Korean Enterprise

by Ungson, Gerardo R.; Steers, Richard M.; Park, Seung-Ho

• ISBN13: 9780875846309
• ISBN10: 0875846300
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-04-01
• Publisher: Harvard Business School Pr

Summary

This Book Presents a comprehensive look at Korea's business culture, its efforts to become a more pivotal player in the global economy, and the challenges that lie ahead for Korean businesses and their competitors. The dramatic of Korea's evolution - and its prospects for the future - as told in Korean Enterprise is significant for anyone concerned with issues of economic development and for Western managers facing new sources of competition, as well as for Korea's closest geographic competitors. The book is an original exploration of the relationships among national culture, management practice, and government policy and an insightful evaluation of Korean management and development practices.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
The New Competitive Landscape	1	(22)
Building the Entrepreneurial Machine: A Look Back	23	(22)
Industrial Policy and the New Economic Covenant	45	(18)
Restructuring the Chaebols	63	(19)
Developing Local Entrepreneurs	82	(28)
Reorganizing for Globalization	110	(24)
Competing on the New Technological Frontier	134	(30)
Management and the New Confucianism	164	(26)
Human Resources as a Strategic Asset	190	(28)
Toward the Twenty-first Century Korean Enterprise	218	(19)
Notes	237	(22)
Index	259	(12)
About the Authors	271