Whilst mobile services have grown to a sizeable market in recent years, and leaps and bounds have been made in related technology, consumers' usage behavior with regard to these services has received little attention from researchers. Studies on related topics are few and scarce, if compared, for example, to studies on information systems or web services. The main purpose of this study is to investigate consumers' usage behavior in mobile services to provide pointers for future development of this field. Specifically, this study attempts to identify variables influencing the use of mobile service consumers. We developed an information technology acceptance model to determine usage characteristics and usage trends in mobile services and predict consumers' usage behavior based on patterns discerned from these characteristics and trends. Information technology acceptance models are a useful tool for understanding the behavior of consumers of services such as mobile services, combining aspects of a technology and service good, from the perspective of behavioral science. This study, comprehensively concerned with mobile service marketing-related issues, considers both factors influencing consumers' usage behavior and also technical aspects of services. Factors influencing the behavior of mobile service consumers are investigated empirically, by examining them in a real-world context. The expected outcomes of this study are as follows: First, it will predict consumers' usage behavior with regard to mobile services based on usage characteristics at the level of task management, and discern identifiable and recurring patterns. Second, it will awaken providers to the importance of technical and functional performance and a clear understanding of consumers' needs for the success of marketing mobile services.
Facing such serious problems in cultivating IT engineers as a mismatch in supply and demand of IT workers, shortage of globally competitive IT professionals, and insufficient education and training of university graduates, the Korean government has decided to adopt a new paradigm in national IT engineering education, based on supply chain management (SCM) in manufacturing. SCM weighs improving competitiveness of the supply chain as a whole via a long-term commitment to supply chain relationships and a cooperative, integrated approach to business processes. These characteristics of SCM are believed to provide insight into a more effective IT education and industry-university relationship. On the basis of the SCM literature, a model for industry-oriented IT higher education is designed, and then applied in the field of computersoftware engineering in Korea.
Today convergence technologies have become a major issue in science policy. This paper describes the current state of scientific collaboration in convergence technologies among researchers in South Korea, by conducting survey and the Social Network Analysis (SNA) with a data set of 1,095 researchers who have involved in the development of the convergence technologies. The main research findings are fivefold. First, dominant numbers of researchers are involved in convergence technology with IT because IT is recognized as the most competitive technology in Korea. Second, mobility of researchers is active in convergence technologies. Third, it is found that the researchers in convergence technologies are more productive in terms of the number of research papers per capita than those in other scientific fields. Fourth, they, however, show limited research collaboration, compared with their high productivity. Finally, the members of the network in convergence technologies are closer to each other than those in other scientific fields, but most of their collaborative relationships remain bilateral rather than triangular. Only a few researchers act as hubs, revealing that collaborative research relationship in convergence technologies in Korea is highly concentrated. At the last part, some policy recommendations to promote research collaboration in convergence technologies are discussed.
Journal of Digital Convergence 13 * 이 논문은 2 0 1 3 년도 호서대학교의 재원으로 학술연구비 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임( 2 0 1 3 -0 3 5 3 ) .Re c e i v e d2 0Ma r c h2 0 1 4 ,Re v i s e d1 1Ap r i l2 0 1 4 Ac c e p t e d2 0J u n e2 0 1 4 C o r r e s p o n d i n gAu t h o r :I lGo oC h o( KE I T) E ma i l :c h o 1 9 @k e i t . r e . k r Ⓒ Th e S o c i e t y o fDi g i t a lP o l i c y & Ma n a g e me n t .Al lr i g h t s r e s e r v e d .Th i si sa n o p e n -a c c e s sa r t i c l ed i s t r i b u t e du n d e rt h e t e r mso ft h eC r e a t i v eC o mmo n sAt t r i b u t i o n No n -C o mme r c i a l L i c e n s e( h t t p : / / c r e a t i v e c o mmo n s . o r g / l i c e n s e s / b y -n c / 3 . 0 ) ,wh i c h p e r mi t s u n r e s t r i c t e d n o n -c o mme r c i a l u s e , d i s t r i b u t i o n , a n d r e p r o d u c t i o n i n a n y 주제어 : 벤처기업,글로벌화,AHP모형,정보통신,인지지도 분석Abstract This study analyzed the globalization policy of ICT SMEs and ventures using cognitive map analysis and derived the priority to importance about action plans using AHP model, while the globalization paradigm has been rapidly changing in the ICT industry. Empirical results showed that policy tool variables should be needed to develop because policy goal variables are generally presented more than policy tool variables. In addition, this cognitive map could be characterized by a scarcity of feedback loops which means policy landscape for ICT SMEs and ventures' globalization is unilateral rather than cyclical to reach policy goal from policy tools. Another finding is that creative economy policy variable was not observed as policy tool variable but as policy goal variable. This means creative economy can be implemented through support for ICT SMEs and ventures' globalization. Finally, for detailed policy measures, installation of global start-up center, recruiting and utilization of global specialists, revitalization of ICT R&D international collaboration study, enlargement of global investment network, accompanied overseas advance of large enterprises and SMEs are presented in order in terms of the importance of policy priority.
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