Technology and productivity : the Korean way of learning and catching up /

"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? W...

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Autor principal: Lim, Youngil
Format: Llibre
Idioma:English
Publicat: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, c1999.
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Taula de continguts:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Indicators of Technological Capability and Productivity Growth
  • 3. Human Capital Accumulation and the Role of Universities
  • 4. Corporate Organization as a Learning Institution
  • 5. National R&D and the Government as a Catalyst and Institution Designer
  • 6. Summary and Conclusions
  • App. A. Indicators of Technological Capabilities in South Korea
  • App. B. Regression of Total Factor Productivity Function with R&D and Education as Determinants in South Korea
  • App. C. Regression of Wage Function with Education, Age, and Sex as Determinants in South Korea.