Innovation and Technology in Korea: Challenges of a Newly Advanced Economy

By Jörg C. Mahlich

Book Overview

Introduction: Korea as a Newly Advanced Economy and the Role of Technology and Innovation.- Introduction: Korea as a Newly Advanced Economy and the Role of Technology and Innovation.- General Surveys.- The Korean Innovation System: From Industrial Catch-Up to Technological Leadership?.- The Development of Technological Capability and the Transformation of Inward FDI in Korea from 1962 to 2000.- On the Time Lag between Technology Policy and FDI Policy in Korea - A Comment on Jin-Hyo Joseph Yun's Paper.- Paradigm Shift and Challenges for Korean Industry: Case Study of Samsung.- Cross-cutting Issues.- Corporate Governance and Investment in R&D in South Korea.- The Revolution of Auditing System in Korea.- Public-Private R&D Collaboration in Korea - A Cross-Sector Survey of Incentive Structures.- Public-Private R&D Partnerships: Current Issues and Challenges.- The Technological Competencies of Korea's Firms: A Patent Analysis.- Korean Technological Competencies: Institutional Framework and Patterns of Industrial Competition.- Effects of Patents on the Total Factor Productivity of ICT Industry in Korea.- Comment on Keun Yeob Oh and Taegi Kim: Patents and Productivity Growth in Information and Communication Technology Industry of Korea.- Use of Technology Foresight in S&T Policy Making: A Korean Experience.- The Added Value of Technology Foresight.- Sectoral Issues.- Nanotechnology in Korea - Actors and Innovative Potential.- Korea's Telecommunications Industry.- Keeping Pace with Globalisation: Innovation Capability in Korea's Telecommunications Equipment Industry.- Success of CDMA Telecommunications Technology in Korea: The Role of the Mobile Triangle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 379082531X
• ISBN13: 9783790825312
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"