항만배후단지입주 결정요인 분석에 관한 연구 -항만물류기업 관점에서

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the critical factors in an entities choice to move their business into port hinterlands using the AHP method. To this end, we conducted a preliminary study and deduced 40 characteristic evaluation factors from port workers. In addition, we applied the KJ technique on a group and concluded on four evaluation factors and 12 detailed subcategories under these. Based on these findings, we established an analytic hierarchy model and composed a questionnaire, with which we performed a survey on entities that are involved in the decision-making process to move into port hinterlands for instance, manufacturers, port logistics companies and shipping firms and concluded their levels of importance according to hierarchy using the AHP technique. When analyzing the four evaluation factors influencing hierarchical Level 2 and ranking such in the order of importance, the corporate factor came first, followed by the policy factor, labor factor and the facility factor. Notably, the corporate factor scored an overall relatively high level of importance. As for the analysis of the 12 more detailed evaluation factors concerning Level 3, we discovered that among the corporate factors, the highest level of importance was placed on investment cost reduction. In regards to labor factors, flexibility of employment came in as most significant. As for facility and policy factors, the quality of port hinterland facilities and rental cost, respectively, were found as the most important. We also concluded an overall ranking of the detailed evaluation factors for all of the hierarchical levels, and the first place went to investment cost reduction. The remaining factors came in the following order: cost of rent; flexibility of employment; potential for expanding the scale of business; promptness in administrative process; quality of port hinterland facilities; size of port hinterland facilities; the level of workers’ skills; experience and competence in consulting; accessibility to port hinterland; level of service provided by the operating entity; and level of logistics personnel able to be secured. Accordingly, the major evaluation factors for deciding to move into a port hinterland, at a broader level, were found to be the corporate and policy factors. As for the detailed items, the determining factors came in the order of investment cost reduction, rental cost, potential for expanding the scale of business, promptness in administrative process, quality of port hinterland facilities, size of port hinterland facilities, the level of workers’ skills, etc. Judging from the overall inconsistency index concerning all hierarchical levels which was no higher than 0.1, we find this overall ranking of the detailed evaluation factors to be consistent.

This paper consists of five chapters. Chapter 2 covers the theoretical background of a port hinterland, thus discusses its concept, role, type, composition and effect. Furthermore, it provides the status of port hinterland development carried out both in Korea and abroad and describes the preliminary research conducted and proposes critical factors in an entities decision to move into port hinterlands. Chapter 3 follows the process of how we established the model used for this research. A preliminary research was conducted to analyze the factors influencing the decision to move into port hinterlands. Accordingly, we deduced characteristic evaluation factors from workers at port hinterlands and, by using the KJ technique, the evaluation factors and their detailed subcategories from groups of port experts. This chapter also explores the theoretical background for application of the AHP technique on the basis of which an analytical hierarchy model is established. For empirical analysis, Chapter 4 presents the objective and composition of a questionnaire with which we conducted a survey on those involved with port hinterlands. We analyzed the results using the AHP technique and suggest the determining factors for moving into a port hinterland. The last chapter, Chapter 5 is the conclusion. Here we summarize the findings from Chapter 4, discuss insights and limitations of this study, and suggest future research tasks.