Technology and Productivity: The Korean Way of Learning and Catching Up

by Lim and Youngil Lim

In this book Youngil Lim explores the process by which the poverty-stricken agrarian economy of South Korea was transformed over the past three decades into a semi-industrial urban economy. The chief questions Lim addresses are: Where did South Korea's technological knowledge come from? What did the government and market do to nurture such rapid learning? Will a continuation of current policy enable South Korea to catch up with other OECD countries?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262122219
• ISBN13: 9780262122214
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher