the case of accommodation sharing

Thesis(Doctoral) --KDI School:Ph.D in Public Policy,2019The purpose of this study is to provide implications on policy preparation and amendments on laws and regulations in accommodation sharing in Korea by exploring the current status of demand and supply sides. This study consists of four parts to investigate i) perceived characteristics of accommodation sharing, ii) the impact of attributes of accommodations sharing on business performance, iii) individuals’ perceptions of policy reactions, and iv) exploratory research of current laws and regulations of different countries. First, this study finds that actual preferences of accommodation sharing conflicts with the issues on laws and regulations regarding property and sharing types. Guests who prefer to share entire houses consider instrumental attributes related to properties, while guests who prefer a portion of the house consider relatively more about social interactions, sustainability, and community benefit. Sharing a portion of the houses is legal and more suitable for policy intentions because the policies promote the local economy and community recovery by maximizing the utility of resources and interactions with the community. Further, this study finds that individuals with experience of accommodation sharing tend to have more positive attitudes toward accommodation sharing and perceive more necessity of policy reactions. Among proposed policy instruments, individuals perceive local ordinances, government publicizing and campaign, trust marks, taxation, penalties, and government controls are effective to build trust in accommodation sharing. Individuals evaluate that policies geared toward the majority of the public are more effective, and governments should establish a strategic approach as to which policies are introduced in public and which role the government plays in the departments. Currently, governments have been required the incompatible roles of eliminating regulatory barriers for newly introduced sharing economy business and minimizing the damages to existing industries. This study provides policy and managerial implications what is the most important for the citizen satisfaction associated with proper preparations and amendments of laws and regulations.I. Introduction II. Literature Reviews III. Study 1: Qualitative Research using Secondary Data IV. Study 2: Quantitative Research using Secondary Data V. Study 3: Quantitative Research using Primary Data VI. Study 4: Comparative Study on Policies in Various Societies VII. ConclusiondoctoralpublishedEun Joo LEE

Internet Piracy and Entrepreneurial Growth

Internet Piracy has become a phenomenon as a result of developed Internet technologies and file-sharing applications. With the growth of the Internet and the increased number of Internet users around the globe, the world is becoming ever more digitalized. Users are expecting digital information to be readily available at the touch of a button. This has caused an immense demand for digital goods, where piracy has been at the forefront of the file-sharing phenomena. Napster, KaZaA and Microsoft have all been negatively affected by Internet piracy. However, from the ashes of failed business ventures there has still been a demand by Internet users for accessible, cheap legal solutions in the realm of digital media. This has all spurred the advancement of new technological innovations, savvy entrepreneurship, and businesses that now reap the benefits of learning from others mistakes, re-organizing business models and changing the way business is done in the modern world even though Internet piracy remains rampant. This thesis proposes that Internet piracy is a main driver for Entrepreneurship in three ways: 1) through the creation of new ideas, 2) as a springboard for new businesses and 3) as a frontrunner of technological innovation. By examining three major cases (Napster, KaZaA and Microsoft in China) with the case study method and the economic theory of Supply and Demand; supported by interviews and survey questionnaires this thesis aims to answer the research question: Internet Piracy as a Steppingstone towards Technological Advancement and Entrepreneurial Growth? and three sub-questions; 1. Has the technology associated with Internet piracy supported the development of new technology used for legal business? 2. Does Internet piracy create new business models and business opportunities? 3. Is Internet piracy is becoming obsolete due to the availability of new legal versions of similar software and products? In short, the research proved that Internet piracy can be a steppingstone towards technological advancement and entrepreneurial growth. Sub-questions one and two proved to be true, while sub-question three left an open gap for further research and debate since there is not, in the foreseeable future, anyway to predict whether or not Internet piracy will devolve completely since what it offers is a free service, and it is hard to compete with free

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Korea\u27s Role in the War against Online Piracy

South Korea is one of the most Internet-savvy countries in the world, with more than 34 million Koreans over the age of six—74.8% of the total population—regularly accessing the Internet. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), as of June 2007, South Korea has the fourth largest number of broadband subscribers at over 14.4 million, behind only Japan, Germany, and the United States, all of which have much higher populations. Studies show the time Koreans spend online is primarily for entertainment purposes, as almost 80% of Korean Internet users report online consumption of audio and video, almost 53% play games online, and 41% are engaged in file transfer. This is facilitated by the second fastest broadband network in the world, with a median download speed of forty-five megabits per second, capable of downloading a five megabyte mp3 music file in less than one second. Internet speeds only continue to improve, as Korea is on the forefront of 4G technology, capable of downloading an entire DVD movie file in less than two seconds wirelessly on a cell phone. The fast speeds and widespread penetration of the Internet in Korea, coupled with a large appetite for media and entertainment, sparks a huge potential for Internet piracy. As one of the leaders in the digital world, Korea should be leading the way as an online marketplace for materials protected by copyright. Instead, Korea falls behind many other developed nations in intellectual property protection, with a large amount of Internet traffic devoted to the unauthorized transfer of copyrighted files. Technological advances are constantly increasing the opportunities for piracy, and without proper government resistance, piracy is becoming firmly embedded as an everyday norm in Korea’s digital economy. This Article will examine Korea’s potential as a model for copyright protection to other nations with its current copyright law and enforcement. Part I provides a brief background on the extent of piracy in Korea. Part II will look to the past, providing a background on the extent of piracy in Korea and the historical development of Korean intellectual property (IP) laws. Part III will look to the present status of Korean IP law and enforcement, economic solutions to piracy that domestic companies have used in lieu of weak IP enforcement, and the impact of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement on Korean IP law. Part IV looks to the future with proposed suggestions on how Korea can improve its enforcement of IP, and how foreign businesses can better protect their own IP within the current legal framework

CHORUS Deliverable 2.2: Second report - identification of multi-disciplinary key issues for gap analysis toward EU multimedia search engines roadmap

After addressing the state-of-the-art during the first year of Chorus and establishing the existing landscape in multimedia search engines, we have identified and analyzed gaps within European research effort during our second year. In this period we focused on three directions, notably technological issues, user-centred issues and use-cases and socio- economic and legal aspects. These were assessed by two central studies: firstly, a concerted vision of functional breakdown of generic multimedia search engine, and secondly, a representative use-cases descriptions with the related discussion on requirement for technological challenges. Both studies have been carried out in cooperation and consultation with the community at large through EC concertation meetings (multimedia search engines cluster), several meetings with our Think-Tank, presentations in international conferences, and surveys addressed to EU projects coordinators as well as National initiatives coordinators. Based on the obtained feedback we identified two types of gaps, namely core technological gaps that involve research challenges, and “enablers”, which are not necessarily technical research challenges, but have impact on innovation progress. New socio-economic trends are presented as well as emerging legal challenges

Predicting the Impact of Measures Against P2P Networks on the Transient Behaviors

The paper has two objectives. The first is to study rigorously the transient behavior of some P2P networks whenever information is replicated and disseminated according to epidemic-like dynamics. The second is to use the insight gained from the previous analysis in order to predict how efficient are measures taken against peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. We first introduce a stochastic model which extends a classical epidemic model and characterize the P2P swarm behavior in presence of free riding peers. We then study a second model in which a peer initiates a contact with another peer chosen randomly. In both cases the network is shown to exhibit a phase transition: a small change in the parameters causes a large change in the behavior of the network. We show, in particular, how the phase transition affects measures that content provider networks may take against P2P networks that distribute non-authorized music or books, and what is the efficiency of counter-measures.Comment: IEEE Infocom (2011

CHORUS Deliverable 2.1: State of the Art on Multimedia Search Engines

Based on the information provided by European projects and national initiatives related to multimedia search as well as domains experts that participated in the CHORUS Think-thanks and workshops, this document reports on the state of the art related to multimedia content search from, a technical, and socio-economic perspective. The technical perspective includes an up to date view on content based indexing and retrieval technologies, multimedia search in the context of mobile devices and peer-to-peer networks, and an overview of current evaluation and benchmark inititiatives to measure the performance of multimedia search engines. From a socio-economic perspective we inventorize the impact and legal consequences of these technical advances and point out future directions of research