Agribusiness and Information Management

Korean Society of Food and Agricultural Information Science (한국농식품정보과학회)
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The Analysis Of Informatization Of Agricultural Corporations In Korea: their use of information technology and its effect on performance change

  • Received : 2020.05.28
  • Accepted : 2020.06.18
  • Published : 2020.06.30
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Abstract

Due to the rise of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) adoption in many fields, it is necessary to diagnose the informatization situations of corporations in agriculture and give suggestions for improvement. For this goal, surveys were designed and conducted to understand the current informatization situations of agriculture corporations in Korea. The survey covers the plan for utilizing information technology, the establishment of infrastructure for information technology, IT application status, and its effect on their performance. The specific focus of our research is to segment the corporations by their type of industries and their level of sales and give differentiated managerial implications for each segment. This is because the type of informatization and information technology assistance they need highly depends on their industry type and sales level. Based on descriptive statistics and regression analyses, tailored managerial and polic.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the Korea Agency of Education, Promotion & Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (EPIS) and Gallup Korea

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