East Asian economies have been heavily dependent on the U.S. and EU markets, especially for the export of final goods. Therefore, once the financial crisis hit Western economies hard, the East Asian economies lost their major markets.Their production networks then worked to the region's...

In a technology-intensive industry, the evolution of innovation strategy and how latecomers contend and frontrunners sustain leadership is truly a dynamic process. This paper explores this issue in depth in the technology-intensive semiconductor DRAM and attempts to marry the traditional...

This study applied DEA method to compare operational efficiency of South Korean and Vietnamese general public hospitals. Thirty general public hospitals from Vietnam and thirty one from South Korea were included. The operation of the targeted Vietnam public hospitals varied greatly in their...

The goal of this study is to present the historical and policy background of the expansion of private health insurance in South Korea in the context of the National Health Insurance (NHI) system, and to provide empirical evidence on whether the increased role of private health insurance may...

Considering the scarcity of resources especially in developing countries, it is critical to identify the key sectors of these economies. Recognition of key sectors is one important subject for policy makers and economic planners. In determining key sectors both in theory and in practice several...

Renewable energy technologies (RETs) have attracted significant public attention for several reasons, the most important being that they are clean alternative energy sources that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To increase the probability that RETs will be successful, it is essential to...

The transnational agrarian movement La Via Campesina (LVC) seeks to reestablish food sovereignty authority within national borders by removing agriculture from the WTO system. The WTO is a membership organization of participating nation-states that have agreed to abide by the rules of the WTO...

Purpose – The paper aims to analyze the influences of organizational context and information technology (IT) applications on employees' perceptions of knowledge acquisition and application capabilities in five public and five private sector organizations in South Korea....

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the motivational effects of personal values on benefits, attributes, and re‐patronage intention in the context of online shopping. Design/methodology/approach – Using means‐end chain theory as a basis for the theoretical framework,...

Purpose – This study seeks to examine whether or not the effect of personal cultural orientation on brand‐related consumer behaviors functions invariably at the individual level in two culturally opposite countries (South Korea and the USA). Design/methodology/approach – Data were...