Journal of Korea Trade: Volume 21 Issue 1

Determinants of the level of foreign subsidiaries’ localization of Korean MNCs and performance in China: Focused on multi-level factors and non-linear effects

Byoung-Goo Kim, Gyu-Bae Kim

The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze what effects the headquarters’ (HQ) business strategy and corporate culture, the local network embeddedness of the foreign…

An analysis on the causal relationship between freight rate and newbuilding orders: Implications for Korean trade and shipbuilding companies

Chi Yeol Kim, KwangSo Park

The purpose of this paper is to provide implications for forecasting export of Korean shipbuilding industry that is suffering from deadlock in newbuilding orders, by investigating…

Global value chains and liberalization of trade in services: Implications for the Republic of Korea

Hikari Ishido

The purpose of this paper is to address the importance of establishing global value chains (GVCs) through the liberalization of trade in services, with the Republic of Korea…

Optimal number of ports and implications for Korea’s port policy

Sanghack Lee, Jungran Cho

Many governments around the world have strategically privatized their ports. The privatized ports try to maximize profits by setting higher charges for port services and…

The effects of applying alternative discounting methods on the economic feasibility test of Free Trade Zone development project: Based on the Korean preliminary feasibility study cases

Sang Kyum Kim

The purpose of this paper is to examine the applicability of the alternative way of discounting, such as the hyperbolic discount method, for the economic feasibility test on Free…