Introduction -- The knowledge economy framework -- The Korean context -- Overview of the study -- Overview of Korea's development process until 1997 -- Development strategies and policies: chronological review -- Economic growth and structural changes -- Elements of success for Korea's economic...

This report on Korea is geared towards policy makers from developing countries that are in the midst of, or are intending to, embark on the transition towards the knowledge economy. It provides pragmatic policy lessons drawn from Korea's forty-five years of knowledge-based growth. This report...

The primary goal of this paper is to explore the microeconomic foundation of Korean firms' adoption of foreign technologies. The paper also reviews the overall trend of international technology transfers to Korea. The period covered in this paper is Korea's high growth era, from the 1960s to the...

Korea's development process offers valuable lessons for other developing and less developed economies. In particular, the way Korea uses outside technologies, by accumulating indigenous capabilities, is still valid in the era of the knowledge economy. This volume examines the Korean model and...

Korean Abstract: 대학의 연구환경은 큰 변화를 겪고 있다. 대학은, 전통적인 교육․훈련 기능과, 자율과 창의에 기초한 자유로운 연구 또는 공공재로서 연구성과를 창출하는 지금까지의 역할에 추가하여 국민․지역 경제의...

Korean Abstract: 우리나라의 지역산업은 20세기 후반 산업화 과정에서 고도성장을 추동한 중심 엔진의 역할을 수행하였으며, 21세기에 접어들어서는 경제활동의 지식기반화 추세에 부응하여 새로운 도약을 시도하고 있다....