ScholarWorks@숙명여자대학교

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Amid the reforming global supply chains into diversified supply chain, countries compete to attract companies relocating from China and to establish themselves as new supply chain hubs. This study conducted a survey based on the Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) model targeting foreign direct investment (FDI) firms operating in Korea, with the aim of identifying key investment decision factors enhancing Korea as a competitive investment hub. The main findings are as follows. First, analysis of how structural environmental changes affect firm behavior shows that “financial and tax systems” and “R&D and innovation environments” have a significant positive impact on corporate behavior. This indicates that these two factors play material roles in the behavior of foreign firms when investing in Korea. Second, government policies and global economic trends were found to have no statistically significant effect on firm behavior. This result suggests that foreign-invested firms in Korea are generally satisfied with their investments and show little intention to reduce or withdraw them. Finally, the study finds that changes in firm behavior significantly influence future investment decisions. Specifically, “the possibility of utilizing Korea as an R&D center due to the availability of highly qualified human resources” was found to have positive impacts on future investment decisions. This underscores the attractiveness of Korea as an R&D base for foreign investors, thanks to its abundant pool of skilled talent. These findings imply that in order to attract more FDI in the future, Korea should strengthen policies and strategies that enhance its potential as a test-bed through the creation of an innovative environment and as a center for R&D by leveraging its rich human capital.

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