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

by Jang-Sup Shin

Overview

This book examines the spectacularly successful economies of East Asia, Japan and South Korea. The comparison of the 'catching-up' process in Japan and South Korea includes studies of the iron and steel and semi-conductor industries. The author shows the difficulties involved in trying to detect general patterns of development, as both countries appear to respond to different technological imperatives. As a result general models of development should be treated with caution, given the need to consider different historical and institutional contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415140553
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/10/1996
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia , #6
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jang-Sup Shin is currently working as a journalist for the Maeil Business Newspaper and TV in Seoul. He received his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Cambridge University.

Date of Birth:

October 29, 1930

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1 On Methodology; Chapter 1 Late Industrialisation and Catching-Up; Chapter 2 Technology Transfer, Technological Capability and National Systems of Innovation; Chapter 3 Institutions, Institutional Change and Catching-Up; Part 2 On Interpreting History; Chapter 4 Comparative Settings; Chapter 5 Regional Contrast in the Development of the Iron and Steel Industry in Germany, 1800–1850; Chapter 6 UK–Germany–Japan Comparison in the Iron and Steel Industry, 1850–1930; Chapter 7 USA–Japan–Korea Comparison in the Iron and Steel Industry, 1950–1990; Chapter 8 USA–Japan–Korea Comparison in the Semiconductor Industry, 1950–1993; Conclusions;