FTA 관련 기업의 내부특성과 외부환경요인이 FTA 활용의지에 미치는 영향:

• 영문명: Do Internal and External Environmental Factors of Small and Medium-Sized Korean Firms Affect Their Intention to Utilize the FTA?
• 발행기관: 한국무역연구원
• 저자명: 정윤호(Yun-Ho Jeong) 이재은(Jae-Eun Lee) 강지원(Ji-Won Kang) 심재혁(Jae-Hyuk Sim) 이희일(Hee-Il Lee) 최민지(Min-Ji Choi)
• 간행물 정보: 『무역연구』제12권 제4호, 689~707쪽, 전체 19쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 무역학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2016.08.30

영문 초록

This paper examined the effects of internal and external environmental factors of small and medium-sized Korean firms relative to their intention to utilize the FTA. Based on a survey of 72 small and medium-sized firms located in Gwangju and Jeonnam provinces in Korea, the empirical results indicate that a firm’s internal characteristics, participation in FTA education and capabilities of utilizing FTA positively affect their intention to utilize the FTA. These results suggest that a firm’s participation in FTA education contributes towards building absorptive capacity, which in turn also heightens its intention to utilize the FTA. In addition, capabilities of utilizing FTA have a positive effect on FTA utilization suggesting that such capabilities of utilizing FTA reduces the complexity and uncertainty of the FTA. Furthermore, external environmental factors such as intensity of competition in the domestic market and degree of dependence on foreign trade seem to have a positive effect on FTA utilization which show that competition intensity in the domestic market encourages more firms to take advantage of the FTA.

키워드

External Environmental Factors Firms’ Internal Characteristics FTA FTA Utilization Small and Medium-sized Firms Located in Gwangju and Jeonnam Provinces