Essays about: "korean business"

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  1. 1. Setting the scene: from voluntary to mandatory sustainability reporting in Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Silvia Kim; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainability reporting; Reporting quality assessment; Best practice approach; South Korea; Scandinavia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Sustainability Reporting (SR) has hitherto been discretionary in most Asian countries; however, a new paradigm – mandatory SR – is emerging in South Korea, provoked by the EU’s SR regulation, Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The Korean government plans to enforce SR legislation in 2025, targeting large firms. READ MORE

  3. 2. Expansionary Fiscal Policy and the Gender Employment Gap: Evidence from the Republic of Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Lindström; [2022]
    Keywords : Expansionary Fiscal Policy; Gender Employment Gap; Structural VAR; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The employment effects of expansionary fiscal policy have been well documented in the literature. Interestingly, however, limited attention has been paid to the gender dimension. Across countries, significant gaps in female and male employment still remain. READ MORE

  4. 3. Chaebol Reform: Politics of Introducing Business Reforms in South Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Bahar Şener; [2020]
    Keywords : Korean Chaebols; State – Business Relations; Imperial Presidency; Corporate Reforms; Chaebol Reform; Stewardship Code; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Calls to implement corporate reforms in South Korea reached its apex with the strong public outrage at 2016 Presidential corruption scandal involving the largest business groups within the country. In 2017, the newly elected President Moon Jae In promised to achieve corporate reforms that past administrations struggled to engage with. READ MORE

  5. 4. Does Order Matter? The relationship between premarital pregnancy and woman’s career interruption in South Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Wooseong Kim; [2019]
    Keywords : career interruption; nonmarital pregnancy; premarital conception; premarital birth; South Korea; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is an initial attempt to investigate the relationship between premarital pregnancy and women’s career interruption in the Korean context. The case of marriage preceded by pregnancy has increased in South Korea in recent years. Previous studies have focused on the determinants of the premarital conception. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is the Glass Ceiling a Motherhood Ceiling After All?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Karolina Jennings; [2019]
    Keywords : gender inequality; gender pay gap; child penalty; fertility; South Korea; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : South Korea has the highest gender pay gap and the lowest fertility rate in the OECD (OECD Data, n.y.). Gender equity theory suggests that there is a link between high gender inequality and low fertility, as women struggle to have both a career and a family. READ MORE