I explore that South Korea’s major import fishery product markets-frozen hairtail, frozen mackerel, frozen pollock and frozen squid-are integrated by testing whether there is favorable evidence of the law of one price (LOP). Unlike previous studies on the LOP for fishery product markets, I assume non-zero import costs and include them in a trade model. To explore whether LOP holds for major import fishery product markets in South Korea with non-zero import costs, I utilize a non-linear time-series model, Smooth Transition Autoregressive (STAR) model with the sample periods from January in 2002 to December in 2019. I find that the behaviors of home-foreign price (i.e., import price) differentials of all four major import fishery products are non-linear depending on whether trade occurs and favorable evidence of LOP for each import market in South Korea. These findings indicate that each of South Korea’s major import fishery product markets is integrated. They imply that the supply of each major import fishery product-frozen hairtail, frozen pollock, frozen mackerel and frozen squid, and their prices are stable even if there is an economic shock on each market. When it comes to trade policy implications, the Korean trade policy including tariffs or quotas against their import countries for the four major import fishery products may not have influences on their price in the markets.

The purpose of this study was to analyze structural relationships with regard to the effect of customer integration, which is a type of integration in the supply chain, and market orientation of supply chain on the resulting change in the supply chain and management performance. The results of analysis in this study are as follows: First, customer integration and market orientation had a positive effect on reducing the flexibility and uncertainty of SCM. The decreased flexibility and uncertainty of SCM had a positive effect on non-financial performance, which also had a positive effect on financial performance. Second, customer integration and market orientation had a positive effect on financial and non-financial performance indirectly by decreasing the flexibility and uncertainty of SCM. Third, the effect of customer integration and uncertainty of SCM on the flexibility of SCM changed depending on the position in the supply chain; the effect was larger in the distribution group. The implications based on the analysis results are as follows: It is expected that the ability to deal with market changes in the overall supply chain is improved by laying the foundation for cooperation through establishing information infrastructure, including sharing information with trade partners and integrating systems, and implementing customer integration based on these achievements. It is also necessary to consider the business types and characteristics of individual companies in establishing information infrastructure.

The purpose is to identify the impacts of internal and external integrations in an automotive supply chain in Thailand. Data are collected from automotive firms in Thailand and are analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The result indicates that both internal and external integrations are significant factors affecting market flexibility.

Although the main objective of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) is market integration among member countries, there are limited studies supporting this impact. Our study explores whether FTA has enhanced market integration between South Korea and its FTA partners, focusing on South Korea’s fishery product import market. We investigate two research questions concerning FTA impacts: first, whether trade costs declined when South Korea imported fishery products from its FTA partners after the FTA; second, if the speed of the convergence of South Korea-its FTA partners’price differential of imported fishery products on trade costs result to occur more quickly after the FTA. To determine these outcomes, we utilize a Threshold Autoregressive Model covering the sample periods from January 2002 to April 2017. Our findings demonstrate the effects of FTA on market integration are different among FTA partners. FTA has enhanced the market integration between South Korea and Norway, Vietnam, and Spain, respectively, but not for others. Therefore, we find positive evidence of FTA on fishery import market integration between South Korea and Norway, Vietnam and Spain, respectively.

증권의 해외상장 효과에 대한 연구는 국제자산시장 통합분리이론과 연결되어 연구되어 왔고 그 상장 효과는 긍정적인 측면이 많지만 또한 부정적인 측면의 연구결과도 있어 논란이 되어 왔다. 따라서 이러한 논란에 대하여 재분석할 필요성이 제기되었으며, 또한 기존 연구에서 증권의 해외상장이 시장통합에 미치는 효과를 시장통합상태와의 공동가설로 설명하였는데 이러한 공동가설을 분명히 하여 좀 더 설득력 있는 가설을 유추할 필요가 있었다. 이러한 분석을 위해 본고에서는 표본으로 미국 NYSE 증권의 일본 TSE에 상장된 주식을 이용하여 분석시점을 거래규제 완화 전의 분리시점과 그 이후의 통합시점과의 두 기간을 비교하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 본 연구에서는 증권의 해외상장이 국제자산시장의 분리를 줄이고 국제자산시장통합에 크게 기여한다고는 볼 수 없었고 오히려 주주의 부에 긍정적이지 못하다는 결론에 도달하였다. 본 논문의 연구결과와 기존논문에서 논란이 되는 연구결과를 종합하여 분석해 보면 해외상장에 대한 긍정 및 부정 양 측면의 서로 상이한 연구결과와 그리고 해외상장효과가 부정적 영향을 미칠 가능성을 시사한 공동가설의 결과는 본국시장과 상장될 해외시장간의 성격을 나타내기 위하여 사용된 연구 자료의 차이에 기인한다고 사료된다. 긍정적인 측면의 결과는 자료의 성격(예 ADR)이 상장된 해외국가가 본국에 비하여 규제가 더 없는 상태로서 해외상장으로 인한 자본 조달원의 다양성 등의 이점이 해외상장으로 인한 비용 측면을 능가하기 때문일 것이고 그 반면에 부정적인 측면의 결과와 해외상장효과의 부정적 가능성을 시사한 공동가설의 경우는 본국보다 더 규제가 엄격한 시장에로의 해외상장으로 해외상장에 따른 비용이 이점을 능가하므로 주주의 부에 부정적인 영향을 미친 결과일 것으로 생각된다. 그러므로 주식의 해외상장은 무조건 이루어지는 것보다 본국보다 규제가 없고 불확실성을 줄이는 시장으로의 상장이 주주의 부에 긍정적인 영향을 미치며 자본비용을 줄일 것으로 기대된다.

본 연구는 한국 시장에 진출해 있는 외국계 제조업체들의 한국 시장내 유통경로 전략의 실체를 파악해 보고, 기존의 이론들이 한국내 외국계 기업들에도 적용될 수 있는지 알아보기 위한 시도로 이루어졌다. 이를 위해 현상 기술적인 입장에서 그들의 유통정책과 관련된 몇가지 변수들을 조사분석해 보았으며, 유통경로의 통합에 영향을 미치는 변수들을 중심으로 가설을 설정한 후 이를 검정하였다. 분석 결과, 외국계 제조업체들의 유통경로 정책에는 본국요인보다는 현지국 요인이 더 크게 작용하는 것으로 보이는 측면들이 많이 발견되었다. 한편 통합경로 선정에 영향을 미치는 변수들을 알아보기 위한 로짓분석 결과, 거래비용 접근법에 의해 설정된 거래특유 자산 (transaction-specific assets) 변수가 통합경로의 선택에 正의 영향을 미친다는 것이 다시 한번 발견되었다. 또한, 본 연구에서 탐험적으로 시도해 보았던 기능적 접근법의 적용 결과, 외부 유통업자들이 유통기능을 수행하는 능력이 높다고 인식될수록 통합경로보다는 독립적 유통업자를 선택할 가능성이 높아진다는 가설이 부분적으로 지지되었다.

This study aims at reviewing satisfaction on facility modernization project of traditional market by case study on integration & move method of 2 markets (Seongbuk 5 day market & Geumgye daily market). Following this study, it asked 182 merchants & customers at Naju Moksagoeul Market about satisfaction and performance on integration & move and the facility modernization project of traditional markets. According to results of the survey, not only merchants but also customers are satisfied with the modernization project. But in detail, valuations between 5 days market and daily market, and between merchants and customers are different. For example, merchants regard as negative, but customers as positive about move of the markets from city to outside. About half of respondents answer that number of market visits and sales volume after move of the markets are higher than before. More than 80% of respondents answer that culture & tourism market programs are helpful to the market revitalization.

Though the issue on the integration of maritime transport market in Northeast Asia has a long history, there has never been any notable progress. Especially the lack of country-wise analysis on the barriers of market integration appears as a serious problem for more concrete discussion and the design of the roadmap for market integration. This study analyzes the maritime market of each country in the aspect of infrastructure provision, the development of the industry, change of institutions, and network connectivity and compare the competitiveness of 3 countries in the Northeast maritime market. Furthermore this study analyzes the barriers for market integration on the basis of bilateral relation, i.e. Korea-Japan, Korea-China and Japan-Korea. Based on these analyses, this study finds out the fact that the most serious barrier for market integration among 3 countries is the egocentric policies for the protection of industries in each country rather than any other institutional or physical barriers. In conclusion, this study argues that 3 countries should try to find out a third policy alternative which can make 3 countries enjoy the win-win game, such as route integration among 3 countries and joint venture for the liners operated in the region.