Essays about: "chaebol"

Found 4 essays containing the word chaebol.

  1. 1. 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

  2. 2. Transformation of the Developmental State: A Comparative Case Study on South Korea and Taiwan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Changle Wang; [2020]
    Keywords : The Developmental State; Transformation; South Korea; Taiwan; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis has attempted to show the process of transformation from the developmental state in South Korea and Taiwan since the 1990s on the perspective of the four main elements of the developmental state in strong capacity of state, coherent bureaucracy, government-business coalition and industrial policy. Based on these four dimensions, the thesis investigated the evolved process from the developmental state model by tracing the exogenous and endogenous pressures, process of transformation and economic performance. READ MORE

  3. 3. Product space, unrelated diversification, and economic development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Junchen Li; [2016]
    Keywords : Product space; diversification; unrelated variety; economic development; Evolutionary Economic Geography; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Product Space methodology introduced in 2007 initiated a new perspective in diversification studies. It finds out stylized facts that generally developed countries mainly export core product (metal, machinery, chemicals), while developing countries mainly export periphery products (agriculture, primary goods). READ MORE

  4. 4. Internationalization of South Korean software SMEs: A multiple-case study on market selection, expansion patterns and the influence of large business conglomerates

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

    Author : Ádám Kőhegyi; [2015]
    Keywords : expansion pattern; multiple-case study; chaebol; market selection; SMEs; software firms; internationalization; South Korea; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of the thesis was to examine the internationalization process of South Korean software SMEs with a focus on their market selection and international expansion patterns. In addition, the thesis aimed to determine whether the presence of large business conglomerates in the domestic market, a unique characteristic of the South Korean economy, had any significant influence on the internationalization process of these software SMEs. READ MORE