Korean Enterprise: The Quest for Globalization

This Book Presents a comprehensive look at Korea's business culture, its efforts to become a more pivotal player in the global economy, and the challenges that lie ahead for Korean businesses and their competitors. The dramatic of Korea's evolution - and its prospects for the future - as told in Korean Enterprise is significant for anyone concerned with issues of economic development and for Western managers facing new sources of competition, as well as for Korea's closest geographic competitors. The book is an original exploration of the relationships among national culture, management practice, and government policy and an insightful evaluation of Korean management and development practices.

Library Journal

Management professors Ungson et al. give us a comprehensive look at Korea's business culture and the competitive challenges faced by the world's eighth largest economy. The book's ten chapters outline seven key imperatives in the areas of industrial policy, restructuring organizational designsespecially for the major conglomerates (chaebols)entrepreneurialistic growth for small and medium-sized companies, global and competitive competencies, technological innovation, management practices, and the requirements necessary to prepare Korea as a key player for the upcoming century. As Korea now confronts the serious issues of increased labor cost, limited access to foreign technology, and competition from other Asian countries, this timely volume offers lessons for Western managers. Highly recommended for executives as well as academicians and students.Joseph W. Leonard, Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio