In 2002, a number of associations requested the Korean Patent Office to issue a compulsory license for the manufacture of Gleevec, a drug under Novartis' patent under the Korean patent provision which permits issue of compulsory licensing for public non-commercial use. This provision in the...

By the late 1980s Korea's interventionist and export-oriented development model had contributed to a number of serious structural weaknesses in the economy. Ongoing government involvement in the banking and corporate sectors, weak prudential supervision of financial institutions, and restricted...

South Korea was one of the most adversely affected economies from the Asian financial and economic crisis of 1997. This paper focuses upon the contribution that the SME sector in this country is making towards the recovery of the economy, and, in particular, focuses upon their contribution in a...