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Author Amsden, Alice H. (Alice Hoffenberg)

Title Asia's next giant : South Korea and late industrialization / Alice H. Amsden
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1989

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 379 pages) : illustrations
Contents Industrialization through learning -- part 1. The state and business : history and policies. A history of backwardness ; The abc's of Japanese and Korean accumulation ; The dynamics of growth ; The spiraling of market power ; Getting relative prices "wrong" : a summary -- part 2. Professional management and human resources. The rise of salaried engineers : automobile manufacturing ; The paradox of "unlimited" labor and rising wages ; The boom in education -- part 3. The dynamics of dynamic comparative advantage. The switch in industrial leadership ; The world's largest shipbuilder ; The triumph of steel ; From learner to teacher
Summary This study demonstrates why South Korea has become the most successful in a series of developing countries that have succeeded through borrowing foreign technology rather than by generating new products or processes
Analysis South Korea Economic conditions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-352)
Notes Includes indexes
English
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Subject Industries -- Korea (South)
Industrial policy -- Korea (South)
Industrial policy -- Korea (South)
Economic history
Economic policy
Industrial policy
Industries
Industrialisierung
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Wirtschaft
Wirtschaftswachstum
Sozialer Wandel
Industrialisatie.
Economische ontwikkeling.
Economische politiek.
Industries -- Korea (South)
Industrial policy -- Korea (South)
Politique industrielle -- Corée (République)
Corée (République) -- Conditions économiques -- 1960- ...
Corée (République) -- Politique économique -- 1960- ...
Industrie -- Corée (République)
SUBJECT Korea (South) -- Economic conditions -- 1960-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073059
Korea (South) -- Economic policy -- 1960-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073061
Subject Korea (South)
Südkorea
Schwellenländer
Ostasien
Korea (South) -- Economic conditions -- 1960-1988.
Korea (South) -- Economic policy -- 1960-1988.
Corée (République) -- Politique économique -- 1960-1997.
Corée (République) -- Conditions économiques -- 1960-1997.
Corée (République) -- Industrie.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 88036231
ISBN 9780199870691
0199870691
9780198022473
0198022476
0195076036
9780195076035