Economics is only the beginning of the puzzle for successful international expansion by food-service firms. As depicted in the accompanying case study, Outback Korea seems to have considered such other factors as local culture and proper entry strategy.

Abstract T his paper explains bilateral trade patterns between South Korea and thirteen OPEC member countries over the period 1980-2014 using a gravity model. The estimation results show that the gravity equation fits the data reasonably well. We confirmed the existence of long term relationships between the bilateral trade flows and the main components of gravity model - ...

This paper aims to identify key challenges facing Iran and South Korea in their bilateral trade and investment relations. In particular, it is concerned with the policy implications which can be useful for policy makers and business people of both countries. For this purpose, we review and analyze the recent developments of the Iranian economy and bilateral trade and investment relations betwee...

The HMQV protocol is under consideration for IEEE P1363 standardization. We provide a complementary analysis of the HMQV protocol. Namely, we point a Key Compromise Impersonation (KCI) attack showing that the two and three pass HMQV protocols cannot achieve their security goals. Next, we revisit the FHMQV building blocks, design and security arguments; we clarify the security and efficiency sep...

in korea, hypertension has become more prevalent with the westernization of korean diets and lack of exercise. this study aimed at investigating the associations between physical fitness variables and hypertension status in korean women.the subjects were 9,216 women aged >20 years who visited a public health promotion center for physical fitness tests. cardiovascular respiratory fitness was eva...

abstract t his paper explains bilateral trade patterns between south korea and thirteen opec member countries over the period 1980-2014 using a gravity model. the estimation results show that the gravity equation fits the data reasonably well. we confirmed the existence of long term relationships between the bilateral trade flows and the main components of gravity model - gdp, income (gdp per c...

The aim of this paper is to present a solution of the problem 32 posed by K. Denecke and S.L. Wismath in [18]. It is a continuation of common results of the author and Dietmar Schweigert presented in joint papers [34] and [36] – [40]. The results of this paper were partially presented during the conference Trends in Logic III International in Memoriam Andrzej Mostowski, Helena Rasiowa, Cecylia ...

Primary objective of this paper is to explain why Korea has been successful in economic growth and industrial transformation while Iran has failed in this area. To explain the different performances of the two countries, we have looked at their initial level of industrialization, nature of political regimes and economic institutions, trade and industrial policies in the two countries. Our c...