Geospatial information technology has emerged as a major contributor to economic transformation for many countries. Established along with the E-government drive, the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in South Korea is especially remarkable, given the fact that South Korea was recently...

Using case study data gathered between 1993 and 1996, the authors investigate how automation of information handling and materials handling affected employment distribution, skill acquisition, work activities, and compensation in 23 semiconductor plants in four countries. Information handling...

The Korean government believes it can turn the country into one of the top 10 competitive economies by 2010. This volume offers an in-depth analysis of the Korean innovation system and shows how its science and technology policies actually work. As Korea's economy is now reaching the status of a...