| Titre : | Asia's next giant : South Korea and late industrialization |
| Auteurs : | Alice H. Amsden, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Ouvrages |
| Editeur : | New York : Oxford University Press, 1989 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-19-507603-5 |
| Format : | xvi, 379 p. / ill. / 21 cm |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] GÉOGRAPHIE > Asie - Océanie > Extrême-Orient > Corée du Sud [Eurovoc] INDUSTRIE > politique et structures industrielles > politique industrielle > industrialisation |
| Tags : | industrie ; Corée (République) ; conditions économiques |
| Résumé : |
While Japan's ascent in the world economy has been widely acclaimed and chronicled, South Korea is emerging as a major economic force that challenges the eminence of Japanese and American producers in industries ranging from automobiles to electronics.
Asia's Next Giant analyzes "late-indus-trialization" as a process of expansion based on borrowed technology. It contends that industrialization without the competitive asset of novel products or processes has created a common set of institutions in countries as diverse as South Korea, Taiwan, India, Brazil, Mexico, and Turkey. Alice Amsden compares the role of the state, big business, and shop floor management in these countries, as well as Japan, and demonstrates why South Korea has developed especially fast. She argues that governments in all late-industrializing countries have had to subsidize business because the competitive weapon of low wages has been undermined by the high-productivity levels of advanced countries. What makes Korea different is that the government has disciplined all subsidy recipients, even political friends, by imposing performance standards on them. Industrial leadership by diversified business groups and a strategic focus on the shop floor are general to late-industrialization. Korea excels because a large supply of production engineers in ultra-big businesses, or chaebol, has generated rapid incremental improvements in productivity and quality. Providing new insights into this aggressive world market competitor, Asia's Next Giant shows that Korea serves as an instructive model for aspiring industrializing and even reindustrializing nations. |
| Note de contenu : |
Part I. The state and business: History and policies
Part II. Professional management and human resources Part III. The dynamics of dynamic comparative advantage |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
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| 009439 | RC ASIE 384 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Disponible |
