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Jurisdição Constitucional como mecanismo de emancipação social: uma abordagem a partir de decisões da Corte Constitucional colombiana sobre direitos sociais
Authors: Chevitarese Alessia Barroso Lima Brito Campos , Santos Ana Borges Coêlho , Souza Camila Nascimento de
Published: May 2020

RESUMOO artigo tem por objetivo analisar a efetividade da jurisdição constitucional como mecanismo de emancipação social de determinados grupos a partir de decisões da Corte Constitucional colombiana. Nesse sentido, busca-se compreender a tutela dos direitos sociais, conforme o disposto na Constituição Colombiana de 1991, e os desafios de implementação dos direitos previstos, bem como o contexto de desenvolvimento de um protagonismo mais acentuado da Corte Constitucional colombiana. O estudo investiga se as progressistas decisões da citada Corte são capazes de modificar positivamente a situação social de grupos socialmente vulneráveis, com a finalidade de ponderar, nesse contexto, o papel da jurisdição constitucional na efetividade dos direitos sociais dos jurisdicionados.PALAVRAS-CHAVECorte Constitucional da Colômbia. Emancipação social. Efetividade dos direitos sociais. ABSTRACTThe article aims to analyze the effectiveness of judicial review as a mechanism of social emancipation of certain groups based on decisions of the Colombian Constitutional Court on social rights. In this sense, we seek to understand the protection of social rights, in accordance with the Colombian Constitution of 1991 and the challenges of implementing the rights envisaged, as well as the context of developing a more prominent role of the Colombian Constitutional Court. The study investigates whether if the progressive decisions of the aforementioned Court are capable of positively changing the social situation of socially vulnerable groups, in order to consider, in this context, the role of constitutional jurisdiction in the effectiveness of the social rights.KEYWORDSColombian Constitutional Court. Social emancipation. Effectiveness of social rights.
A materialidade da crônica: dialética da vida ao rés-do-chão
Authors: Boenavides William Moreno
Published: May 2020

Interessa neste texto discutir a constituição do gênero crônica em perspectiva materialista. O debate se faz importante na medida em que tal modo de análise não tem imperado nas tentativas de estabelecimento dos traços constitutivos deste gênero. Como produto cultural, a crônica é marcada pelas contradições sociais e formais que permeiam seu meio e condições de produção. No transcurso do seu desenvolvimento no Brasil do século XIX, tensões históricas aí presentes migraram para sua própria constituição formal.
A INVISIBILIDADE NA FRONTEIRA: UMA ANÁLISE SOBRE A “FAIXA LIVRE” LOCALIZADA ENTRE SETE QUEDAS - BR E PINDOTY PORÃ - PY
Authors: Maruchi Leonardo Calixto , Souza Lidiane Cristina Lopes Garcia de
Published: May 2020

Este artigo é fruto de um trabalho de campo realizado pela turma de mestrandos e doutorandos do Programa de Pós Graduação em Geografia da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), durante a disciplina “Tópicos Especiais em Geografia” ministrada pelo Prof. Dr. Jones Dari Goettert. Nesta aula de campo, foram realizadas entrevistas com moradores da chamada “faixa livre”, que é uma zona neutra na fronteira entre Brasil e Paraguai no sul do estado do Mato Grosso do Sul. A particularidade desse lugar e das pessoas que ali vivem mostra como a fronteira é um lugar em que as relações se dão de maneira única, e que apesar de ser um lugar contraditório e com diversos problemas, também é um lugar de multiplicidades, saberes e vivências únicas.
CORUMBÁ-MS: O RETORNO DA MIGRAÇÃO INDOCUMENTADA DE HAITIANOS NO BRASIL
Authors: Jesus Alex Dias de
Published: May 2020

O permanente quadro de pobreza estrutural vigente no Haiti fez com que milhões de haitianos buscassem na migração alternativas para a melhoria das condições de vida. A partir de 2010, alguns países da América do Sul passaram a fazer parte dos destinos dos migrantes haitianos que, por meio de redes sociais, conectam os vários espaços dessa antiga e intensa mobilidade. Entretanto, as respostas à migração haitiana na América do Sul tem sido a implementação de políticas restritivas por parte dos governos dos países de destino e de trânsito. Especialmente no Chile, a partir de abril de 2018, um decreto promulgado pelo presidente Sebastián Piñera, dificultou a permanência e regularização dos haitianos no país. Diante disso, o presente artigo objetiva analisar a recente mobilidade internacional de haitianos que abandonam o Chile e ingressam de maneira indocumentada no Brasil através do município de Corumbá, no estado do Mato Grosso do Sul.
PONTOS DE CONVERGÊNCIA ENTRE O DIREITO INTERNACIONAL HUMANITÁRIO E O DIREITO INTERNACIONAL DOS REFUGIADOS: A PREVENÇÃO DO DESLOCAMENTO COMO MECANISMO DE SOBREVIVÊNCIA
Authors: Silva Ádria Saviano Fabricio da , Silva César Augusto S. da
Published: May 2020

Objetiva-se, com este trabalho, analisar a aproximação entre o Direito Internacional Humanitário e o Direito Internacional dos Refugiados por meio da investigação documental e bibliográfica, utilizando-se o método dedutivo e a abordagem qualitativa. Será possível caracterizar as principais nuances de ambos os direitos e identificar, assim, as diretrizes onde ocorrem as convergências da função protetiva do Direito Internacional Humanitário e do Direito Internacional dos Refugiados. Abordaremos tal aproximação por meio do estudo das normas e dos princípios fundadores de ambos os direitos através de três caminhos: a análise histórica, a análise teórica e a análise prática, utilizando, para tanto, o referencial teórico dos autores Antonio Augusto Cançado Trindade, Christophe Swinarsky e a doutrina amplamente divulgada pelo Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha e pelo Alto Comissariado das Nações Unidas para Refugiados. Por fim faremos um breve estudo de caso da atuação da Federação Internacional da Cruz Vermelha na Venezuela.
GESTÃO AMBIENTAL DAS EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS DE NAVEGAÇÃO E DOS PORTOS NACIONAIS QUE OPERAM NA HIDROVIA DO PARAGUAI-PARANÁ
Authors: Sousa Samuel Ribeiro de , Silva Aguinaldo
Published: May 2020

A Hidrovia do Paraguai-Paraná (HPP) constitui um dos mais importantes eixos fluviais de integração da América do Sul e vetor de desenvolvimento socioeconômico da região. Percorre cinco países (Brasil, Bolívia, Paraguai, Argentina e Uruguai) e sua utilização foi regulamentada pelo Acordo de Santa Cruz de La Sierra, que consagra, entre outros, os princípios de livre trânsito e de liberdade de navegação. Esse acordo permite o compartilhamento de território e de águas, redundando em alguns atritos. Nesse cenário conflituoso, ressalta-se a questão ambiental. A legislação brasileira é bem rígida com a proteção ao meio ambiente e estabelece diversos instrumentos e procedimentos destinados à preservação ambiental no âmbito das atividades econômicas potencialmente poluidoras. Dentre esses, merece destaque a gestão ambiental. Com este trabalho, buscou-se analisar, a partir de critérios objetivos, a eficiência da gestão ambiental das empresas brasileiras de navegação e dos portos nacionais que operam na HPP.
Water Resources Analysis: An Approach based on Agent-Based Modeling
Authors: Farias Giovani , Leitzke Bruna , Born Míriam , Aguiar Marilton , Adamatti Diana
Published: May 2020

The paper aims to present a river basin modeling using GAMA platform for water resources analysis. Currently, several models based on multi-agent systems are used for natural resources management and they present satisfactory results for this type of scenario. GAMA is agents based and widely used in this context with several studies already published. In this study, the Sa ̃o Gonc ̧alo and Lagoa Mirim basins were considered from georeferenced data. In the modeling, regions, and rivers are agents on the system where rivers water can flow among neighbors regions.
Scrumie: Scrum Teaching Agent Oriented Game
Authors: Marinho Leonardo Lima , Santos Suelen Regina C. dos , Andrade Leonardo , Cons Bruna Costa , Schots Marcelo , Werneck Vera Maria
Published: May 2020

The use of agile methods has become essential in software development at the present time. Among the existing methods, Scrum is one of the major ones, and is used to manage projects in companies, even outside of the scope of software systems development. Considering the relevance of this subject and the success usually obtained in learning through educational games, Scrumie was proposed to teach the management of Scrum projects. Scrumie applies intelligence in multiagent architecture being developed with Agile Passi an agent oriented methodology. This paper contains a proposal, modeling, implementation and evaluation of the Scrumie game.
Independent directors: Exploring the heterogeneous nature of multiple directorships
Authors: Hewa Dulige Jayasinghe , Ali Muhammad Jahangir , Mather Paul , Young Suzanne
Published: May 2020

We examine the effect of independent directors’ (IDs’) heterogeneous directorships on performance and diversification of high growth firms in a sample of 1152 firm-year Australian listed company observations over the period 2007 to 2010. We find a positive association between some measures of IDs’ heterogeneous directorships and the firm performance of high-growth firms as measured by return on assets. We also find a positive association between IDs’ heterogeneous board ties and firm diversification. This study highlights that decisions concerning the appointment of IDs to corporate boards should be based on the strategic context of their other directorships. We extend the literature on multiple directorships by showing that it is not a narrow focus on the number of directorships as a proxy for reputation or busyness that matters. Instead, it is the precise nature of these directorships.
The effects of situational leadership and self-efficacy on the improvement of teachers’ work productivity using correlation analysis and SITOREM
Authors: Hidayat Rais , Patras Yuyun Elizabeth , Hardhienata Soewarto , Agustin Rindu Rahayu
Published: May 2020

This research aimed to determine the positive correlation of situational leadership and self-efficacy with the improvement of teacher work productivity. The quantitative method with correlation analysis were employed, furthermore the Scientific Identification Theory to Conduct Operation Research in Education Management (SITOREM) was applied to determine the priorities. The population includes all the elementary school teachers which are civil servants (PNS) in Bogor, Indonesia while 105 were selected as samples. The findings showed there is a positive correlation between situational leadership and teacher work productivity with a correlation coefficient of 0.783, and between self-efficacy and teacher work productivity with 0.782. This, therefore, means these two factors are influential in increasing the productivity of teachers. The novelty of this research was the use of SITOREM to highlight 7 indicators prioritized to be improved including leader behavior, delegation, direction, teacher achievement, facility use, efficiency, and managerial ability.
Analyzing the productivity of Korea and China’s road freight transport industry: A nonparametric Malmquist approach
Authors: Ha Hun-Koo , Lee Sang-Won , Cheng Zhao
Published: May 2020

The objectives of this paper are to estimate the annual Malmquist TFP(total factor productivity) index of Korea and China’s road freight transport with DEA(data envelope analysis) and to decompose the index into technical efficiency change and technology change. In the process of the estimation, we used labor, capital, and fuel as input factors and ton-km of road freight transport as output factor. The panel data of Korea and China’s road freight transport industry from 1985 to 2004 are used. The results of the analysis show several points. First, there was no significant improvement in China’s TFP growth before 1997, but there was continuous growth in TFP since 1997 because of constantly increasing domestic freight transport demand. Second, there was downward trend in Korea’s TFP, especially there was a large reduction of productivity in 1998 because of the huge reduction of road freight transport demand during the period of the economic crisis. Third, the technology improvements play a significant role in the TFP growth and the technical efficiency had negative effects on the TFP growth of Korea. However, the technology improvements as well as the technical efficiency had positive effects on the TFP growth of China’s road freight transport industry.
Port-city relationships in Europe and Asia
Authors: Ducruet César
Published: May 2020

This paper investigates the nature of port-city relationships in two major port regions of the world, Europe and Asia. Although this issue is well analyzed through either isolated case studies or general models, it proposes a complementary approach based on urban and port indicators available for 121 port cities. In terms of demographic size and container traffic, it shows the decline of port-urban dependence, stemming from changes in global transportation and urban development. However, European and Asian port cities are not identically confronted to the same challenges, notably in terms of their hinterlands. A factor analysis highlights a regional differentiation of port-city relationships according to their insertion in both urban and port systems, with a core-periphery dualism in Europe and a port-city hierarchy in Asia. Thus, the distance to inland markets for European ports and the size of coastal markets for Asian ports are the main factors to explain the nature of port-city relationships in the two areas. It helps to evaluate which European and Asian port cities are comparable beyond their cargo volumes, by putting together micro (local environments) and macro (regional patterns) factors.
Repercussions of impeding shipping in the Malacca and Singapore Straits
Authors: Rimmer Peter J. , Lee Paul T.W.
Published: May 2020

As the Malacca and Singapore Straits are part of the shortest route between Europe and Asia any impedance to shipping has serious commercial and strategic repercussions. What would be the consequences to tankers and container shipping if access was restricted or prevented? This issue is addressed by examining the costs of using alternative tanker routes to the Straits and the flow-on consequences of removing a mega-hub port from the container-shipping network. The analysis highlights differences between tanker shipping, where the ship itself is the prime unit of interest, and container shipping, where the door-to-door network is of paramount importance.
Farmers and private traders response to rice markets liberalization in Bangladesh
Authors: Hossain Mohammad Ismail , Verbeke Wim
Published: May 2020

Rice is staple food for Bangladeshi people. Although rice markets were liberalized in 1992, the government continued to intervene in this sector. This study examines the farmers’ and private traders’ response in liberalized rice marketing system in two regions. 40 farmers and 20 traders were interviewed by using a structural questionnaire for collecting the necessary information. The liberalization of the rice market, in particular, has been embraced more by the private traders then by the farmers. Although there has been a rapid emergence of private traders, the emergence of a vibrant trading sector that would fill the gap left by the state has been slow. The rice market is segmented with the private traders supplying different market circuits. Farmers on the other have not responded positively due to the lack of capital, lack of storage facilities, lack of market information, dominance of intermediaries and low price during the harvest period. Most of the farmers are unwilling to expand their acreage due to the family requirements of other crops. In rural remote areas where the road infrastructure is poor, private sector marketing activities have not yet emerged. Thus government can foster private participation and market integration by improving the road and storage infrastructure. Furthermore, government needs to take measures that strengthen the agricultural price and marketing information system targeted at both farmers and traders.
Political considerations in the protectionism against the transition economies
Authors: Mah Jai S.
Published: May 2020

This paper examines the effectiveness of the social and political factors as the determinants of antidumping duties against the transition economies. The empirical evidence shows that protectionist pressures tend to be strengthened against them with low labor standards, although protectionist tendencies with respect to social dumping are not so apparent in actual impositions of antidumping duties. There is a weak evidence that the different degrees of democraticness influenced the protectionism against the transition economies during the late 1990s, while such an effect is not found during the period of 2002-2006, as the concerned countries passed the initial stage of transition.
Effectiveness of supply chain orientation in container ports: liners’ perspective
Authors: Lee Sang-Yoon , Kim Yong-Hee
Published: May 2020

This paper employs the concept of supply chain orientation in container port management and empirically tests whether the measurement models proposed in some notable previous research have universal application. In addition, this study attempts to identify any significant causal relationships between port supply chain orientation and port performance from the view point of shipping companies. In the current study port supply chain orientation was found to have limited effect on customer satisfaction and port competitiveness, which might has been caused by some implemental and practical issues. However, the present study reveals the potential importance of port supply chain management by empirically demonstrating that “closer relationship with shipping lines” and “innovative value added service” could function as critical components for container ports/terminals to improve customer satisfaction and enhance their competitiveness.
Dynamic lot sizing with minimum order size and lost sales
Authors: Kim Hwa-Joong , Yu Eun-Kyung , Kim Kwang-Tae , Kim Tae-Seung
Published: May 2020

Dynamic lot sizing is the problem of determining the quantity and timing of ordering items while satisfying the demand over a finite planning horizon. This paper considers the problem with two practical considerations: minimum order size and lost sales. The minimum order size is the minimum amount of items that should be purchased and lost sales involve situations in which sales are lost because items are not on hand or when it becomes more economical to lose the sale rather than making the sale. The objective is to minimize the costs of ordering, item , inventory holding and lost sale over the planning horizon. To solve the problem, we suggest a heuristic algorithm by considering trade-offs between cost factors. Computational experiments on randomly generated test instances show that the algorithm quickly obtains near-optimal solutions.
An estimation of gas emissions in Korea’s air transport industry
Authors: Kim Min-Jung , Hong Seock-Jin , Ha Hun-Koo
Published: May 2020

This study estimated greenhouse gas emissions from aviation transportation and sought systems that could manage these emissions based on the IPCC guidelines to prepare for greenhouse gas regulations on international airlines. For this purpose, policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation transportation were developed based on international agreements and the cases of advanced countries. In addition, marginal abatement costs and greenhouse gas reduction measures were derived for the effective execution of these policies. While estimating greenhouse gas emissions from aviation transportation, it was found that there has been an average increase of 3.9% and 12.9% for domestic and international flights, indicating that it is urgent that we prepare global greenhouse gas regulations. The estimated marginal abatement cost of greenhouse gas from airplanes was approximately. USD 123, and this amount could be used to decide the price of emission rights, the amount of carbon tax, and could be referred to when distributing incentives for voluntary agreements.

The measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for aviation transportation were classified into four types: voluntary agreements, international collaboration, greenhouse gas reduction technology and operation process development, and application of emission trading and carbon tax.
Analyzing impact of financial information sharing on supply chain performance and stability: system dynamics approach
Authors: Lee Tae-Ho , Min Jung Ung , Park Jung-Soo
Published: May 2020

The main streams of the supply chain are defined as material, information and financial flow. There have been many studies and practical cases regarding the flow of material and information including information sharing. However, financial flow related studies have not been widely examined relatively, compared with their importance.

The information sharing is recognized as the method that can reduce the Bullwhip effect in supply chain management. The author intends to analyze the impact of financial information sharing on the results of the supply chain.

In the point of supply chain risk management view, the author examined the impact of financial flow among the various factors that can impede the stability of the supply chain.

In this study, the author embodied the simulation regarding the impact of financial information flow on supply chain performance and stability based on the system dynamics methodology and analyzed the performance.

Assuming the supply chain, composed of supplying company, manufacturing company and sales company , the author embodied the simulation model and assumed that working capital and cash information sharing were achieved. The author embodied the model to affect the settlement conditions according to the results of financial information sharing.
Modeling Local Service Reliabilities for the Parcel Distribution System
Authors: Lim Hyunwoo
Published: May 2020

Demand for express parcel delivery has been greatly increasing in South Korea due to the growth of B2C e-commerce activities. It is imperative that parcel carriers have good insights into the performance of their distribution networks with different levels of demand and plan ahead for the adaptations in order to be able to meet future changes in demand. This paper proposes a framework to evaluate the likelihood of parcels arriving on-time to their destinations (local service reliability) with a strong focus being placed on their spatial distribution. The resulting maps of local service reliability allow us to identify specific locales that would suffer the most from a capacity overflow in the networking system, thus pointing to areas that need immediate attention. Furthermore, this paper attempts to identify potential factors which could affect the spatial variation of local service reliability.
Comparison of Comparative Advantage of Korea and China by Technology Level
Authors: Hyun Jung Taik , Hong Jin Young
Published: May 2020

In this paper, we examine the comparative advantage of Korea and China while focusing on their technology level. The three digit SITC (Standard International Trade Classification) data is classified by technology level and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) is derived from 1992-2009 by using UN COMTRADE data. For careful interpretation of the comparative advantage and technology levels, we also examined intra-industry trade and unit values of bilateral Korea-China trade, and semi-conductor industry technology. We found that the revealed comparative advantage has moved from low technology products to high technology products in Korea. China still maintains a comparative advantage in low technology products such as textiles and clothing, but at the same time, China’s high and medium-high technology products have recently gained a comparative advantage. The perception that China only has a comparative advantage for labor intensive products with low technology should be changed based on our analysis. However, China’s advancement in technology should not be overestimated. When comparing the unit value of basic materials of Korea’s and China’s exports, we found that Korea’s export product prices are on average higher than that of China’s, although the gap is reducing. A wider technology gap between Korea and China still exists in the semi-conductor industry, which is one of the most advanced high technology industries throughout the world.
On the Cost Structures of the End-of-life Product Logistics
Authors: Yamamoto Masashi
Published: May 2020

This paper analyzes the cost structure of the municipal waste collection in Japan. Since the municipality in Japan is responsible for dealing with the garbage generated by households, there is plenty of data regarding municipal waste in comparrison to private firms. Nevertheless, there is little research available which analyzes the end-of-life product logistics of municipal waste. This research aims to reveal some structural features of the end-of-life product logistics cycle. Based on more than 1,800 samples, this paper statistically shows that both waste collection and waste processing have a strong scale economy. In addition, this paper will also prove that the consignment to the private entity has made the cost of waste management cheaper in Japan.
Future Strategic Directions for TSR and TCR from the Perspective of the Northeast Asian Logistics Network
Authors: Huh Yoon Jin , Lee Solkey , Min Jung Ung
Published: May 2020

As the global economy continues to boom, there remains a significant need for more efficient transportation and effective management in corporate logistics. In this regard, railways have been considered one of the most efficient modes for long distance transportation. In Asia, there are several extensive and direct railroads such as the TSR (Trans-Siberian-Railroad), the TCR (Trans-Chinese-Railroad) and the TMR (Trans-Mongolian-Railroad) which could connect Asia to Europe. If these railroad networks such as the TKR (Trans-Korean-Railroad) were fully operational, it is expected that they would replace a major portion of the current global trade transportation with is sent through other shipping methods. Therefore, the development of railroad networks is one of the most important steps toward an integrated international transportation system. However, in reality, it is difficult to achieve this vision because of the political and economic problems surrounding multiple countries that this network must cut across. Moreover, it is difficult to ensure the railways’ economic competitiveness when it is compared with other logistics options. In this study, we aim to discover the status quo about railway networks by focusing on the TCR and TSR. Through in-depth interviews and surveys with actual users of these networks, current issues and problems are analysed in order to make suggestions for improvements. This research also provides meaningful insights which the TKR-TSR and TKR-TCR railway networks should consider if they want to continue to be successful in the future.
Knowledge Exchange and Intermodal Logistics Network Integration: Social Network Embeddedness Perspective
Authors: Lee Eon-Seong
Published: May 2020

As intermodal logistics networks play a crucial role in enhancing the entire logistics performance, effectively managing the intermodal logistics network has become a significant strategic consideration in international logistics. The existing literature stresses that inter-organizational knowledge exchange is essential to successfully integrating logistics components and for maximizing logistics performance in the long run. These contentions ensure that knowledge exchange between intermodal logistics network entities-such as shipping lines, port terminal operators, freight forwarders, road and rail freight operators and other related logistics operators-are key factors in facilitating the successful integration of an intermodal logistics network because an intermodal logistics network is an integrated part of the entire international logistics system. This paper aims to investigate the question of how intermodal logistics network entities can successfully exchange knowledge with each other, and whether the knowledge exchange can contribute to the effective integration of the intermodal logistics network. For this, this paper adopts the social network embeddedness perspective in order to identify a useful inter-organizational relationship mechanism within the intermodal logistics networks, allowing the facilitation of knowledge exchange among the network players. A conceptual framework will be developed for the exploration of the aforementioned relationships between the social network mechanisms, i.e. network density, tie strength, knowledge exchange among network entities, and intermodal logistics network integration. Following the parameters of this framework, the theoretical and practical implications will be discussed.
Chinese Dragon venturing into GMS territory : Does it Makes Sense?
Authors: Banik Nilanjan , Ch. Das Khanindra
Published: May 2020

The notion that China is factory of the world is now changing. Factories in China are shifting their production base to neighboring Asia, primarily because of higher input costs in China, a volatile Chinese exchange rate, and protectionist measures targeted against Chinese exports. In this paper, we examine the location substitution effect for China: Chinese firms are exporting primary, intermediate and machinery items, meant for producing final output in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Results suggest that GMS countries are exporting finished items to China, that are increasingly getting manufactured using primary and intermediate inputs imported from China.
The Evaluation of East Asian Regionalism from APEC to RCEP
Authors: Cheong Inkyo , Cho Jungran
Published: May 2020

Building a large trading bloc tends to produce substantial economic gains, while minimizing economic losses from overlapping FTAs. East Asia has tried to generate the impetus for promoting region-wide trading blocs, but most of those blocs have been overlapped and multilayered. This paper reviews the evolution of East Asian regionalism from the APEC FTA under the 1994 Bogor Goal to recent RCEP promoted in 2013. This paper underlines that the continued expansion of multilayered trading blocs in East Asia works as a serious obstacle to regional economic integration, rather than exploring the realization of a region-wide trading bloc.
Technoloy, Factor Proportions and Complementarity: Trade Relations betwee Korea and Vietnam
Authors: Kien Tran Nhuan , Heo Yoon
Published: May 2020

This paper aims at examining the dynamic patterns and traits of bilateral trade between Korea and Vietnam. The major findings of this paper can be summarized as follows. First, the structure of trade between Korea and Vietnam conforms to each country’s factor proportion. Second, the structure of Korea’s imports from Vietnam did not change over the last two decades. In other words, Vietnam has failed to climb up the industrial ladder. Third, the degree of intra-industry trade between Korea and Vietnam has been low and unstable. Fourth, the trade pattern between Korea and Vietnam has been complementary not competitive in nature. Korea-Vietnam FTA will open a new horizon for the deeper vertical integration of the two.
Network Coordination In The Global Goods Flow: The Case Of Korea
Authors: Lee Eon-seong , Bang Ho-yeol
Published: May 2020

Effectively managing an intermodal logistics network has become a significant strategic consideration in international logistics. This study aims to empirically examine the way in which intermodal logistics network coordination can be successfully developed and sustained, and to analyze whether the highly coordinated intermodal logistics network may facilitate the greater logistics performance of network players as well as of the entire intermodal logistic network system. This study adopts social network embeddedness perspective to examine the determinants facilitating the higher level of coordination of the intermodal logistics network. An explorative interview method is being employed for the empirical analysis, and the results show that strong, dense and bridging ties within the network mechanisms facilitate a greater intermodal logistics network coordination. As a result, this helps to enhance the logistics performance of the intermodal logistics network system and its players by facilitating the enhancement of logistics services effectiveness and operational efficiency.
Comparative Analysis of Operational Efficiency of Major Airlines in Asia-Pacific Region
Authors: Gong Zhen , Kim Tae Seung
Published: May 2020

This paper uses various Data Envelopment Analysis (SBM-DEA) approaches to study the efficiency of major airlines in Asia-Pacific region. To evaluate the operation efficiency of fourteen major airlines in Asia-Pacific region from 2003-2011, Available Seat Kilometers(ASK), Available Ton Kilometers(ATK), the number of employees are used as input factors, Revenue Passenger Kilometers(RPK), Revenue Ton Kilometers(RTK), the amount of Sales are used as output factors.

The non-radial SBM-DEA (Slacks-based Measure of Efficiency) model was able to provide a more comprehensive efficiency of combining economic performance and regional difference. And it was also able to capture slack values in input excess and output shortage.

The results demonstrate that Korea and Japan airlines are operated efficiently and could be regarded as the benchmarking airlines. On the other hand, most of the China and ASEAN airlines are deemed to be inefficient. Also analyzing slacks may be more suitable way for the evaluation or suggestion of an improvement scheme for the inefficient airlines. The excess of labor is the major cause of the airlines’ inefficiency.
Estimation of Benefits and costs of Korea’s unification: A critical Review
Authors: Cheong Inkyo
Published: May 2020

Discussion of unification was for several decades focused on the costs rather than the benefits for Korea, until reports emphasizing the latter were published by Goldman Sachs (2009) and various Korean think tanks over the past four to five years. Although these studies can be evaluated positively in pointing out the benefits of unification rather than the concerns about the costs, several questions can be raised. This paper tries to evaluate the quality and credibility of existing studies and suggests a new approach for estimating the impact of unification. It proposes a computational general equilibrium (CGE) model to be based on the social accounting matrix (SAM) and input-output (IO) table for the North Korean economy, in order to produce more reliable estimates of the benefits and costs of unification and the impact of various cooperative activities between the two Koreas.
Culture, Network, and International Trade
Authors: Lee Jae Hwa
Published: May 2020

Culture and network may be interacted according to their impact on international trade, in such a way that networks alleviate the negative effect of cultural dissimilarity. This study investigates the effect of network and culture on international trade, and a possible interaction between two effects. Empirical findings from the augmented gravity model using a bilateral data set of 34 OECD countries confirm the positive effect of cultural proximity and network on trade. More importantly, the findings also reveal an interaction effect in a way that networks, such as FDI, migration and internet, play a significant role in mitigating the deterrent effect of culture dissimilarity on international trade. The internet is found to have the strongest interaction effect, followed by FDI and migration.
Freight Demand Forecasting Considering Economic Growth Factors
Authors: Hwang Taesung
Published: May 2020

This work proposes a methodology to project future freight demand for all commodity types that begin and end in each geographical region and the amount of freight that moves between all origin and destination pairs. Following the traditional four-step demand forecasting framework, the procedure corresponds to trip generation and trip distribution analysis for interregional freight demand. Using future economic growth factors from macroeconomic and input-output models, the amounts of freight production and attraction in each analysis zone are forecasted and taken as given. Subsequently, an iterative matrix balancing method is applied to determine the estimated freight shipment demand for all origin and destination zone pairs. The proposed algorithm is applied to generate predicted future freight demand within the United States from 2010-2050 in five-year increments based on the national freight demand data from 2007. Four different scenarios are proposed that consider variations in both global economic growth and environmental regulation. This study will assist transportation planners and decision makers in public and private sectors to assess how future freight delivery demand on the national scale considering various future global economic growth and environmental policy scenarios will affect various issues such as air quality and human health problems.
Assessment of the Economic Background of the OBOR
Authors: Cheong Inkyo
Published: May 2020

Although there is a growing number concerning articles/papers on China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR), it is difficult to find comprehensive research regarding the economic background in spite of the OBOR initiative involving multi-dimensional considerations. Although China targets to become a soft power leader by reviving the spirit of the old Silk Road, the OBOR is a large-scale investment project, whose rate of investment (ROI) is important for sustainability. Since new infrastructure in isolated regions is likely to be used less frequently, anticipated profitability is low. In spite of this risk, China promotes the OBOR for its economic and political purposes. China will promote the OBOR in spite of the U.S. withdrawal from TPP membership, since boosting aggregate demand is of critical importance for the country. This paper analyzes the economic background of the OBOR, which establishes China’s own model of regional integration, eases unemployment, and internationalizes its currency. Finally, this paper discusses diverse risks for China in the process of implementing the OBOR.
Multi-Dependent Criteria Supplier Selection with Uncertain Performance Evaluation
Authors: Anuchitchanchai O. , Suthiwartnarueput K. , Pornchaiwiseskul P.
Published: May 2020

Nowadays businesses tend to compete with rivals by improving capability to meet customer demands. One of the key to improve logistics efficiency of a firm is to select appropriate supplier. In the past, to select the most suitable supplier, most people evaluated performance by using average performance or variance from historical data but did not mentioned skewness. In other words, skewness impact on supplier performance is ignored by researchers and buyers. In fact, supplier with greatest average performance does not confirm to be the most suitable one because of uncertainties which make its performance skew either to the left or right, i.e., lower or higher than expectation. Therefore, this empirical study aims to discover and determine the important role of skewness on supplier selection problem. After identifying influential criteria on supplier selection, we analyze skewness effect on suppliers’ performance in each criterion by surveying real data of suppliers’ performances. Skewness effect can be rated in 3 levels; no effect, moderately effect, and highly effect. The results show that, there is only one criterion with no skewness effect, which is price. Criteria which have high skewed performance, for both of medium-sized and large-sized buyers, are lead time, product quality and reliability, and on-time delivery. Also, skewness has higher effect on suppliers’ performance of medium-sized buyers than large-sized buyers. The conclusion surprisingly shows that, skewness is the best index to distinguish between good and bad suppliers, while mean is the worst index.
The Great Canadian Grain Logistics Crisis of 2013-14 and Its Aftermath
Authors: Rimmer AM Peter J. , Comtois Claude
Published: May 2020

This study revisits the Great Canadian Grain Logistics Crisis of 2013-14 to explore the competitiveness of the country's grain exports. An approach to comprehending the dilemmas of the international grain supply chain and trade, and national logistics policy in an era of multinational corporations, draws upon the literature on global value chain analysis. This analysis identifies both the grain industry's global and local dimensions. An important literature on the 'politics’ of the supply chain is also called into play to discuss who controls what aspects. This task of interpreting the various steps in Canada's grain logistics chain recognizes the key economic actors - producers, grain companies, railway companies, port terminal operators and export buyers - and political struggles between them as they each seek to maximize their self-interest. Policy implications for streamlining logistics operations are drawn from identifying where changes in the supply chain arrangements have gained or lost opportunities in export markets, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
PENGARUH STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF DAN TINGKAT KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR PENDIDIKAN KEWARGANEGARAAN (PKn)
Authors: . Jamilah
Published: May 2020

Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian adalah: mengetahui hasil belajar Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan (PKn)  siswa yang dibelajarkan dengan menggunakan  strategi pembelajaran kooperatif tipe STAD dan hasil belajar PKn  siswa yang dibelajarkan dengan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori, mengetahui hasil belajar PKn  antara siswa dengan tingkat komunikasi interpersonal tinggi dengan hasil belajar siswa dengan komunikasi interpersonal rendah, mengetahui interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dan komunikasi interpersonal terhadap hasil belajar PKn. Populasi penelitian adalah siswa Sekolah Dasar Negeri 116881 Torgamda dengan Teknik penarikan sampel dilakukan dengan cluster random sampling. Metode penelitian yang menggunakan metode quasi eksperimen dengan desain penelitian faktorial 2 x 2. Teknik analisis data menggunakan ANAVA dua jalur pada taraf signifikansi α = 0,05. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: Hasil belajar PKn siswa dengan strategi pembelajaran kooperatif STAD lebih baik dibandingkan dengan strategi pembelajaran Ekspositori. Hasil belajar siswa yang memiliki komunikasi interpesonal tinggi lebih baik dibandingkan dengan hasil belajar siswa yang memiliki komunikasi interpersonal rendah. Terdapat interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dengan komunikasi interpersonal dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar PKn. Kata Kunci: strategi pembelajaran, tipe STAD, ekspositori, pendidikan kewarganegaraan Abstract: The research objectives are: knowing the learning outcomes of Civics Education students who are taught using STAD type cooperative learning strategies and student Civics learning outcomes that are taught with expository learning strategies, knowing the Civics learning outcomes between students with high levels of interpersonal communication with learning outcomes students with low interpersonal communication, knowing the interaction between learning strategies and interpersonal communication on Civics learning outcomes. The study population was 116881 Torgamda State Elementary School students with the sampling technique carried out by cluster random sampling. The research method that uses a quasi-experimental method with a 2 x 2 factorial research design. Data analysis techniques using two-way ANOVA at a significance level α = 0.05. The results showed that: Student learning outcomes Civics with STAD cooperative learning strategies are better than Expository learning strategies. The learning outcomes of students who have high interpersonal communication are better than the learning outcomes of students who have low interpersonal communication. There is an interaction between learning strategies with interpersonal communication in influencing Civics learning outcomes. Keywords: learning strategies, STAD type, expository, citizenship education
BANGLADESH: TIME SPENT ONLINE, CONFLICT AND RADICALIZATION
Authors: Amit Sajit , Mannan Sadiat , Islam Aynul
Published: May 2020

The aim of this research is to investigate the risk of online radicalization, and invariably conflict, among young adults, particularly university-attending students, by relating their vulnerability to online radicalization with the amount of time they spend online. This research develops an original conceptual framework that maps out social influence, attributes of resilience and online safety vis-à-vis radicalization to assess and identify the said relationship. The study predominantly adopts a quantitative research approach using a sample of 600 University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) undergraduates. Analysis of data collected from students shows that the high-internet-user group, i.e. those who use the internet for seven hours or more a day, are more likely to find radical and religiously offensive material online; less likely to be influenced by family, faculty and community members; and have lower access to learning and knowledge resources that can render them resilient to radicalization and conflict. The results fare better for females than males, belonging to the high-internet-user categories, but female students are expected to be susceptible due to gender norms. In conclusion, it is posited that high-internet-user students are more vulnerable to online radicalization than others.
Sacralidad y funcionalidad del arco en Filoctetes de Sófocles
Authors: Pérez Lambás Fernando
Published: May 2020

El arco de Filoctetes, como objeto simbólico importante y sagrado de la tragedia homónima de Sófocles, ha sido estudiado en numerosas ocasiones. A pesar de ello, su importancia como arma sagrada merece una revisión que atienda a los contextos religioso y épico de los que bebió Sófocles. Según la teoría tradicional, esta sacralidad deriva de la proveniencia divina del arco, que procede de Heracles. Con todo, en algunos pasajes podría explicarse mejor por la importancia que, en determinados contextos religiosos, adquirían ciertos objetos venerables que eran considerados también sagrados.
Amigos son los amigos: Pílades y el coro de argivas en Orestes de Eurípides
Authors: Perczyk Cecilia Josefina
Published: May 2020

En el presente trabajo propongo estudiar las relaciones de philía en la tragedia Orestes de Eurípides, haciendo foco en las expectativas respecto de la forma de conducirse que supone el hecho de ser varón o mujer. Para ello, en primer lugar, analizaré el vínculo entre el protagonista y Pílades, quien no teme el contacto con Orestes y consigue evitar que se suicide. Se trata de una diferencia notable respecto del accionar de Menelao, pariente de sangre de los hijos de Agamenón, que parece llegar a Argos para salvar a sus sobrinos, pero finalmente conspira contra ellos. Luego abordaré la relación de Electra con el Coro, destacada desde el punto de vista formal, ya que la párodo y el tercer estásimo constituyen diálogos líricos. La comparación entre la interacción de las argivas y el modelo de Pílades y Orestes permitirá indagar la incidencia de las mujeres en la trama.