"Korea's aggregate productivity growth in the manufacturing industry is on the decline, considerably influenced by the slowing productivity growth of young plants. A particularly sharp decline has been observed in the high-tech industry over the past three years. As such, government support...

Smart factories have been found to enhance the productivity of the overall production process, proving to be an appropriate policy as a key strategy for domestic manufacturing innovation. However, to maintain its effectiveness even when the scale and recipients of policy support are expanded,...

The OECD statistics on annual hours worked per person are often cited as evidence for Korea’s long working hours, but this in fact tends to be the result of the nation’s high proportion of self-employed workers and low proportion of part-time workers. When this distinct employment...