While there are many analyses of rapid economic growth in South Korea, there are very few studies that analyse the process of historical formation of the business elite and corporations which have supported South Korean growth. In this paper the author seeks to empirically verify the process of business elite creation and the development of its member's careers. (DÜI-Sen)
South Korean development centred on large enterprises, and mostly on giant business conglomerates called chaebol. The study deals with objective conditions for "chaebolization", business diversification through subsidiaries and personal connections between government and business. It notes that there are numerous institutions in South Korea which allows the government to participate in economic development processes. (DÜI-Sen)
The extremely rare type of high level, sustained postwar economic growth experienced by the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Taiwan has drawn the attention of many scholars interested in economic development. The authors of this paper suggest that there were different mechanisms by which the two economies developed and discuss the reasons why these mechanisms are different. After looking at the similarities in development patters (export-led industrialization relying on U.S. and Japanese markets, they examine the reasons for the differences in development mechanisms in South Korea and Taiwan. (DÜI-Sen)
Seven contributions highlight some of the important problems and issues concerning the technology transfer from private Japanese firms to Asian LDC's. Introduction by Shoji Ito. 1. Tamio Hattori: Technology transfer and management systems. 2. Hiroaki Washio: The provision of manuals and Japanese private technology transfer. 3. Shoji Ito: Modifying imported technology by local engineers; hypotheses and case study of India. 4. Hideo Fujimori: Industrial policy and technology transfer; a case study of automobile industry in the Philippines. 5. Yukio Ikemoto: Technical progress and level of technology in Asian countries, 1970-80; a translog index approach./and others (Econom. Voorlichtingsdienst)
The middle classes in Asian countries, which emerged rapidly in environments that were significantly different from those in the West, share some common features, but differ from one another on a number of other counts. Important among the similarities is that their nation‐building efforts after independence were perforce ambivalent in that, while pursuing economic growth in condensed ways, they tried to maintain the integrity of the state by emphasizing traditional values. On the other hand, they differ from one another in terms of the peculiarities of the preconditions they faced when launching development, the social structure specific to each, and the time at which and the strategy under which they began to pursue economic growth. These factors have brought diversity into the Asian middle classes' development processes and characteristics This paper examines the diversity of the middle classes that are now in a process of emergence in Asia.
