한국기업 대중국 직접투자의 서비스 산업 특성에 관한 연구

A Study on the Service industrial characteristic of Korean FDI in China

Although the trend of Korean Foreign direct investment in Service industry getting bigger, the studies of Korean FDI have, until now, generally focused on traditional foreign investment theories related in manufacturing industry. This study suggests analyzes the effect of the industrial characteristic differences on competitive advantage, performance of Korean FDI in China and adjusting by environmental uncertainty. The results of diverse empirical research suggest that Korean direct investment in various industries is often made in different situations where owner-specific monopolistic advantages are not working. The causes of this situation can not be found in the traditional direct foreign investment theory. The main contribution of this study is to present the service industry characteristic existence. A study like this suggests the need for a new analytic viewpoint and a new theoretical foundation in order to explore the phenomena of Korean firm’s direct investment in China, as well as offer more realistic guidelines to the local management of foreign direct investment.