Sustainable Development for Responsible Supply Chain

Lee, Su-Yol(이수열) 대한경영학회 2014 대한경영학회 학술발표대회 발표논문집 Vol.2014 No.2

공급사슬의 사회적 자본, 그린 공급사슬관리, 공급사 성과의 관계에 대한 연구

이수열(Su-yol Lee),이경호(Kyung-ho Lee) 한국생산관리학회 2013 한국생산관리학회지 Vol.24 No.2

환경이슈가 기업경영에 미치는 영향이 증대되면서 공급사슬 전체의 효과적인 대응이 점차 중요해 지고 있다. 이러한 실무적인 중요성에도 불구하고 그린 공급사슬관리에 대한 국내 연구는 태동기에 머무르고 있다. 본 연구는 사회적 자본 관점에서 그린 공급사슬관리 활동을 촉진하는 요인을 규명하고 이러한 활동이 공급사의 생산운영 성과에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하였다. 이 연구는 국내 중소 공급사를 대상으로 한 조사 설문과 구조방정식 분석을 통해 연구모형과 가설을 검증하였다. 분석결과는 구매기업과 공급사 사이에 형성된 구조자본이 그린 공급사슬관리를 촉진한다는 연구가설을 지지하고 있다. 또한 그린 공급사슬관리 활동이 공급사의 생산 운영성과 향상에 기여한다는 사실도 밝혔다. 그러나 사회적 자본 중 관계자본이 그린 공급사슬과 생산운영 성과에 미치는 영향은 입증하지 못했다. 본 연구는 구매기업과 공급사의 관계, 그린 공급사슬관리, 그리고 생산운영 성과 간 관계를 이론적으로 설명하고 실증 분석한 초창기 연구이며 공급사슬 전체의 환경역량을 높이고자 하는 기업 실무자에게 의미 있는 시사점을 제공하고 있다. Environmental issues have emerged as one of the most important legitimate business concerns in the last decade. In response to these environmental challenges, firms have increasingly reexamined their supply chains. Since the early 2000s, an increasing number of global brands have begun to adopt and implement green supply chain management (GSCM) in order to improve the environmental performance of the their entire supply chain. Recently, GSCM, which can be characterized by two distinctive but complimentary monitoring and support approaches, has been paid more attention. However, our understanding of antecedents that could facilitate collaborative GSCM is still at an early stage, especially in Korea. This study investigates the effects of social capital accumulated between a buyer and its suppliers on GSCM and suppliers' manufacturing performance. Using data collected from 202 small and medium-sized suppliers in Korea and structural equation modeling, hypotheses are tested. The results revealed that structural social capital strongly facilitates the adoption and implementation of GSCM. The positive relationship between GSCM and suppliers' manufacturing performance was also supported. However, relational social capital was not found to influence GSCM.

한국전력공사(KEPCO)의 CSR과 CSV 소생 전략

이수열(Su-Yol Lee),김유상(Yu-Sang Kim) 한국경영학회 2018 Korea Business Review Vol.22 No.2

기업의 사회적 책임(CSR)은 산업계에 널리 퍼져 하나의 현상이 되었지만 그것이 올바른 이해에 바탕을 두고 있는지는 회의적이다. 기업 비즈니스와 사회가치 창출 연계성을 강조한 공유가치창출(CSV)이 주목 받고 있지만 이 개념 역시 한때의 유행으로 끝나지 않기 위해서는 바른 이해와 지속적인 사례 발굴이 요구된다. 이 사례는 CSR과 CSV의 바른 이해를 바탕으로 국내 최대 공기업인 한국전력공사(KEPCO)의 사회공헌과 연계된 다양한 기업 활동을 진단하고 향후 전략 방향을 논의할 수 있도록 개발되었다. 한전의 다양한 CSR 사회공헌 활동과 잠재적 CSV 사업을 정리하여 제시하였다. 사례 토론의 효과성을 높이기 위해 CSR, CSV에 대한 이론적 배경과 분석 틀에 대한 참고 내용을 부록에서 제공하고 있다. 이 사례는 사회공헌 활동, 전략적 CSR과 CSV에 대한 올바른 이해를 바탕으로 자사의 기존 사업을 진단, 분석, 미래전략을 수립하고자 하는 기업들에게 실무적인 도움을 준다. 특히 사회공헌으로 인식되지 못했으나 사회적 가치 창출 효과가 높은 핵심 사업을 CSV 잣대로 재평가할 수 있는 기회를 제공한다. Although corporate social responsibility(CSR) has spread out through the business circle as a business phenomenon, there still exists that misunderstanding CSR. Creating shared value(CSV), evoking syndrome as a promising alternative to CSR, is also facing challenges that need adequate understanding and continue to develop relevant business cases. This case is designed to provide a place for class discussion on Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)’s CSR and CSV activities and strategies based on a comprehensive understanding CSR and CSV. First, this case presents an extensive list of KEPCO’s social contribution activities and potential CSV cases. Second, a short review of the debates of CSR and CSV, as well as a useful analytic framework in diagnosing CSR and CSV strategies, are provided. This case offers implications for practitioners who wish to diagnose and analyze their firm’s social contribution practices and develop a better and comprehensive CSR and CSV strategies. In particular, the framework of this case can be used to seek and re-evaluate potential CSV activities that have generated social benefits but little recognized as CSV cases.

우리나라 기업의 탄소경영전략에 대한 연구

이수열(Su Yol Lee) 한국경영학회 2009 한국경영학회 통합학술발표논문집 Vol.2009 No.08

글로벌 공급망의 지속가능 공급사슬 관리와 성과

이수열(Su-Yol Lee),이준겸(Joonkyum Lee) 대한경영학회 2015 大韓經營學會誌 Vol.28 No.2

넷제로 전환 시대의 에너지 및 탄소 생산성: 기업 기술혁신의 효과

이수열(Su-Yol Lee),임정대(Jeongdae Yim),이수진(Sujin Lee) 한국경영학회 2023 한국경영학회 통합학술발표논문집 Vol.2023 No.8

기후변화는 세계 경제와 비즈니스 영역에 중대한 영향을 미치는 가장 심각한 현안이다. 기후변화 대응과 경제 성장, 기업 성과의 양립이 어떻게 가능할 것인지 논쟁은 지속되고 있다. 이 연구는 국가와 기업은 넷제로(net-zero) 경제로의 전환에 있어 기술혁신의 역할에 대해 탐구한다. 기업의 기술혁신 활동이 에너지효율성과 탄소생산성에 미치는 효과를 논증하고 실증한 연구이다. 한국의 온실가스에너지 목표관리제와 탄소배출권 거래제 대상 기업의 십년 자료를 분석하였다. 이 연구결과는 첫째, 기술혁신 활동이 에너지효율성과 탄소생산성 개선에 직접 기여를 하고, 둘째, 에너지효율성이 기술혁신이 탄소생산성 미치는 효과를 매개하며, 셋째, 기술혁신의 효과는 에너지다비소 및 온실가스다배출 업종에서 더 두드러진다는 근거를 제시한다. 기술혁신이 에너지, 온실가스, 기업 성과의 동시 달성을 통해 넷제로 경제로 전화하는제 중요한 역할을 한다는 사실을 확인하 이 연구는 기후변화 대응을 위한 기업의 전략과 실무, 그리고 탄소중립 국가 목표 달성을 위한 탄소정책 수립에 중요한 시사점을 제공한다.

기업의 사회적 책임, 무책임, 그리고 기업성과

이수열(Su-Yol Lee),홍미경(Mi-Gyeong Hong) 한국경영학회 2015 經營學硏究 Vol.44 No.3

Firms have adopted corporate social responsibility(CSR) as one of important managerial and strategic considerations with the increasing pressure and expectation of society in which they operate. A number of scholarly work on CSR has been conducted mainly by identifying its elements and validating the effects of CSR on firm performance. However, several important aspects have received relatively little attention. First, to date, little academic research has explored an aspect of corporate irresponsibility, particularly in Korea. The last decade have witnessed that firms can be simultaneously responsible and irresponsible. Second, most previous studies examining the relationship between CSR and firm value have provided mixed results. Moreover, CSR effects vary depending on the explored each specific element of CSR. Third, most previous studies conducted in Korea have utilized the KEJI index as a proxy of CSR performance. However, little attention have addressed the validity of KEJI as a proxy of CSR performance. Given this gap, this paper explores two questions. Does CSR performance lead to higher firm value? And, does CSR performance reduce corporate social irresponsibility(CSiR)? First, this study suggested a comprehensive framework to better understand CSR by simultaneously considering CSiR and firm value. Second, this study provoked discussion on the validity of CSR measurement. Third, this paper provided empirical evidence of the effects of CSR on CSiR and firm value. Consistent with the purpose of this study, the study utilized three proxy measures for CSR, CSiR, and firm value. First, a six-year panel of the KEJI index from year 2005 through year 2011 (except 2008) was used for CSR performance. Second, the study collected data regarding corporate irresponsibility activities by searching daily newspaper articles and Fair Trade Commissions database of resolution for prosecution with 48 keywords representing corporate scandals from 2005 through 2012. Third, this study used Tobins Q for measuring firm value. Hierarchical regression analyses with time-lag models were used to test the effects of CSR on CSiR and firm value, respectively. Overall, the research results provide mixed results regarding the effects of CSR. First, CSR, measured by the KEJI index, has positive and significant impact on firm value. The effects of CSR differ depending on specific dimensions of CSR. However, overall CSR performance is found to contribute to higher firm value. This result well illustrates that the CSR effect is consistent with the previous studies so that the financial aspect of predictive validity of the CSR measure, the KEJI index, is significant. Second, the result confirms that there is no signifiant positive or negative relationship between CSR and CSiR. This result indicates that the commonly used measure for CSR performance in Korea might have shortcomings in terms of validity to predict the possibilities of corporate irresponsible incidents in near future. Collectively, the results of this study reveals that the effect of CSR performance and predictive validity of the KEJI index on firm value are significant whereas they are not significant on corporate irresponsibility. Through a comprehensive model and empirical evidence, this study provides a better understanding of CSR and its measurement. This study provokes an open discussion about CSR by suggesting a controversial result to the conventional expectation on the effects of CSR.

상생협력과 공급사 성과

이수열(Su Yol Lee) 한국경영학회 2013 經營學硏究 Vol.42 No.4

Firms have changed a way of managing their supply chain by adopting win-win collaboration approach as they have realized that a large and increasing amount of sources for a corporate competitive advantage can be found in their supply chain. Such win-win collaboration in supply chains that focuses on a supply chain`s capabilities rather than mere short-term outputs has been paid more attention in Korea as polarization between large buying firms and their small suppliers became problematic. However, several important aspects have received relatively little attention. First, to date, little academic research has clearly identified win-win collaboration and its elements, and explored its effects on supply chain performance in the Korean context whereas rhetoric about the importance of win-win collaboration is abundant. Second, previous studies examining the relationship between collaboration and overall supply chain performance have provided mixed results. Third, most previous studies have more focused on large buying firms` performance, and thus little attention have paid to suppliers, in particular that of small and medium size (SME) suppliers. Given this gap, this paper explores tow questions. How does win-win collaboration influence the performance of suppliers? More specifically, how does social capital accumulated between large buyers and SME suppliers mediate the relationships between win-win collaboration and supplier performance? First, this study identified a comprehensive set of win-win collaboration practices in the Korean context by synthesizing relevant literature and perspectives of practitioners. Second, the study suggests a mediating role of relational social capital between win-win collaboration and the performance of suppliers. Third, this paper provides empirical analyses of these relationships. Consistent with the purpose of this study, the study focused on medium-sized suppliers. A total of 197 responses from SME suppliers were used for the empirical analysis. The results of a series of rigorous tests provided support for the validity and reliability of the scales, including two sub-constructs of win-win collaboration ? fairness and collaboration. Regression analyses were used to test the effects of win-win collaboration on relational social capital and supplier manufacturing performance as well as the mediating effects of relational social capital on the relationship between win-win collaboration and performance. Overall, the research results indicate that the hypotheses for the relationships between win-win collaboration, relational social capital, and supplier performance were supported. First, win-win collaboration has positive and significant impact on social capital accumulation between a buyer and its suppliers. Second, both dimensions of win-win collaboration ? fairness and collaboration ? contribute to the improvement of supplier manufacturing performance. In particular, fairness is found to have a higher impact on supplier performance than collaboration. Third, the results empirically verify a significant positive effect of social capital on the performance of suppliers. Noteworthy is that win-win collaboration increased the supplier`s manufacturing performance through relational social capital accumulation. In other words, relational social capital was found to fully mediate the effects of win-win collaboration on supplier performance. Through a comprehensive model and empirical evidence, this study provides a better understanding of win-win collaboration and important guidelines for managers of buyers as well as suppliers who wish to foster stronger supply chain capabilities. First, large buying firms should recognize that both buyers and suppliers can benefit from win-win collaboration, and thus it is not a one-directional support and/or dispensation. In addition, win-win collaboration is likely to fail if fairness is not well guaranteed. Second, managers of buyers and suppliers should foster fre

감옥이론? 비윤리적 행위로 인한 대기업 지배대주주 구속이 기업 가치에 미치는 영향

이수열(Su-Yol Lee),이지현(Ji-Hyun Lee) 한국윤리경영학회 2018 한국윤리경영학회 학술대회 발표논문집 Vol.2018 No.2

협력적 공급사슬관리가 참여기업 성과에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구

이수열(Su-Yol Lee) 한국경영과학회 2009 한국경영과학회지 Vol.34 No.3

Managers have come to realized that a large and increasing amount of sources for a corporate competitive advantage can be found in their company’s supply chain. At a fundamental level, there is a similar consensus that building a collaborative supply management is a more effective way of managing firms’ supply chains. This paper is an attempt to examine the effects of collaborative supply management by probing a mechanism which shows how competences and/or performance are transferred from suppliers to markets through the supply chains. Research hypotheses regarding the relationships between collaborative supply management, supplier performance, buyer internal performance (new product development and operational performance), and buyer market performance were empirically validated by utilizing a structural equation modeling analysis. The research result indicates the positive impacts of a collaborative supply chain on supply performance as well as buyer internal and market performance, which also well illustrate how the improved competence and/or performance of suppliers engendered from the supplier-buyer collaboration flows throughout the entire supply chain.