Development of a freight transformation network of regular trucking in Korea
Road transport ; South Korea ; Transport ; Transport network
This study ewamines the development of service networks by regular trucking, and the spatial change of truck service routes in Korea. The A. indicates 4 points as results. - (KA)
Regional innovation support systems in South Korea and Japan compared
Comparative study ; Industry ; Innovation ; Japan ; Organization ; Regional development ; Regional economy ; Regional system ; South Korea
This paper aims at analysing and comparing regional innovation support systems in South Korea and Japan and explaining the differences found between the countries systems. Based on empirical research on innovation support agencies in Kyongbuk-Taegu
, South Korea, and Hiroshima, Japan, it will be shown that South Korea is characterised by dirigiste regional innovation support systems, whereas Japan's regions have a mixture of relatively well coordinated national and regional agencies with higher
Ghana and South Korea : lessons from World Bank case studies
Agricultural price ; Cocoa ; Development ; Economic assistance ; Ghana ; Planning ; South Korea
An attempt to discover why Ghana and South Korea which had the same annual per capita GNP in 1957 have developed so differently. But the current Economic Recovery Programme and administrative reforms are gradually showing improvement although Ghana
Location of central managerial function in main cities in Korea after the 1960s
Enterprise ; Head office ; Location ; South Korea ; Tertiary sector ; Urban function
This article investigates the location of central managerial function in main cities in Korea after the 1960s, taking account of the changes in accumulation and territory of economic and administrative central managerial functions.- (KA)
Location of central management function and classification of main cities in Korea under Japanese colonial rule
Asia ; Korea ; Location ; Urban function ; Urban hierarchy ; Urban history
This paper aims to analyze the situation of central management function of Korean major cities historically. It examines the classification of Korean major cities in prewar Korea. - (KA)
The international urban system between Korea and Japan in terms of international telephone calls
Communication ; Distance ; Gravity model ; Information flow ; Japan ; Network ; South Korea ; Telephone ; Town ; Urban hierarchy ; Urban system
The purpose of this study is to discuss the possibility of direct and stable international linkages between nonmetropolitan cities in the international urban system between Korea and Japan in terms of international telephone calls. - (KA)
The international urban system between Korea in terms of transactions of Korean banks with Japan
Banking network ; Finance ; Internationalization ; Japan ; South Korea ; Urban system
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the possibility of direct and stable international linkages between nonmetropolitan cities in the international urban system between Korea and Japan in terms of banking transactions. - (KA)
Cooperation ; Economic situation ; Geopolitics ; International relations ; North Korea ; Policy ; South Korea
The year 2000 shows an event of great moment : the agreements for a reunification of North and South Korea, after fifty years. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is knowing today considerable economic problems because it is obliged to give
back loans received by communist partners. In order to ameliorate its situation, it is evluating a policy of open doors, even if limited to some coastal areas. South Korea is encouraging international projects in the North, but it is fearing the great
Agamben, postcoloniality, and sovereignty in South Korea
Biopolitics ; Political geography ; Political power ; Post-colonialism ; South Korea ; Sovereignty
power has been shaped by the itineraries of colonialism and empire. Second, that Korea's political space is deeply marked by the legacy of Japanese colonialism, the imperial interventions by the U.S. and the division of the peninsula. It concludes
that Korea offers a valuable lens through which to read Agamben's critique of sovereignty.
[b1] Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Coree, Republique de
The spatial patterns of distribution by petroleum products in Korea
by petroleum products in Korea is decided by the distribution of the plants of big makers. These locations are decided by considering the lie of the land, the traffic system and the demand of petroleum. The saling territories of the agences are related
An ordo-liberal perspective on land problems in Korea
Economic indicators ; Economy ; Government intervention ; Inflation ; Land ; Land speculation ; Land value ; South Korea
An econometric test concludes that land markets in Korea have partly been driven by speculative bubbles. The A. argues that bubbles are cyclically formed and are persistent due to structural differences in the rate of return between land
Large-small firm networks : a foundation of the new globalizing economy in South Korea
Economic restructuring ; Economy ; Enterprise ; Exporting industry ; Firm size ; Globalization ; Network ; South Korea ; Sub-contracting
The A. examines how Korea's export-oriented economy has laid its new foundation for global competitiveness by deepening interfirm linkages. They refer mainly to the relationship between large and small firms. Recent corporate restructuring has