Technology and Productivity
Subtitle: The Korean Way of Learning and Catching Up
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: November 19, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780262122214
Subjects: Development economics; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1990 to c 2000; Economic Policy; Technology And Industrial Growth; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; South Korea; Development - Economic Development; Economics - General; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Production & Operations Management; Industrial policy; Industrial productivity; Korea (South); Technology; Technology and state
First sentence: This book explains the process by which poverty-stricken, agrarian South Korea was transformed in the last three decades into an urban semi-industrial country.
Description: "In this book Youngil Lim explores the process by which the poverty-stricken agrarian economy of South Korea was transformed over the past three decades into a semi-industrial urban economy. The chief questions Lim addresses are: Where did South Korea's technological knowledge come from? What did the government and market do to nurture such rapid learning? Will a continuation of current policy enable South Korea to catch up with other OECD countries?

What is the appropriate role of the National Research and Development Program within the framework of the National System of Innovation?"--BOOK JACKET.