in terms of sustainability disclosure. On all three chosen profitability parameters, the companies that practiced sustainability were found to perform better than their counterparts that did not. Strong and significant relationship exists between sustainability practices and better financial performance.

Background : Angelica dahurica is the dried root of Angelica dahurica Bentham et Hooker f., a perennial plant belonging to the Umbelliferae family. Since its peak at 63 hectares in 2000, the cultivated area of Angelica dahurica dropped to its lowest level at 14 hectares in 2014 although there had been a short bounce back to 59 hectares in 2007. The decrease in the cultivated area has created a vicious cycle where even a small change in production amounts causes Angelica dahurica prices to fluctuate, leading farmers to become reluctant to cultivate the species. Therefore, this study aims to provide growers with new information on Angelica dahurica cultivation technology development, based on surveys and analyses of the difficulties and needs the farmers have. Methods and Results : Setting the nationwide Angelica dahurica farming households as the population, this study looked into 11 households of growers from main producing areas including Yeongju, Yeongcheon, and Bonghwa. Researchers carried out the survey by visiting the farmers and conducting face-to-face interviews using a prepared questionnaire. The survey was conducted for 2 months (from July to August 2016) to identify difficulties and specific characteristics of farming Angelica dahurica. SAS 9.2 was used for the statistical analysis. Conclusion : The surveyed types of difficulties identified were varieties, seeding, fertilization, pests, water management, weeding, soil, and drying. The results indicate that seeding (2.2) is the most serious difficulty, and water management (2.5), weeding (3.1), fertilization (3.7), pests (3.9) and others followed. Regarding specific technical problems, browning roots in the process of drying (61.5%) was the biggest concern along with germination after seeding (23.1%) and water management in the fields (15.4%). In response to the question about their willingness to expand farming in the future, no households showed intentions of expansion, while 36.4% reported intentions to reduce and 63.6% to maintain their current Angelica dahurica cultivation. The causes of weakening supply include low prices (54.5%), unreasonable pricing (36.4%), and difficulties in selling due to lack of retailers. Therefore, it seems necessary for the government to support sustainable Angelica dahurica farming by taking measures such as contract farming with herbal medicine circles, a minimum production cost guarantee system, or joint purchasing by the Agricultural Cooperative Association.

1990년대 이후 Hirst는 자신의 지식의 형식 이론에 대한 입장을 바꿔 ‘사회적 실제에 의 입문으로서의 교육’을 제안하면서, 여기에 대해 많은 논의들이 이루어지고 있다. Hirst의 사회적 실제란 일정한 기준을 충족하면서 사회적으로 확립된 체계적인 인간 활 동으로 규정된다. 그러나 Hirst의 사회적 실제 개념이 정확히 무엇인지, 그것이 어떻게 해서 등장했는지, 그것은 어떤 특성을 지니는지는 불분명하다. 따라서 이 연구는 Hirst의 사회적 실제 개념이 등장하게 된 배경을 알아보고 사회적 실제 개념이 어떤 특성을 지 니는 지를 밝혀 보고자 한다. 그런 다음 사회적 실제 개념을 비판적으로 검토하여 Hirst 의 사회적 실제 교육관의 문제점과 오해들을 살펴본다. 마지막으로 사회적 실제 교육관 이 앞으로 우리나라 교육의 방향과 교육과정 개정에 어떤 시사점을 줄 수 있는지 알아 본다.

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to suggest researchers to know the standards of research ethics violation and eliminate the researchers’ anxiety for the possible cases in violation of research ethics through the notification on the web site with online paper submission system for over the last year. We have made an effort and achieved the most exemplary and leading position in the academic journals, however, not satisfied with this, we will endeavor to strengthen it. Research design, data and methodology – Plagiarism and overlapping publications are the most serious problems in research ethics. Therefore, it is necessary to verify the submitted articles making use of paper similarity test programs such as copy killer, KCI test, etc. Editorial board and reviewers should present clear evidences and notify contributors on research ethics violation after close review the contributors’ article content. Results – This research focused on the submitted articles which were verified as research ethics violation, and categorized them into 7 cases. Conclusions – With analyzing the verified 7 cases from KODISA journals, this research will examine closely the verification system and regulations in the current academic research ethics. Afterwards, this research will seek for solution to the problems and make an effort to get improvement for them.

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of HR practices such as (Recruitment, empowerment, working condition and compensation) on Job satisfaction in the prospects of Hotel Industry of Pakistan. The sample size for this study was 100 employees who were selected through convenience sampling techniques. This study was restricted to 10 Hotels of Peshawar. Hypotheses of the study were tested through correlation and regression analysis to inspect the employee’s satisfaction. The findings investigates that there is significant relationship between HR practices and job satisfaction. Moreover Recruitment and selection, empowerment and working condition have positive effect on job satisfaction, while compensation has negative effect on job satisfaction, which indicates that most of employees are not satisfied from payment of employer. Empirical findings concluded that best HR practices have significant and positive effect on employees job satisfaction. Therefore, it is suggested for HR manager to understand and implement the HR practices correctly to take good work from their employees.

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of corporate governance practices such as (board size, board composition, CEO duality and audit committee) on the performance of selected Pakistani firms. Research design, data, and methodology – This study examines corporate governance structure by using the data of 80 non-financial firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange Pakistan during 2010-2014. Hypotheses of the study were tested by using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Result – The findings indicate that board size and audit committee is positively related to the firm performance (ROA & ROE). In contrast, board composition and CEO duality are negatively related to the firm performance (ROA & ROE). As far as controlling variables is concerned, leverage is negative, whereas firm size is positively related to all measures of performance. Conclusions – Empirical findings concluded that corporate governance practices affect the firm performance. Therefore, it is suggested that managers should understand the governance mechanisms to work more efficiently in the firm

The purpose of this study was to analyse the runoff characteristics of non-point pollution sources in an urban watershed and determine the effectiveness of newly installed riverwater treatment system to reduce water pollution caused by storm runoff in the urban watershed. The results of this study showed that the levels of BOD5 and suspended solid were highly influenced by first-flush effect and the pollutant load of those two parameters were also very high in the urban watershed. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of riverwater treatment system to reduce the levels of BOD5 and suspended solid was relatively high, but those to reduce the levels of T-N and T-P was low, which needs some additional unit treatment process such as filtration and coagulation. Nonetheless, the riverwater treatment system tested was relatively simple in installation and operation, effective in removing many water pollutants and, most importantly, does not require much space as other treatment systems, so it could be an attractive alternative option to reduce riverwater pollution caused by storm runoff in urban watersheds.

최근 농촌 인구의 감소 및 고령화현상, 도농소득격차의 심화로 농촌의 부정적 상황이 지속되고 있으며 농업 부가가치 및 농가 소득이 정체되는 것을 타파하기 위해 농업 6차 산업에 대한 필요성을 느끼게 되었다. 농업 6차 산업의 활성화를 추진하고 이에 대한 발전전략 연구를 위해서 농업 6차 산업의 개념과 의미를 정의하고 농촌의 현실을 객관적으로 판단하기 위한 농촌산업의 동향을 살펴보았다. 특히, 일본의 성공적인 6차 산업의 현황과 포장디자인의 사례를 분석한 후 농촌산업의 활성화를 위한 6차 산업 발전 전략을 제안하고자 한다. 농업 6차 산업의 기대효과는 농업의 고부가가치화, 농가소득 증대, 농촌경제 활성화를 위한 6차 산업화와 농촌산업화 전략이다. 이를 위해 체계적인 방안을 모색하여 농산물 생산뿐만 아니라 가공, 제조, 체험, 관광, 숙박, 농가레스토랑, 판매 등 모든 분야가 융.복합적으로 발전할 수 있는 연구를 지속적으로 진행하고자 한다. 특히 상품판매를 위한 포장디자인은 농산물 소비량 증대와 농촌경제를 성장시키는 중요한 역할을 하므로 이에 대한 전략 방안을 제시하였다.

본 연구에서는 브랜드 스토리텔링을 이용한 마케팅 사례조사를 통해 브랜드 스토리텔링 기법의 마케팅효과를 확인하고 여러 사례의 스토리텔링기법을 통해 브랜드 전략의 한 요소로서 브랜드 스토리텔링기법의 중요성을 알아보고자 하였다. 현재 마케팅에서 스토리텔링은 상품과 브랜드에 생명력을 심어주는 차원에서 마케팅의 중요한 요소가 되었다. 과거와 달리 현대의 소비자들은 단순히 품질이 좋은 제품만을 찾는 것이 아니라, 공감하고 감성을 나눌 수 있는 감성적 측면에서 브랜드를 선호하며, 더 나아가 이야기가 있고 공감을 줄 수 있는 브랜드에 흥미를 보이기 때문에 이제 스토리텔링은 단순히 하나의 마케팅 방법이 아니라 마케팅 전략의 필수요소가 되었다고 할 수 있다. 스토리텔링을 이용한 브랜드 마케팅 전략이 소비자들에게 신선하고 새로운 즐거움을 주며 소비자들의 브랜드접근성을 높여준다는 차원에서 스토리텔링 브랜드 마케팅에 간한 연구는 가치 있다고 판단된다. 따라서, 본 연구는 브랜드 스토리텔링 관한 연구의 기초를 제공한다는 차원에서 의의가 있다.

The 21st century belongs to biotechnology as it made profound impact in the field of health, food, agriculture and environmental protection. India's biotechnology industry is poised to record substantial growth, perhaps even overtake the robust IT industry. The objectives of the study are to determine the existing HR practices in Biotech Industry and to understand the need for the up gradation in existing HR Policies. Conclusive and descriptive research design has been used. Data is collected from 122 employees in 23 companies of Biotech Industry. It was found that Biotechnology companies require managers with unique qualities. The lack of solid managerial training and the associated risk of failure often have long-term consequences for the careers of research professionals. The efforts to achieve excellence through a focus on learning, quality, teamwork, and reengineering are driven by the way organizations get things done and how they treat people. Biotech industry is trying to establish itself in India for last one decade but is not showing any phenomenal growth because they still do not valuing their human resource as much they should be.

방사선은 의료 분야 뿐 아니라 공업 분야, 농업 및 식품생명 분야 등에 이용되고, 소규모 방사선이용시설의 운영이 증가하고 있는 상황이다. 이에 소규모 방사선이용시설의 해체에 대한 관심을 가질 필요성이 있고, 시설 해체 시 발생될 문제점에 대해 예측해 볼 필요성이 있다. 원자력발전소 등의 대형방사선이용시설의 해체에 대한 대비는 진행되고 있으 나, 상대적으로 위험성이 적은 소규모 방사선이용시설의 해체에 대해서는 대비가 부족한 상황이다. 사이클로트론의 방 사화나 브라질 고이아니아의 방사성물질 누출사고를 생각해보면 소규모 방사선이용시설의 사고 시 그 영향은 대형 방 사선이용시설에 비해 작지 않다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 국내에 비해 상대적으로 소규모 방사선이용시설 해체 사례 가 많은 국외의 사례 중 국내에서 많이 가동되고 있는 사이클로트론, 방사선치료시설 등 시설별 특징에 대해 분석하였 다. 또한, 소규모 방사선이용시설 해체 시 각 시설별 또는 공통적인 문제점으로는 시설과 선원의 재사용, 공간 부족, 이해 당사자의 개입, 대중의 방사선 노출이 나타났다. 이를 바탕으로 향후 소규모 방사선이용시설 해체 시 문제점을 해결할 수 있는 방안을 마련할 때 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

We have carried out the bridge inspections according to the laws not considering the technical knowledge. It is reasonable to optimize the inspection practice within the limited resources. This study reviews the expressway bridge inspection types, interval, scheme and so on

In the recent years, composite beam is now being frequently used not only in reduction of the story height but also saving material quantity. There has been heightened interest in composite beam. In this study, new composite beam was proposed, which composed of H-section and U-section members. Angles were used for shear connectors for composite action. In order to investigate the performance of the suggested composite beam, test programs were carried out to evaluate the composite beam's structural behavior and effectiveness as conducted experiments consist of push-out tests, beam flexural tests and beam-column connection tests.

이 연구의 목적은 특수교육 교사들을 대상으로 다문화 교육 역량에 대한 인식에 대해 알아보고 이러한 다문화 교육 역량 인식이 교사의 다문화 교육 실천에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 알아보는데 있다. 연구대상은 특수학교에 근무하고 있는 교사 350명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구결과에 의하면 교사의 다문화 교육 역량에 대한 인식은 다문화 교육 실천과 정적인 상관관계가 있으며, 다문화 교육 하위 역량 중에서 다문화에 대한 인식이나 태도, 다문화 관련지식, 다문화 교육기술 순으로 다문화 교육실천에 영향을 미치고 있다. 특히 교사의 다문화 연수경험, 교육경력, 학력, 다문화 학생 지도 경험이 교사의 다문화 교육 역량 인식수준에 유의한 영향을 미치고 있다. 따라서 특수교육 교사들의 다문화 교육 역량을 높이기 위해서 자율적인 장학협의체, 특수학교 사정에 맞는 연수프로그램, 대학과 대학원에서의 교과목 개설 등이 필요하다. 이 연구는 다문화 교육의 실천가인 특수교육 교사들의 다문화 교육 역량을 높이기 위한 방안을 강구해야 한다는 점을 시사하고 있다.