{"title":"Empirical Analysis of the Factors Affecting FTA Utilization by Exporting SMEs: Evidence from the South Korean Textile Industry","authors":"Joon-heon Song","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.3.412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.3.412","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs), many exporting firms are still confronted with several challenges in utilizing the FTA preferential tariffs. Based on the Technology–Organization–Environment (TOE) framework, this study empirically examines the factors affecting the utilization of FTA schemes by exporting firms. To clarify the key factors influencing FTA utilization, this study develops a conceptual model from the perspective of the adoption of information technology innovations. Eight factors derived from the TOE framework are proposed to explore the determinants of FTA utilization in export. Partial least squares structural equation modeling is employed to analyze the data collected from 162 exporting small- and medium-sized enterprises in the South Korean textile industry. The findings reveal that compatibility and trading partner influence are positively associated with FTA utilization, while complexity is negatively related. Factors of organizational context do not show any relationship with FTA utilization. This study is the first to theoretically analyze and empirically test the determinants of FTA utilization from the perspective of technological innovation adoptions. By examining the relative importance of TOE factors in the utilization of FTA schemes, this study expects to advance a holistic understanding on the perceived factors that could potentially affect the utilization of FTA schemes.","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49666531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Omar Abu Risha, Qingshi Wang, Shanshan Dou, Mohammed Ismail Alhussam, Junguo Shi
{"title":"The Impact of Government Assistance to State-owned Enterprises on Foreign Start-ups: Evidence from Yangtze River Delta","authors":"Omar Abu Risha, Qingshi Wang, Shanshan Dou, Mohammed Ismail Alhussam, Junguo Shi","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.3.411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.3.411","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43181990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policy-based Loans to Korean SME Exporters and the Intensive Margin of Exports","authors":"Unjung Whang, Kyong Hyun Koo","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.3.410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.3.410","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41716416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trauma to Triumph: Rising from The Ashes of The Asian Financial Crisis","authors":"Kwanho Shin","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.2.409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.2.409","url":null,"abstract":"This book is edited by Hoe Ee Khor, Diwa C. Guinigundo, and Masahiro Kawai. A number of authors participated to write thirty chapters that constitute five parts. Part I is an introduction and overview written by the editors. This part explains the purpose and methodology of this volume. They argue that while “the Asian financial crisis (AFC) is considered one of the most significant and devastating economic and financial crises in recent history,” the region recovered strongly and the success in surmounting the crisis and implementing reforms made the region more resilient. The title of Part II is “What Happened During the Asian Financial Crisis and the Global Financial Crisis.” It consists of 12 chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction. The other chapters are based on 32 interviews involving interviewees from nine countries in Asia and from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The interviewees were from pivotal organizations engaged in responding to the AFC that included the relevant ministries, central banks, international organizations, and investment firms. Nine chapters from Chapter 2 to Chapter 10 cover Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and China. Chapter 11 is on the IMF and Chapter 12 is personal takeaways from the Asian Financial Crisis. Among the nine economies, this book grouped Thailand, Indonesia and Korea because they have in common that they were most severely affected by the crisis. This","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44071249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Interfirm Linkages on Chinese MNEs’ Entry into Foreign Markets","authors":"Han-Inn. Su, Sungjin J. Hong","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.2.407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.2.407","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43296400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of Termination of Anti-dumping Measures: The Case of Korea","authors":"Jinwoo Rhee, Y. Jang","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.2.406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.2.406","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47035971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revisiting a Gravity Model of Immigration: A Panel Data Analysis of Economic Determinants","authors":"Kyung-keun Kim","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.2.408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.2.408","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48656614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Economic Cooperation Potential of East Asia’s RCEP Agreement","authors":"S. Armstrong, P. Drysdale","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.1.403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.1.403","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46698483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rise of Geopolitics and Changing Korea and Japan Trade Politics","authors":"Byung-il Choi, Jennifer S. Oh","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.1.404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.1.404","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47502646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"China’s Public Diplomacy towards Africa: Strategies, Economic Linkages and Implications for Korea’s Ambitions in Africa","authors":"Haggai Kennedy Ochieng","doi":"10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.1.405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11644/kiep.eaer.2022.26.1.405","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41122,"journal":{"name":"East Asian Economic Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48980628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}