Political economy of Korean and Japanese foreign direct investment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5000740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | You-Ll Lee, You‐il Lee (0000-0003-2115-9865, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 462-493 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00472339980000241 |
| OpenAlex | W2077743269 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article challenges a popular assumption that Korea has been refining and perfecting the Japanese foreign direct investment model. In the case of Korea, the pattern of overseas expansion of smaller companies is quite unlike that for smaller Japanese companies. In the former case, the move overseas is quite independent and related to the needs of the individual concern or entrepreneur while the latter usually moved offshore in tandem with larger companies and as part of their sub-contracting networks. Given this premise, major mechanisms behind the successful development of Japanese FDI in comparison with those of Korea will be examined. These include a) the role of the trading companies (sogo shosha), b) the role of the small and medium-sized firms, and c) the patterns of institutional linkages between government and business in the progress of FDI. This cross-examination demonstrates that Korea's trajectory and its dynamics are different from those of Japan, thus Korea's future cannot be predicted by simply looking at Japan
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |