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Trade and Industrial Policies of the Major ASEAN Countries, and the New Investment Environment
By thoroughly analyzing the characteristics of trade and industrial policies of the major ASEAN countries, this research attempts to understand the ever-changing specialization system between Korea and ASEAN and make ASEAN's posit..
Jai-Won Ryou Date 1990.09.01
Trade policy, Industrial policyDownloadContentSummaryBy thoroughly analyzing the characteristics of trade and industrial policies of the major ASEAN countries, this research attempts to understand the ever-changing specialization system between Korea and ASEAN and make ASEAN's position clear for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
The composition of this research is as follows. In Chapter II, it examines the macro-economic trends for ASEAN and the evolution of trade policies such as exchange rates, capital and interest since 1985. Chapter III reviews ASEAN export-oriented industrialization and its direct investment structure. Chapter IV and V examines the development of trade and industrial policies of the major East Asian countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Japan, in the 1980s. Based on the new changes in trade, and direct investment and technical cooperation between Korea and the major ASEAN countries, Korea's corresponding policy is suggested in Chapter VI. Major results and summary are provided in Section V -
UR Negotiations on Services: Progress and Responses
Tae-Ho Bark Date 1990.08.15
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Regional Economic Cooperation Bodies in the Asia-Pacific : Working Mechanism and Linkages
This paper will investigate whether or not the present mechanisms for Asia-Pacific economic cooperation are appropriate. In particular, it examines the channels of consultations, official and private, on matters of economic cooper..
Chung soo Kim Date 1990.08.01
Economic cooperationDownloadContentContents
Introduction
I. Initiatives of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
1. The APEC Initiatives : the Initial Stage
2. Institutions for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
II. The APEC Mechanism : the APEC Ministerial-level Meeting(APEC-M)
1. Economic Background of the APEC Mechanism
2. Needs of an Inter-Governmental Mechanism for APEC
3. The Australian Initiatives
4. The First Ministerial-level Meeting on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC)
5. The APEC Mechanism
III. Enhancement of the APEC Mechanism
1. New External Challenges
2. Institutional Reinforcements
IV. Summary and Conclusions
References
SummaryThis paper will investigate whether or not the present mechanisms for Asia-Pacific economic cooperation are appropriate. In particular, it examines the channels of consultations, official and private, on matters of economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific countries, with a specific reference to the recent changes in the constellation of economic power structures and economic exchanges among countries, as well as the long-term structural characteristics of the Asia-Pacific economy. -
Strategic Partnering Activity by European Firms through the Esprit Programme
Strategic partnerships in research and development (R&D) are a new form of international relationship distinguishable from more traditional forms of joint ventures and licensing arrangements by three main characteristics. Firs..
Lynn Krieger Mytelka Date 1990.08.01
Economic developmentDownloadContentContents
1. THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF R&D
2. THE EMERGENCE OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN R & D
3. NEW COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES
4. THE EUROPEAN ESPRIT PROGRAMME : AN ILLUSTRATION
5. NETWORKING THROUGH ESPRIT
6. CONCLUSION
SELECTED REFERENCES
SummaryStrategic partnerships in research and development (R&D) are a new form of international relationship distinguishable from more traditional forms of joint ventures and licensing arrangements by three main characteristics. First, they are focused on joint knowledge production and sharing as opposed to a one-way transfer of technology-where knowledge is understood to include research and development, as well as design, engineering, marketing and management capabilities. Second, they are frequently contractual in nature with little or no equity involvement by the participants. Third, they tend to be part of the longer term planning activity of the firm rather than simply an opportunistic response to short-term financial gain.
After briefly tracing the extent to which R&D has become both more collaborative and more internationalized, the paper offers an explanation for this process and an illustration of strategic partnering activity in the context of the European Strategic Programme for Research and Development on Information Technology (ESPRIT). Lastly, it draws out some of the implications of this new form of international competition for the newly industrialized economies (NIEs). -
Joint Report of the U.S.-Japan Working Group on the Structural Impediments Initiative
KIEP Date 1990.07.01
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The Progress of Decentralization and Marketization in China's Economic Reforms
Il-Sup Soh Date 1990.06.16
Economic reform -
Meeting the Challenges of the International Economic Environment in the 1990s
Co-authors Date 1990.06.16
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Liberalization of the Korean Economy and Prospects of Becoming an OECD Member
Korea, as a member of the OECD, will have to participate in various OECD committees and work programs related to corporate governance. By doing so, Korea will help reform Korea's corporate governance structure and strengthen inter..
Tae-Joon Kim Date 1990.06.01
Economic openingDownloadContentSummaryKorea, as a member of the OECD, will have to participate in various OECD committees and work programs related to corporate governance. By doing so, Korea will help reform Korea's corporate governance structure and strengthen international competitiveness of Korean companies.
This paper is organized as follows. Section II explains the characteristics, objectives, activities and obligatory duties as a member country of OECD. Section III introduces Japan's entry to the OECD. Section IV examines the current liberalization in trade, foreign exchange rate, current invisible operations and capital movement liberalization of the Korean economy and analyzes the additional items for the liberalization by comparing OECD rules. Section V investigates a degree of the maturity in the Korean economy and condition precedents for OECD entry, its advantages and disadvantages, and discusses the strategy for OECD entry. Finally, Section VI contains a summary and conclusion. -
Development of Relations between Korea and Socialist Countries and Prospects for South-North Korean Relations
This book is a compilation of the papers and comments from the 'Seminar on Development of Relations between Korea and Socialist Countries and Prospects for South-North Korean Relations' organized by the Korea Institute for Interna..
Yong-Suk Oh ed. Date 1990.06.01
DownloadContentSummaryThis book is a compilation of the papers and comments from the 'Seminar on Development of Relations between Korea and Socialist Countries and Prospects for South-North Korean Relations' organized by the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy.
Socialist countries have recently undergone a sudden change in political, economic and social reform due to the spread of Gorbachev's perestroika policy. This is expected to affect Korea's diplomatic policy toward socialist countries including the Soviet Union, China, East European countries and North Korea. This seminar provided perspectives for development of relations between Korea and Socialist countries and suggested perspectives of economic and social integration after German unification.