Purpose - This paper aims to articulate determinants of inter-organizational cooperation based on to the extent to which inter-organizational tasks are related to product development and production processes.Design/Methodology - This research conducted OLS regression analysis based on the data...

This paper examines the current status of the auto parts industry by creating the Auto Parts Imports Intensity Index. COMTRADE data from 2000 to 2017 was used for imports of automotive and auto parts to see how imports of finished car and auto parts have different interdependent relationships in...

This paper examines the economic consequences of a horizontal merger between Korean automakers that took place in 1998, with a particular emphasis on export market behavior. Estimates of structural demand and supply reveal that the merger enhanced production efficiency of the merged party by...

Since the 1990s, trade costs have been decreasing dramatically and trade volume worldwide also has been increasing. Multinational Corporations(MNCs) are the main players for this kind of globalization. UNCTAD (2009) documents that there were about 82,000 MNCs with about 810,000 foreign...

This article examines protectionism from a number of perspectives. Part One provides some general background information describing present Japanese-American trade policy. Part Two does the same for Korean-American trade policy. Part Three offers some concluding observations