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9780415140553

The Economics of the Latecomers: Catching-Up, Technology Transfer and Institutions in Germany, Japan and South Korea

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415140553

  • ISBN10:

    0415140552

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-11-07
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Attempts to explicate the catching-up process of the most spectacularly successful economies of Est Asia, Japan and South Korea. Combining insights from economic history, and economics of technology, the book emphasizes the need for historical models to understand historical processes.

Author Biography

Jang-Sup Shin is currently working as a journalist for the Maeil Business Newspaper and TV in Seoul.

Table of Contents

Introduction
On Methodology
Late Industrialization and Catching-Up
Technology Transfer, Technological Capability and National Systems of Innovation
Institutions, Institutional Change and Catching-Up
On Interpreting History
Comparative Settings
Regional Contrast in the Development of the Iron and Steel Industry in Germany: 1800-1860
UK-Germany-Japan Comparison in the Iron and Steel Industry 1860-1930
US -Japan-Korea Comparison in the Iron and Steel Industry: 1950-90
US-Japan-Korea Comparison in the Semiconductor Industry: 1950-93
Conclusions
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