거제시 산업위기 대응 전략에 관한 연구

Abstract

Geoje City has faced a crisis in its regional industries as the amount of shipbuilding industry’s orders has continued to drop since 2013. Its dependence on the single industrial structure of shipbuilding was so high that its regional economy tumbled. In 2018, the city became an object of the government’s policy support as it was appointed as a special area reacting to an industrial crisis. This study analyzes the reality of Geoje’s industrial crisis according to the changes in its industrial structure and environment with a focus on the indicators to diagnose the crisis of the shipbuilding industry in the city. Based on the analysis results, the researcher built an AHP research model with SWOT factors and along with an expert on regional industrial crises, examined their relative importance for strategies to cope with the crisis. The SWOT/AHP analysis results found that Geoje’s status as a specialized city for shipbuilding recorded the highest rank as a strength factor along with the high market share of high value added ships as an opportunity factor and the competitive edge of Geoje’s shipbuilding industry as another strength factor. By considering the strength and opportunity factors based on this, the study made plans to deal with the reality of Geoje’s industrial crisis and reaction to it and provided their implications. First, Geoje is a specialized city for the shipbuilding industry and needs a strategy to have the labor force that left the city return to it. Second, it also needs a strategy to develop the future manufacturing industry according to the paradigm shift to a digital and environment-friendly manufacturing industry. Third, there should be strategies for the Ppuri industries and corporations sustaining the shipbuilding industry. Fourth, the city also needs strategies for skilled technicians working in the shipbuilding and Ppuri industries. Finally, It is necessary to establish governance to effectively manage and operate regional industrial crises. This study closely checked the reality of the crisis in Geoje’s shipbuilding industry, put together opinions from experts, and made plans to react to the regional industrial crisis of Geoje, thus holding its significance. The study will hopefully mark the beginning of active discussions about various topics, including an analysis of the effects of the government’s policy support for the shipbuilding industry and the special area to cope with an industrial crisis.