Regional innovation support systems in SouthKorea and Japan compared
Comparative study ; Industry ; Innovation ; Japan ; Organization ; Regional development ; Regional economy ; Regional system ; SouthKorea
This paper aims at analysing and comparing regional innovation support systems in SouthKorea and Japan and explaining the differences found between the countries systems. Based on empirical research on innovation support agencies in Kyongbuk-Taegu
, SouthKorea, and Hiroshima, Japan, it will be shown that SouthKorea 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
An attempt to discover why Ghana and SouthKorea 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
Development of a freight transformation network of regular trucking in Korea
Road transport ; SouthKorea ; 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)
Cooperation ; Economic situation ; Geopolitics ; International relations ; North Korea ; Policy ; SouthKorea
The year 2000 shows an event of great moment : the agreements for a reunification of North and SouthKorea, 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. SouthKorea is encouraging international projects in the North, but it is fearing the great
Location of central managerial function in main cities in Korea after the 1960s
Enterprise ; Head office ; Location ; SouthKorea ; 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)
The international urban system between Korea and Japan in terms of international telephone calls
Communication ; Distance ; Gravity model ; Information flow ; Japan ; Network ; SouthKorea ; 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 ; SouthKorea ; 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)
Towards regionally embedded innovation support systems in SouthKorea ? case studies from Kyongbuk-Taegu and Kyonggi
Competitiveness ; Enterprise ; Industrial organization ; Industrialization ; Innovation ; Regional policy ; Research and development ; SouthKorea
consisting of grassroots systems, integrated systems and dirigiste systems. The paper shows that SouthKorea is characterised by dirigist regional innovation support systems with a relatively low level of regional embeddedness.
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
Agamben, postcoloniality, and sovereignty in SouthKorea
Biopolitics ; Political geography ; Political power ; Post-colonialism ; SouthKorea ; 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
For almost two decades the South Korean government has sought to restrain the growth of Seoul by diffusing population and economic activity to other areas of the country. Policies included landuse regulations, establishment of industrial estates