The interest of the Fourth Industrial Revolution spurred by the German Industry 4.0 has sharply increased in developed countries such as the United States, Japan, Korea and so on. The Japanese government officially considers the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” as one of main new growth...

After the global financial crisis, significant signs of positive change appeared in paradigms of cooperation and competitiveness between the Korean and Japanese industries until 2012. The Korea-Japan intra-industry division of labor expanded to 59.8% in 2012 from 47.8% in 2000. While the...

Since the global financial crisis, the East Asian countries’statuses in the global economy have improved, and the business environment for component and material industries has rapidly changed. In particular, interest in the specialization structure in component and material industries among...