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Imitation to innovation : the dynamics of Korea's technological learning / Linsu Kim.

By: Kim, Linsu.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: The management of innovation and change series.Publisher: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, c1997Description: x, 301 p. : ill. ; 24cm + hbk.ISBN: 0875845746 .Subject(s): Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Korea (South) | Industries -- Korea (South) | Korea (South) -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 338.064
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Evolution of public policy and sociocultural environment -- Government as a learning facilitator -- Hardworking Koreans: Education and sociocultural factors -- Part II: From imitation to innovation in industries -- Analytical frameworks -- The automobile industry: crisis construction and technological learning -- The electronics industry: from reverse engineering to strategic alliance -- The semiconductor industry: leapfrogging into the world frontier -- Imitation and innovation in small firms: two contrasting patterns -- Part III: Conclusion and implications -- Korea's technological learning: conclusion -- Korea's technological learning: implications.
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Examines the pivotal role that technology development has played in South Korea's dramatic transformation - from an economy based on subsistence agriculture to a highly-industrialized global competitor. This work explores the roles of public policy and the sociocultural environment in setting the stage for Korea's technological evolution.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284) and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Evolution of public policy and sociocultural environment -- Government as a learning facilitator -- Hardworking Koreans: Education and sociocultural factors -- Part II: From imitation to innovation in industries -- Analytical frameworks -- The automobile industry: crisis construction and technological learning -- The electronics industry: from reverse engineering to strategic alliance -- The semiconductor industry: leapfrogging into the world frontier -- Imitation and innovation in small firms: two contrasting patterns -- Part III: Conclusion and implications -- Korea's technological learning: conclusion -- Korea's technological learning: implications.

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