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Germany's role in the foreign direct investment configuration of Korean multinational enterprises in Europe
Strüber, Chan-Mi - 2009
Germany has always been one of the major direct investment destinations for Korean multinational enterprises (MNEs) within Europe. However, along with the internationalization of Korean firms, the motives and patterns for direct investments have changed. This paper discusses the development of...
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MNCs' HRM strategy and country of origin effect: Do North American, European and Japanese firms really differ?
Yu, Gyu-chang; Park, Woo-sung; Cho, Yung-ho - In: Management Revue 18 (2007) 4, pp. 392-409
Based upon the sample of 419 MNCs' subsidiaries in Korea, we examined the country of origin effect in the choice of MNCs' HRM strategy: transplantation, localization, and mixed. A multinominal logit regression analysis showed that there is an important country of origin effect in the choice...
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Die Rolle staatlicher Institutionen in asiatischen Innovationssystemen
Erber, Georg; Hagemann, Harald - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 77 (2008) 2, pp. 95-112
Volksrepublik China gewinnen neben einigen kleineren asiatischen Schwellenländern eine zunehmende Bedeutung im globalen … insbesondere die internationale Vernetzung des südkoreanischen Innovationssystems deutlich verbessern soll. Die VR China hat erst … China acquire an increasing importance in the global location competition besides some smaller Asian threshold economies …
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Handelswettlauf um Asien: die Freihandelsabkommen der USA und der EU mit Südkorea
Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 25, pp. 2-9
Schneller als vielfach erwartet findet die Weltwirtschaft den Weg aus der großen Krise. Dabei erweisen sich die asiatischen Staaten als besonders dynamisch. Amerika will durch eine Steigerung seiner Exporte Anschluss halten. Nach dem Scheitern der Doha-Runde stellt sich die Frage, ob bilaterale...
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Characterising the inflation targeting regime in South Korea
Sánchez, Marcelo - 2009
This paper attempts at characterising South Korean monetary policy in the period of explicit inflation targeting started in 1999. We explain Korean interest rates in relation to an estimated macro-model, assuming that monetary policy is set optimally. This allows us to obtain the central...
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Mass attitudes toward financial crisis and economic reform in Korea
Hayo, Bernd - 2005
This paper gives an account of the financial crisis that took place in Korea from the point of view of the Korean population using survey data collected in 1998 and 1999. Although both, internal and external factors were blamed as causes, domestic factors were considered to be of greater...
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Economic action in South Korea: An heuristic attempt
Lee-Peuker, Mi-Yong - 2004
This paper presents an heuristics of economic action in South Korea which is based on a qualitative study conducted on-site. It focuses on the idea of experience-near concepts - as introduced by Clifford Geertz - and is verbalised by the terms affiliation, indebtedness and mediation. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422125
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Excess credit and the South Korean crisis
Demetriades, Panicos O.; Fattouh, Bassam A. - 2006
We provide a novel empirical analysis of the South Korean credit market that reveals large volumes of excess credit since the late 1970s, indicating that a sizeable proportion of total credit was being used to refinance unprofitable projects. Our findings are consistent with theoretical...
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Rising South Korea: A Minor Player or a Regional Power?
Shim, David; Flamm, Patrick - 2012
only limited leeway in its foreign policy. Accordingly, it must constantly maneuver between its larger neighbors: China …
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What Happened to Korea Ten Years Ago?
Nam, Chang Woon - In: CESifo Forum 09 (2008) 4, pp. 69-73
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