To successfully expand their business activities in overseas markets, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must first acquire a thorough knowledge and understanding of prevailing environmental and market conditions. This study examines the crucial role that a learning orientation can play in the generation of relevant foreign market knowledge. It also investigates the impact of foreign market knowledge on strengthening internationalizing SMEs’ operational adjustment agility and market capitalizing agility, which in turn enhance firms’ international venture performance. Our empirical effort is based on data collected from 209 Nigerian industrial SMEs which internationalize their efforts. To test our research model and hypotheses we collected data by means of a survey conducted among Nigerian small- and medium-sized firms (i.e., employing 250 or less people) which internationalize their efforts and launch their products in B2B markets. The positive role of learning orientation, foreign market knowledge and organizational agility is confirmed by our results on driving international venture performance.

Based on survey data from 160 importing firms from 33 countries/regions, this study examines the effects of firm-owned versus sales rep-owned commitment on firm performance across varying degrees of economic distance between import and export countries. Results reveal both firm- and rep-owned commitment have positive effects on the export firm’s financial outcomes including the current and predicted future purchase share. Moreover, findings show that the larger the economic distance, the stronger the effect of rep-owned commitment but the weaker the effect of firm-owned commitment on sales performance. We also find two important antecedents to rep-owned commitment: economic-based instruments and relationship-based instruments, whereas only economic-based instruments have positive effect on firm-owned commitment.

More people travel oversea as the economic size of Korea is getting larger and more new jobs are requested to be created by the society. To respond to these trend and request, Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) is about to expand its processing capability with a new terminal; 54 million passengers to 72 million. IIAC is also introducing new strategies such as open innovation (OI) and creating shared value (CSV). With these changes, IIAC faces new challenges of restructuring its business and organization with new ideas. Most organizations including IIAC are becoming more dependent on external resources to keep their competitive advantages under the turbulence of global business environmental changes. Therefore, they focus on the OI paradigm which is reported as a convincing strategy to improve competitiveness in terms of budget and time-to-market. OI is to quickly react to the rapidly changing business environment and is adopted to support startup incubation. In the previous research with IIAC, three major tasks were defined; utilizing the IIAC brand power for external vendors, building a technology road-map, and introducing a collaboration support system. This paper deals with the collaboration system as proposed in the previous research. We focused on the collaboration process for startup incubation. Cases were studied; the K-startup model by the government, a university model to explore youth startups, and a R&D institute model to study professional startups. Based on the case studies, we defined an IIAC model and proposed issues to take care of. The model is distinguished from the other studied models since IIAC is a prospective customer of new technology.

사회적 경제란 ‘민주적 의사결정구조를 갖추고, 자본에 따른 수익배분을 제한하는 원칙에 따라 운영되 는 조직들의 활동’을 의미한다. 공정무역(Fair Trade), 지역화폐(LETS), 생활협동조합, 사회적기업, 마을기업 등의 활동들이 사회적경제 활동에 속한다. 사회적경제는 고용문제의 대안적 형태의 일자리를 창출하고 우애의 원칙에 기초한 지역사회 네트워크 구축을 통한 사회적 지지망을 보다 공고하게 만들뿐 아니라 이런 사회적 네트워크 확장을 통해 다른 서비 스의 소비를 촉진하는 기능도 한다는 점에서 중요한 의미를 가진다고 할 수 있다. - 국제사회적경제포럼, http://www.gsef2013.org/ - 사회적경제라는 용어에는 ‘사회적’과 ‘경제’의 두 단어가 함께 사용되며, ‘사회적’이라는 용어는 단순히 특정분야를 뜻하는 것이 아닌 우리주변의 환경이 유기적으로 연결, 결합되어 있다는 의미를 포함하며, ‘경제’라는 용어 또한 다양한 환경과 변수에 의하여 유기적인 결과물을 내는 형태라 할 수 있다. 결국 사회적경제라는 용어의 의미는 어떠한 특정한 분야가 아닌 다양한 주체들이 얽혀 있으며, 특정한 법칙에 의해 일관성 있게 구축되는 것이 아닌 매우 다양한 요인에 집합들에 의해 결과를 예측할 수 없는, 살아있는 생명체로서 접근을 해야 한다고 생각한다. 하지만, 많은 사회복지학회, 포럼, 논문 등을 보면, 다양한 영역을 연결하고 매개하는 중개자로써의 역 할보다는 과거의 연구된 자료를 통해(그것도, 심리학, 철학, 행정학, 경영학 등 많은 분야의) 답습하는 정도의 학문으로써 연구되어지고, 사회적문제에 대한 대안을 현재의 상황보다는 과거의 연구된 근거에 의해 해결하려 한다는 점에서 결정론적인 입장을 취하고 있으며, 현실성이 부족하다는 견해이다. 우리가 살아가는 현재에서는 과거의 사회, 경제의 형태를 찾아볼 수는 있지만, 그것만으로는 충족할 수 없는 매우 많은 정보와 여러 요인에 의해 변화해가는 다양성이 보편화되어 있는 시기이다. 사회적경제란 특별한 프로그램이 되어있거나 특정한 프로세스로 정의되는 형태가 아니며, 과거의 연구 결과 등은 사례로써의 가치를 두고, 현실에서 충분한 시행과 착오를 경험하고, 개선을 통해서 완성되어야 한다. 이 발표문에서는 사회적경제의 사례들의 다양한 비즈니스모델을 컨셉을 살펴보고, 비즈니스의 아이템이나 컨텐츠를 중심적으로 연구하는 것이 아닌 성공과 실패의 사례를 통해서, 사회적경제를 위한 비즈니 스 모델의 방향과 개선점을 찾아보는 것에 의의를 두어야 할 것이다.

CIS nations are recognized as a emerging market recently because there are abundant natural resources and a lots of investment demand. Furthermore, they are located in the middle of Europe and Asia and that make them have more strategic importance as a logistics hub. So many global companies including domestic ones began to advance into the on-site. and henceforth this tendency will be strong. On the contrary, a research in logistics environment of CIS has rarely been done. This paper provides a way of systematic approach to design logistics network in CIS with real business case and shows the analyzed result of optimization simulation that includes factors have a huge influence on the overall logistics cost.

Beyond transnational litigation which seeks to hold corporations accountable for their misconduct overseas through judicial recourse, the risk of human rights abuses should be mitigated by embedding good practices locally through domestic laws and policies. The United Nations proposed Guiding Principles for transnational and other businesses for this purpose in 2011. It has been suggested that National Actions Plans should give effect, or at the very least policy coherence, to the international standards enshrined in the Guiding Principles. This article argues that, properly devised, such plans are invaluable, and can help to reinforce regional imperatives under international law. In Southeast Asia, particularly, the prospect of corporate accountability should be measured by existing or emergent regulatory norms in ASEAN, a regional bloc that aims to achieve parity of rules and regulations across the ten countries through economic integration.

This study is aimed at proposing the framework of international cooperation business in HRD KOREA. To achieve this goal I collected all of data that were used in process of international cooperation business in HRD KOREA and interviewed some people to get information from the people concerned. After that I analyzed data involved in using SWOT technique and proposed the framework of international cooperation business in HRD KOREA. The conclusions are as these. First, alliances must be vitalized between businesses besides between organizations. For example 'Developing of voluntary comeback program for foreigner' and 'Establishment of HRD KOREA Center' can be proposed as action plans for this strategy. Second, glocalization must be pushed ahead. For example 'Business career monitoring system for PMC' can be proposed as action plan. Third, building of preemptive base must be done. For example 'Standing of international HRD forum' can be proposed as action plan. Fourth, reinforcement of organizational competency must be done. For example 'The program for internationalization' can be proposed as action plan. Fifth, SBU(Strategic Business Unit) must be pushed ahead. For example 'Customer diversification portfolio' can be proposed as action plan.

In this paper we attempted to relate firm`s overall organizational strategy to its international strategy and to relate alternative strategies to firm performance. We argued that, although firm`s international strategy was important, it should be evaluated within its overall organizational strategy. The analyses generally supported that there were significant differences in international configuration and coordination among the three alternative overall organizational strategies. The findings suggest that the analysis of firm`s international strategy should be made within a broader framework of its organizational strategy. The analysis results also suggest that the alternative strategies would perform equally well, providing that the strategy was well implemented.

국제화된 시장 환경하에서는 국내 요인 뿐만이 아니라 다양한 해외 요인들을 활용하여 다른 기업이 모방하거나 창출하기 어려운 기업 고유의 핵심 역량을 확보 할 수 있느냐가 기업의 경쟁력을 결정짓는 관건이 된다. 경쟁우위 요인을 창출하기 위해 국내 요인 외에도 해외요인까지 활용할 수 있게 하는 것이 국제경영 활동의 역할이다. 국내외의 환경을 최대로 활용하여 다른 기업이 갖지 못한 경쟁우위 요소를 만들어 낼 수 있을 뿐만이 아니라 이러한 활동을 계획하고 실행하는 능력이 다른 경쟁사보다 뛰어나다면 국제경영 활동 그 자체가 기업의 경쟁 우위를 창출할 수 있는 핵심 역량의 일부가 될 수 있을 것이다. 국제경영 활동을 통해 얻을 수 있는 경쟁상의 이점은 본질적으로 국제경영을 하는 기업의 경영 활동 時空間이 확대점으로써 얻어지는 것이라고 하겠다. 국제경영 활동은 기업 활동 공간을 지리적으로 확대할 뿐 아니라 시간적 차원에서도 제품 수명을 연장하거나 현지의 시장 및 환경 정보를 적시에 획득하여 신속히 반응할 수 있도록 함으로써 경쟁사보다 앞설 수 있게 한다. 따라서 본사, 지역 본부, 해외지점 등을 연결하는 정보 흐름의 네트워크가 국제조직의 골간을 형성하게 된다고 할 수 있다.

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze the current status of various fusion research journals and its operational strategies, comparing them to those of IJIDB. Research design, data, and methodology - This study focused on the content analysis and strategies of operations for other convergence journals, comparing them to IJIDB in terms of the number of publication journals, publications, academic scope, and the impact factor. Results - IJIDB is relatively new and in its developmental stages compared to other convergence journals. But, IJIDB also shows much promise in that it came second in the field of economic publications of 54 journals in 2017. In order to To elevate IJIDB journal to the top in Korea Citation Index Journals, KODISA should host more international conferences to increase its international recognition levels, develop its managerial functions for increased stability, and open more opportunities for Candidates of Ph.D and Masters degree students to publish for fostering and building potential leaders and innovators. Conclusions – IJIDB is a newly born academic journal. In the future, IJIDB will be able to develop exponentially and be one of the leading journals in the Korea Citation Index by continually learning and developing its operational strategies.

The rising of E-business and network trade has promoted the transform and new development of international trade. Due to this, this paper attempts to investigate the impact of E-business on international trade between China and South Korea. On the grounds of rapid development of E-business, the E-business is regarded as a determinant that can impact the international trade between China and South Korea. Meanwhile, the quarterly data form the first quarter of 2000 to the fourth quarter of 2017 are employed to conduct an empirical analysis under the vector auto-regressive model. The international trade between China and South Korea is treated as an independent variable. The E-business, the foreign direct investment and the real exchange rate are treated as dependent variables. Furthermore, a menu of statistic approaches such as the Granger causality test and the vector auto-regressive estimates will be used to testify the impact of E-business on international trade between China and South Korea. Via the Granger causality test, the results report that the E-business is major reason that can drive the development of international trade between China and South Korea. Through the vector auto-regressive estimates, the results also report that the E-business has a positive effect on international trade between China and South Korea. Furthermore, this paper provides a view that the E-business is a kind of a determinant that can promote the international trade between China and South Korea. Therefore, the China’s government should pay much attention to the infrastructure of E-business so as to enlarge the trade volume between China and South Korea.

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze the current status of various fusion research journals and the operational strategies of such journals and compare them with the operational strategies of IJIDB. Research design, data, and methodology - This study focused on the contents analysis of convergence journals after summarizing the development history from IJIDB's past and its external situation. In addition, we analyzed other strategies such as the number of publication journals, the number of publications, the academic scope, and the impact factor that other convergence journals operate on. Results - As a result of the analysis, the convergent journals showed to have several related journals, and some journals managed their impact factor well at 5.8. Also, some journals loaded 25 papers in one volume. Also, the managerial functions in IJIDB should be developed further to increase its stability. Finally, opportunities for articles by Candidates of Ph.D. and Masters degree students should be more open to in this field. Conclusions – If IJIDB finds its competitiveness in comparison with the operational strategies of other convergence journals, it will be the best journal in the Korea Citation Index to receive the most research papers and hospitality from scholars in the Korean journals.

본 연구의 목적은 국제물류서비스 제공자인 복합운송주선업체와 그 수요자인 화주간의 관계에서 복합운송주선업체의 서비스지향성과 종업원만족, 경영성과간의 구조적인 관계를 검정하고자 하는 것이다. 연구목적을 효과적으로 달성하기 위하여 문헌연구와 함께 복합운송주선업체를 대상으로 한 설문조사를 통한 실증분석을 병행하였다. 연구결과 복합운송주선업체의 서비스지향성은 종업원만족에 긍정적인 영향을 미치며, 종업원만족은 기업의 재무적 성과에 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다.

The purpose of this study is to shed some light on how market orientation, mediators such as employee satisfaction, service quality and commitment, and business performance are related and to offer important managerial implication for managements or marketing practioners in the International logistics service industry.