Foreign direct investment in post-crisis Korea : European investors and 'mismatched globalization'

Catalogue Data

• OBNB ID GBA525372
• ISBN 10 0415270065
• ISBN 13 9780415270069
• Type BibliographicResource, Book
• Dewey Classification 332.673405195

ISBD

• P1053 xi, 201 p.
• P1042 Includes bibliographical references and index.Korea and the European Union -- Korea-EU trade -- Korea and the European Free Trade Association -- European investment in pre-crisis Korea (1962-1997) -- European investment in post-crisis korea (1997-2006) -- Conclusions -- Case study: European investors in post-crisis Korea -- Korea's competitive advantages -- The domestic market -- Human resources -- The IT environment -- Strategic location -- Barriers to inward foreign direct investment: mismatches and disconnections -- Implementation of policy and regulations -- The labour market -- Human resources -- Anti-foreign capital sentiment -- Korea's image overseas -- Attitudes towards globalization -- Korea's business and investment environment: suggestions for change -- Education -- The regulatory environment -- Korea's image overseas -- Conclusions.The 1997 financial crisis and the "IMF era": Segyehwa in transition -- The search for a scapegoat -- The end of the developmental state reform in post-crisis Korea -- Reform and the role of the government -- Conclusions -- Inward foreign direct investment in post-crisis Korea I (1998-2002) -- A new strategy for IFDI promotion -- Trends in post-crisis inward foreign direct investment -- Barriers and hindrances to post-crisis inward investment: economic factors -- Barriers and hindrances to post-crisis inward investment: the business and investment environment -- Conclusions -- Inward foreign direct investment in post-crisis Korea II (2003-2006) -- The debate on IFDI policy and strategy -- A new national investment promotion agency: invest Korea -- IFDI performance under the Roh Moo-Hyun administration -- Barriers to investment: the investors' perspective -- Conclusions -- The Republic of Korea, the European Union and the European free trade area (1962-2006) --