International Competitive Power Research Articles

Research on Curriculum Reform of English Pedagogy in Colleges and Universities Under the Background of the New Era

With the fast development of our country’s social economy, higher education faces the essential task of cultivating talents with international competitive power. English is a common language of international communication and its status in higher education is particularly important. However, the traditional English teaching model is unable to meet the needs of talent training in the new era. Therefore, it is of great significance to research the reform of college English pedagogy curriculum. This paper takes the college English pedagogy curriculum in the new era as the research object, analyzes its current situation and existing problems, and puts forward corresponding reform strategies.

THE ROLE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN ENSURING ENERGY SECURITY OF SUPPLY AND REDUCING ENERGY-RELATED IMPORT

After the industrial revolution, energy and its raw materials became vital for the economic growth and national security. Energy, which is essential in the production process as intermediate asset, plays a role in all stages from transportation to the production of final goods. Energy, which determines the international competitive power of the countries, must be available in a long-term way in an affordable and accessible manner for the economic growth of countries in micro- and macro-scale. The aim of this study, which adopts analytical method in this way, is to emphasize that the inclination of energy poor countries to renewable energy sources within the context of energy security of supply will reduce the dependence on outer sources and thus the potential added value of this transformation to these countries should not be ignored. Importing energy, which is one of the biggest expenditure items of energy poor countries, often emerge as large budget expenditure or current account deficit for these countries. In this context, it was emphasized that in addition to the economic losses caused by energy imports in a country's budget, outer risks for energy security of supply have the potential to negatively affect the sustainability of economic activities. Furthermore, the study looks at renewable energy sources differently from the studies in the literature which mainly examine renewable energy within the context of climate change and its contributions to the climate change mitigation activities. Thus, it is argued that, with the renewable energy, countries will increase their energy diversity and prevent risks that threaten energy security of supply and income losses caused by energy imports and reduce their dependence on imported energy.

Introduction of the representative mushroom cultivars and groundbreaking cultivation techniques in Korea

The production scale of mushrooms in Korea is approximately 600 billion won, which is 1.6% of Korea's gross agricultural output. In Korea, ca. 190,000 tons of mushrooms are harvested annually. Although the numbers of mushroom farms and cultivators are constantly decreasing, total mushroom yields are increasing owing to large-scale cultivation facilities and automation. The recent expansion of the well-being trend has caused an increase in mushroom consumption in Korea: the annual per capita mushroom was 3.9 kg ('13), whichis a little higher than that in Europe. Thus, mushroom export, mainly Flammulina velutipes and Pleurotus ostreatus, has increased since the mid-2000s. Recently, however, it is slightly reduced. Nevertheless, Vietnam, Hong Kong, the United States, and the Netherlands continue to export mushrooms, and Korea has increased its export to Australia, Canada, Southeast Asia, etc. Canned Agaricus bisporus, the first export of the Korean mushroom industry, reached it speak sales in 1977-1978. When Korea initiated trade with China in 1980, the international prices of mushrooms fell sharply, leading to shrinkage of the domestic markets. Spurred by the high demand to develop substitute goods for A. bisporus, the oyster mushroom (P. ostreatus) gained attention since it seemed to suit the taste of Korean consumers. Although the log cultivation technique for oyster mushroom was developed in the early 1970s, it required a great deal of labor. Thus, we developed the shelf cultivation technique, which is easier to manage and allows for mass production. In this technique, the growing shelf is made mafrom fermented rice straw, whichis the only P. ostreatus medium in the world and isused only in South Korea. After then, the use of cotton wastes as an additional material of medium, the productivity. Currently, we are developing a standard cultivation technique and environmental control system that can stably produce mushrooms throughout the year. The increase of oyster mushroom production may boostthe domestic market and contribute to industrial development. In addition, oyster mushroom production technology played a role in forming the basis for the development of bottle cultivation, which made mass production. In particular, bottle cultivation using liquid spawn could allow for the export of F. velutipes and Pleurotus eryngii. In addition, the white varieties of F. velutipes were second developed in the world after Japan. We also developed the new A. bisporus cultivar 'Saeah', which is easy to grow in Korea. In hopes to advance the mushroom industry, we will continue to develop cultivars with international competitive power and to improve cultivation techniques.

Identifying the Mediating Impact of Innovation Culture on the Work Satisfaction between Strategic Human Resource Management and Possession

Innovation culture describes the new eco-system in the business fields and production philosophy. Hence; increasing the international competitive power of the local corporations in the framework development, and improving entrepreneurship and innovation capability in the native space is very necessary during this century. In this process strategic human resource management (SHRM) may be a vital activity for firms. Some vehicles are needed to notice these activities as control the atmosphere and for development. In this study, the effects of SHRM are mentioned with the intermediate roles of innovation culture and possession. This research develops a framework for the investigation of job satisfaction through worker possession, in the light of recent developments in innovation culture. The aim is to identify the mediating impact of innovation culture on the work satisfaction between strategic human resource management and possession. To test the propositions, a field survey using questionnaires was conducted. 718 printed questionnaires were collected from Hamadan province. Especially in the personal sector, SHRM is directly effective on employee behaviors. The findings indicate that employee possession as a vital psychological issue creates a step between the structure factors and job satisfaction.

Innovation Culture and Strategic Human Resource Management in Public and Private Sector within the Framework of Employee Ownership

Innovation culture describes the new eco-system in the business fields and production philosophy. The differences between the countries and regions in terms of management, science, engineering, technology and labor quality have become the factors that explain the complexity dynamics of the 21st century. Hence; increasing the international competitive power of the local firms in the framework of regional development politics, improving entrepreneurship and innovation capacity in local area are highly important in this century. In this process strategic human resource management (SHRM) is a critical activity for companies. Some vehicles are required to realize these activities as regulating the environment and for development. In this study, the effects of SHRM are discussed with the mediator roles of innovation culture and employee ownership. This research develops a framework for the investigation of job satisfaction through employee ownership, in the light of recent developments in innovation culture. The aim is to identify the mediating effect of innovation culture on the job satisfaction between strategic human resource management and employee ownership. To test the propositions, a field survey using questionnaires was conducted. 479 printed questionnaires were collected from Marmara Region. Especially in private sector, SHRM is directly effective on employee behaviors. The findings indicate that employee ownership as a critical psychological factor creates a step between the organizational factors and job satisfaction.

Special issue on environmentally conscious technologies in mechanical engineering

Global concerns on environmental and health issues have led us to the development of environmentally conscious technologies in the related academia and industries incorporating national and international research collaboration. Government laws and international regulations for reducing pollution such as the carbon dioxide and toxic waste increase production costs and impose international trade barriers, which accelerates global competition in industry. Knowledge and understanding on the environmentally conscious technologies, including eco-friendly manufacturing and design of products, renewable energy and energy harvesting, high-efficiency energy conversion, as well as marketing strategies, will allow us to provide sustainable solutions to overcome the barriers and possess international competitive power. This Special Issue aims to gather experts and scholars from related fields to present and share their recent research on environmentally conscious technologies in mechanical engineering field. Only nine articles out of 29 submitted articles were successful in meeting the expectations of the blind review process and have been selected for inclusion in this Special Issue after revisions based on reviewer feedbacks and further revisions:

다중 LS-SVM을 이용한 중국유학생들의 쇼핑몰 고객만족도 분석

현재 인터넷 쇼핑은 중국인들의 일반적인 소비채널이 되고 있으며 앞으로도 지속적으로 성장할 가능성이 매우 높다. 중국의 인터넷 쇼핑몰 시장이 급속히 성장하고 있음에도 불구하고 중국인의 고객만족도에 맞는 인터넷 쇼핑몰은 많지 않다. 한국의 인터넷 쇼핑몰 업체들이 쇼핑몰에 대한 품질평가와 고객만족도를 분석하여 중국 유학생들의 성향에 맞는 쇼핑몰을 구축한다면 국제 경쟁력을 강화시킬 수 있을 것이다. 본 논문에서는 중국 유학생들과 한국 대학생들의 인터넷 쇼핑몰 고객만족도에 대해 비교 분석하여 어떠한 차이가 있는지 분석하고 전역적 최적의 해를 구하는 다중 LS-SVM을 이용하여 중국 유학생들의 고객만족도 모형을 분석한다. 중국 유학생들의 고객만족도 분석은 한국 인터넷 쇼핑몰 업체들에게 유익한 정보로서 활용될 수 있을 뿐 아니라 국제 경쟁력을 강화할 수 있는 방안이 될 것이다. Currently Internet shopping (or shopping online) is becoming the common consumption channel for Chinese, and it is more likely to continue to grow. Although E-tailers (or the Internet shopping mall) in China is rapidly growing, there are not very many shopping malls that can meet customer satisfaction. E-tailers in Korea analyze the quality evaluation and customer satisfaction of shopping malls. If the Internet shopping that is suitable for Chinese students studying in Korea is built, it is expected to strengthen international competitive power. In this paper, the comparative analysis of Customer satisfaction for Internet shopping between Chinese students studying in Korea and Korean university students is provided. Furthermore, we analyze the customer satisfaction model of Chinese students studying in Korea by using the multi lease square support vector machine that obtains the global optimal solution. Analysis of customer satisfaction of Chinese students studying in Korea are not only used for E-tailers in Korea, but it can strengthen international competitive power.

에어컨 화재사례 분석 및 예방대책에 관한 연구

전기화재는 다양한 원인에 의해 발생하고 있으며 최근에는 복합적인 원인에 의해 발생하기 때문에 전기적, 열적, 기계적, 환경적 영향에 의한 제품의 열화특성과 발열 메커니즘 등 체계적인 연구와 분석을 통한 과학적이고 합리적인 안전설계애안 제시를 위한 연구가 절실히 요구되고 있는 실정이다. 재해로 인한 인적 물적 손실은 국가와 기업의 대외 신뢰도 하락을 가져오고 있으며 제품 안전에 대한 수요는 무한 경쟁에 따른 규제완화의 이유로 증가하고 있다. 기업의 이미지를 증진시키고 국제적 경쟁력을 강화시키기 위해 제품에 대한 안전 설계는 반드시 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 사용량이 점차 증가하고 있는 에어컨에서 전기화재가 발생한 사례와 원인 및 재현실험을 통해 안전설계에 대한 제시를 위해 수행 하였으며 화재 예방대책 등의 기초 자료로 할용 가능할 것으로 기대한다. In recent years, many electrical fires have occurred due to complex causes. Therefore, products are required to make with scientific design considering electrical, thermal, mechanical and environmental influences. Disasters can cause losses of life and property with fall in confidence of countries and companies. And demands for safe product have been increased by reason of recent deregulation followed by limitless competition. It is necessary to design safe product in order to improve corporate image and strengthen international competitive power. This paper addresses electrical fire case of air conditioner. The use of air conditioner have recently increased as a result of global warming. The aim of this study is to provide safety design and fire prevention measures of air conditioner through cause analysis and reappearance experiments.

Evaluation of a Multiple Linear Regression Model for the Prediction of Panicle Number in Rice

In Japan, it is required to develop rice production technology that can achieve stable targets of yield and quality, given the high demands of consumers about rice quality, the necessity of enhancing our international competitive power, and a declining trend in the production of first grade rice (Ministry of Agricultaure, Forestry and Fisheries, 2011). Rice yield is determined by yield components such as panicle number, spikelet number, percentage of ripened grains, and grain weight (Kokubun, 2010). Among these components, panicle number is the most important because it significantly affects other yield components as well as rice quality. Panicle number is largely determined by tiller number, which is affected by various factors such as air temperature (Kobayashi et al., 1985), solar radiation (Shimizu et al., 1962; Kitagawa et al., 1988), water temperature (Honjo et al., 1968; Ueki, 1968), and soil nitrogen content (i.e., quantity of ammo–nium in the soil solution and exchangeable ammonium in the soil (Ando et al., 1988). Yet, the interaction of these factors is complicated; thus, tiller number has mainly been controlled on the basis of trial and error experiences of farmers. However, unstable rice yield and quality in recent years indicate limitation of agricultural practice when based on farmer experience. Hence, the development of a prediction model that expresses the relationship between tiller or panicle number and various influential factors is required to support the decision–making process of farmers in agricultural practice. There has been a limited number of studies regarding prediction models on tiller or panicle number, with such studies being focused on factorial analysis. Tanifuji and Thokairin (1985) developed the successive prediction model for tiller and panicle numbers that focused on short–term forecasts. In this model, tiller and panicle numbers were predicted 10 to 20 days in advance by using plant length and tiller number at the time of prediction and daily mean temperature of ordinary year. This model may provide useful information to support decision–making for top–dressing; however, the model does not provide information about required basal fertilizer application, which is the most important practice to control tiller number. In addition, the explanatory variables included in the model were not sufficient to express Evaluation of a Multiple Linear Regression Model for the Prediction of Panicle Number in Rice

The analysis of international competitive power of 3D contents in Korea-with - case of the feature film ‘The war’ -

The analysis of international competitive power of 3D contents in Korea-with - case of the feature film ‘The war’ -

The Power Analysis of Smart Work Industry and Increase Plan

This study found the power analysis and increase plan of Smart work industry out. We did the internet survey with 117 experts of Smart work and analyzed International competitive power and Smart work marketability. The results was as follows: First, Experts recognized the growth about Cloud computing industry so that they were most high. Second, The thing which the earning of Smart work industry is high appeared a Security industry, Cloud computing industry, and Mobile office industry etc sequence. Third, The Smart work industry which an international technique power level is high appeared in a Smart e-learning industry, Mobile office industry, and Security industry etc sequence. Lastly, An Smart work industry which the concentration supports in the government dimension Security industry, Cloud computing industry, Smart work user SW industry, and Smart e-learning industry etc sequence. This research products will use for there even though it prepares a concentration support industry in the government dimension an activation policy.

Comparison for international competition power between Turkey and European Union (EU)-27: Wheat example

The International Competition Power (ICP) for a firm or a country is the indicator of suppression over other firms or countries with which it is competing in domestic and/or international markets. It is, however, bind to demand and supply conditions in domestic and international markets (e.g. technology, productivity, production cost, domestic and international marketing conditions, etc.) and economic policies such as foreign trade, money and financial policies. The main reason of measuring ICP for a firm or country is to show its economic performance (OzaAŸ, 2000). In this study, competitive powers of Turkey and EU-27 for wheat were measured by using Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (RCA Index, Balassa Index) and analyses have been performed by the data based upon wheat export values between Turkey and EU for 2004 - 2008. According to results obtained from this study, the international competitive power of Turkey for international wheat market is less than that of Malta, Portugal, Italy, and Belgium whereas she has more competitive power than other EU countries. Key words: International competition power, revealed comparative advantage index, Turkey, EU-27.

トレードフローで見る日本素材産業の位置

The trade flows of materials were visualized by use of the data from United Nation's COMTRADE database. Subjected materials were Fe at 1992 and Fe, Al, Cu, Ni, Au, Pt, Co, W, Ta, plastics, and chemical products at 2007. While the trilateralism with USA, Germany and Japan at 1992 is releasing to be spread, Japan is still keeping a dominant trade flows in each material. Japan is one of the dominant countries in both cases of the export and the import of materials. The change of the position of material in the international competitive power of countries is discussed. While many countries have tendency to shift the weight from material to products, Japan keeps a special position on materials. From 1990s the share of engineering materials in the export is increasing up to 20%, overriding machines and electric equipments. The importance of engineering material industry on national survival of Japan is increasing.

자기 센서를 이용한 전자 컴퍼스 개발

Recently fishing industry is interested in efficiency and automation to acquire the international competitive power of national fishing industry. As an automation device of fishing boat, there are electric compasses using GPS and terrestrial magnetic sensor. Electric compass can be minimum size, high effectiveness with keeping the characteristic of a magnetic compass. This can be used a heading angle sensor to construct auto-navigation system in a small size ship. This paper develop electronic compass system that has serial output signal in NMEA 0183 and demonstrates the possibility of the electronics compass in navigation system for a small sized ship.

한국해양대학교 해사대학 해기교육시스템에 대한 학생 설문조사 및 결과분석

Recently maritime colleges in Korea have confronted with many difficulties on account of changes of educational circumstance such as increasing the number of low-wage foreign officers on board Korea-registered vessels, weakening international competitive power, avoiding reaction in the field of 3D occupational category etc. Therefore, We are drawing up a efficient educational system cultivating the well-trained marine officers who will take a more active role in the ear of 21C marine revolution The questionnaire was composed of 5 courses-entrance into a school, classwork, campus life, on-board training, choosing occupations and conducted the questionnaire survey of students in Maritime College in Korea Maritime University. And the analysis was carried out to understand the changes of student`s consciousness structure and find out the problems of current maritime education system.

イノベーションと国際競争力

イノベーションと国際競争力

Perspectives on the grazing system in Japan

AbstractCattle were first imported from the continent during the Yayoi‐style culture stage around the first and second centuries before Christ. There were no fundamental changes in the rearing structure until the ratification of the agricultural basic law of 1961 that each farmer rears one or two cows for the purposes of farming labour and manure production. The grazing system seems to have been rare until 1960s. Though the total area of grassland and the total number of cattle increased drastically after the agricultural basic law, the feed composition gradually became biased to the concentrates imported and the grazing system is still not widely used. The new agricultural basic law of 1999 aims to increase the self‐sufficiency rate of the feed and promotes to establish a ‘Japanese‐Style Grazing System’. There are five types of new suitable places for grazing in Japan. These are the redundant rice paddy field, abandoned arable land, deserted fuelwood forest, abandoned public native grassland and forest in deep mountains. The grazing technologies are nearly completed in the former two types. There are, however, a lot of endangered plants and animals and pests in the latter three types. Additionally, most of the forest is designated as conservation forest. The grazing system there should be in harmony with the conservation of and protection from wild species. It is also important to develop the automatic monitoring and collecting system for cattle and to make animals able to forage effectively and to take care of their calves properly under the free‐ranging system. As the international competitive power of Japanese agriculture is rather low, it is necessary to form a new food system consisting of the animal production, local cultivators and the consumer and the taxpayer.

Special Issue on Flexible Force Control and Process-Adaptive Production Systems

In the recent assembly lines, the frequency of changing processes has been increasing in line with high mix production, but because these changes are carried out by operator, the burden of changing processes has increased as well. This situation has arisen because of the fact that since the robots being used at present automatic assembly lines are based on a simple teaching and playing back method, human workers must renew instructions for each act of changing a work object and also that dedicated machines are necessary due to the inability of making precision assembly,thereby inviting declines in total operational rates and increases in cost. These facts are limiting the use of robot based automation itself and are one of the important factors for the declining international competitive power. Under these circumstances, with the aim of constructing sophisticated production systems that are capable of dealing with process changes automatically without the use of human labor, a project called ""Research & Development of Process Adaptive Flexible Robots""was proposed and was adopted to the Regional Consortium Research and Development Enterprise supported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, and was adopted. The research period was to be 3 years from the fiscal year 1997 to the fiscal year 1999, and the total research fund was to be 360 million yen. In more specific terms, an engine assembly line and a semiconductor testing process were chosen as research subjects; and developmental research was carried out for elemental techniques that are necessary for the flexible execution of tasks such as piston insertion causing no damage to walls even with a minute clearance, or IC chip insertion causing no plastic deformation even with positional dislocation, though these tasks must be carried out when works change in type, size, etc.; and the researchers started the work of developing system integration technology that would achieve these task objectives in the optimal manner. Attention was focused rather on ""force control"" of which humans make skillful use than on developmental work based on the conventional position control technology, and development objectives were set not only to achieve a breakthrough for putting force control technology into practice by way of the integration of flexible force control and high aprecision position control and also by way of controlling the vibrations of complex machine systems, but also to demonstrate the research results by means of two prototypes of a flexible robot for assembly lines and an inserter for IC chip testing. The present special issue is a collection of results achieved by the participating research organization in the present research and development work, and it will be a great pleasure for its editors if this issue contribute seven a little. toward the future practical use of force control. Finally, sincere appreciation is expressed to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization for providing an opportunity for carrying out this research and development work, as well as to all the organizations for their participation in the project.

Reforms in Mexican Banking Syatem and Financial “Internationalization.”

The Mexican financial system has undergone profound change, based on legal reforms in the last years. One of the most important is the privatization of the comercial banks under Pres. Carlos Salinas. These reforms have had two major goals: one is to constitute financial groups, integrating comercial banks and stock companies as the “holdings.” In this case, political stages have been advanced keeping pace with, and after, preceding that in the United States, so called, some reforms of Glass-Steagall Act.Another goal is the internationalization of mexican financial market, that means to promote the establishments of branches by mexican institutions in other countries, and to induce the subsidiaries of foreign comercial banks. It's one of the results of NAFTA's negotiations, but now mexican banking system has fallen into a dilemma between their need of foreign capitales and the lack of international competitive power.

Plans for Improving the International Competitive Power of Small Industries According to Changes in the Economic Environment

Korean small industries are currently facing a good deal of changes in the economic environment; (a) the industrial environment became more competitive than as ever in that small industries have to compete with foreign industries even for the domestic market; (b) developed countries are turning reluctant to transfer their new technology; (c) rapid economic growth of other developing countries are threatening us; (d) customer needs are becoming more and more individualized and diversified; (e) the regulation of government concerning the contamination of natural environment will be more strict. Because the only way possible to overcome this situation is considered to be technological innovation, many ways in which to enhance the level of our technology are provided and discussed in detail. Due to to consideration of efficiency, introduction of foreign technology is preferred by small industries rather than developing new technology on their own. Many different ways of introducing foreign technology are addressed including licensing, direct investment, co-investment, and venture capital. It is emphasized that small industries should be able to put together its own know-hows and introduced foreign technology in an synergistic manner by which to maximize their international competitive power.