Introduction -- The knowledge economy framework -- The Korean context -- Overview of the study -- Overview of Korea's development process until 1997 -- Development strategies and policies: chronological review -- Economic growth and structural changes -- Elements of success for Korea's economic...

Protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) serves a dual role in economic development. While it promotes innovation by providing legal protection of inventions, it may retard catch-up and learning by restricting the diffusion of innovations. Does stronger IPR protection in a developing...

This report on Korea is geared towards policy makers from developing countries that are in the midst of, or are intending to, embark on the transition towards the knowledge economy. It provides pragmatic policy lessons drawn from Korea's forty-five years of knowledge-based growth. This report...

The challenges presented to the Korean Innovation System require several fundamental and structural changes. Some are more directly related to particular innovation actors and activities; but some are, directly and indirectly, related to the much wider context of the economic system as a whole....

Korean Abstract: 우리나라의 지역산업은 20세기 후반 산업화 과정에서 고도성장을 추동한 중심 엔진의 역할을 수행하였으며, 21세기에 접어들어서는 경제활동의 지식기반화 추세에 부응하여 새로운 도약을 시도하고 있다....