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Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Networks and Ethnic Resources (Garland Studies in Entrepreneurship)
by Jin-Kyung YooFirst Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Korean Labour Market after the 1997 Economic Crisis (Routledge Studies In The Modern World Economy #103)
by Richard B. Freeman Sunwoong Kim Joonmo Cho Jae-Ho KeumFor economists, policy-makers, and historians who want to learn how the Korean labor market dealt with the 1997 financial crisis and how this informed future policies, this volume provides a succinct summary of what Korean experts know and how they view the problems the country must overcome to continue on its road to the top rungs of economic success. The book is filled with institutional detail and statistics to enlighten scholars and with critiques of policy and potential solutions from labor specialists. It provides a guide to the data on Korean workers and firms that can inform future research work.
The Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture
by Boye Lafayette De MenteThe Koreans: understanding a people and their culture through key words and language.Koreans have a unique character and personality that sets them apart from all other Asians. <P><P>And although Korean attitudes and behavior may be influenced by the modern world, the Korean mindset is still very much shaped by ancient culture and traditions. As is the case with all ancient cultures created within highly refined and meticulously structured social systems over thousands of years, one of the keys to understanding traditional Korean attitudes and behavior is the language of the people-or more precisely, key words in the language. These key words provide access to the Korean mind-to core concepts and emotions, the attitudes and feelings that make up the Korean psyche. These key terms reveal both the heart and soul of Koreans and provide bridges for communicating and interacting with Koreans on the most fundamental level.In The Korean Mind, Boye Lafayette De Mente explores the meanings and cultural context of the most important "code words" of the Korean language, terms whose significance goes well beyond their literal definitions, providing an insight into Korean culture and the personality of the Korean people.
Korean Science and Technology in an International Perspective
by Werner Pascha Jörg MahlichSouth Korea has attained spectacular economic success in recent decades. It has reached the status of a Newly Advanced Economy, with challenges increasingly mirroring those faced by other advanced economies. These include the necessary upgrading of the labor force, the frictions of switching to a national system of innovation adapted to leadership in R&D, market-based economic policies that reflect the government's difficulties in foreseeing future technological developments, and the consequences of social change for the innovation system and policy-making. In the forthcoming book the parallel challenges for innovation and technology for the Republic of Korea and other advanced economies will be analyzed more thoroughly with an international perspective in mind. This comparison and international benchmarking will allow policy makers and scholars to better appreciate how much the country has already moved into the circle of globally leading economies and what can be done to consolidate and strengthen its position.
The Korean Wave
by Yasue KuwaharaThe rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture began and is promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy. This study examines cultural production and consumption, glocalization, the West versus. Asia, global race consciousness, and changing views of masculinity and femininity.
The Korean Wave in a Post-Pandemic World: BTS, Cosmax and Squid Game
by Geon-Cheol Shin Mark D. WhitakerThis book presents an analysis of how the economic Korean Miracle spread into the cultural “Korean Wave” (Hallyu). First only in Asian countries and then around the world, the rising popularity of the Korean Wave continued within the pandemic—despite or even because of policies of digital lockdowns. Partially, this has been by design as Korea for decades has had a very strong fast development drive in telecommunications and that aided the growth of its cultural wave. Partially however, this became exclusively by default how the Korean Wave had to spread increasingly in a digital manner after 2020 globally, in response to many countries’ rules regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in their attempts to enforce a decline in face-to-face content consumption. In retrospect, this has meant only more digital growth and innovation for the Korean Wave in past years compared to other cultures' entertainment complexes that suffered more. Korea's earlier digital readiness combined with later lockdown conditions and pushed the Korean Wave further ahead. Despite the ending of COVID-19 lockdowns in many countries, a greater digital aftermath will continue in the cultural industry and in the economy in general. This is due to changes created in cultural preferences, in organizational investments, and in communication technologies due to those lockdowns. Thus, the authors examine how the Korean Wave coped actively with a pronounced digital shift by default in all aspects of media including production, distribution, and consumption. In turn, they examine how the greater digital shift in the world’s culture and economy influenced the Korean Wave’s entertainment performances, TV dramas, and cosmetics—among other areas. The authors analyze general trends in the Korean Wave’s economics, culture, and technology along with specific strong cases of the K-pop boy group BTS, the cosmetics manufacturer Cosmax, and the television series Squid Game. Since the Korean Wave continues to grow in popularity within a more exclusive digital socialization, future implications of such a competitive digital world economy and multi-polar digital world culture are discussed for all countries as well.
Korean Wave in South Asia: Transcultural Flow, Fandom and Identity
by Ratan Kumar Roy Biswajit DasThis book is a systematic investigation of Korean cultural wave in South Asia, discovering and analysing the dynamics of fandom, mechanism of media industry and growing phenomena of Korean culture in this part of the world. This is one of the very first academic volumes in South Asia that examines cultural politics, language and literatures of Korea in a regional location when there might be some on examining the political and diplomatic relations divorced from socio-cultural interactions. It focuses on three major aspects: identity formation in the age of digital culture, fandom and aspiration in the wake of subculture, and transcultural flow in South Asia. Through these thematic indicators and empirical instances the volume explores the modes of transcultural flow vis a via the global cultural flow. The patterns and processes of identity construction transformed among the teenagers and youths in the realm of digital media and embodying the Korean cultural elements. The book will contribute in the area of media and cultural studies, global culture and politics, arts and humanities, social sciences and area studies.Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
The Korean Way in Business
by Boyé Lafayette De MenteLearn the ins and outs of conducting business in South KoreaSouth Korean companies and technology have suddenly conquered the world. Samsung, Hyundai and LG are industry leaders and the global brands. <P><P>Korean culture in the form of K-Pop music videos and "Korean Wave" films and TV dramas are watched everywhere from Tel Aviv to Singapore to Rio. Korean gourmet food trucks ply the streets of New York and LA, and kimchi has found a place on the shelves of well-stocked supermarkets around the world.With just a fraction of Japan's land area, less than half its population, and no natural resources-how have Korean companies managed to conquer the world in such a short period of time? What is the "secret sauce" of Korean business practices and companies that makes them so successful?To find out, readers need more than statistics and company profiles. Learning the basics about Korean culture, about Korean social etiquette and Korean business culture, will enable you to understand for the first time how Koreans think and why they work so effectively to achieve their goals. This understanding will enhance your own effectiveness in doing business with Koreans, or in competing with them-whether in Korea or elsewhere.
Korean Women in Leadership (Current Perspectives on Asian Women in Leadership)
by Gary N. McLean Yonjoo ChoThe book focuses on the historical, political, economic, and cultural elements of Korea and the strong influence these have on women leaders in the nation. It examines challenges and opportunities for women leaders as they try to balance their professional and personal lives. A team of leading experts familiar with the aspirations and frustrations of Korean women offer insight into the coexistence of traditional and modern values. It is an eye-opening look at the convergence and divergence across Korean sectors that international leadership researchers, students, and managers need to know in order to realize and appreciate the potential of Korean women leaders.
Korean Women Managers and Corporate Culture: Challenging Tradition, Choosing Empowerment, Creating Change (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia)
by Jean R. RenshawThe typical view of Korean women is not as managers. The stereotype is of Korean women serving and pleasing men, or more recently as aggressive shopkeepers and bar-owners. Very little has been written to challenge this misconception. This fascinating book reveals there have always been managers amongst Korean women, particularly in occupations like money lending, retail and fashion, and women continue to serve after the economic crash at the beginning of a new century. Korean Women Managers and Corporate Culture illuminates the many roles of women - from management, leadership and policy making, to the more traditional positions as homemaker and wife – and describes the distinctive Korean corporate culture and economy in order to evaluate the future of women as well as that of Korea itself.
Korean Workers and Neoliberal Globalization (Routledge Advances in Korean Studies #Vol. 11)
by Kevin GrayOne of the most remarkable aspects of South Korea’s transition from impoverished post-colonial nation to fully-fledged industrialized democracy has been the growth of its independent and dynamic labour movement. Korean Workers and Neoliberal Globalisation examines current trends and transformations within the Korean labour movement since the 1990s. It has been a common assumption that the ‘third wave’ of democratisation, the end of the Cold War, and the spread of neoliberal globalisation in the latter part of the 20th century have helped to create an environment in which organised labour is better placed to overcome bureaucratic national unionism and transform itself into a potential counter-globalisation movement. However, Kevin Gray argues that despite the apparent continued phenomena of labour militancy and the rhetoric of anti-neoliberalism, the mainstream independent labour movement in Korea has become increasingly institutionalised and bureaucratised into the new capitalist democracy. This process is demonstrated by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ experience of participation in various forms of policy making forums. Gray suggests that as a result, the KCTU has failed to mount an effective challenge against processes of neoliberal restructuring and concomitant social polarisation. The Korean experience provides an excellent case study for understanding the relationship between organised labour and globalisation. Korean Workers and Neoliberal Globalisation will appeal to students and scholars of Korean studies and International Political Economy, as well as Asian politics and economics.
Korea's Developmental Alliance: State, Capital and the Politics of Rapid Development (Routledge Advances in Korean Studies)
by David HundtSouth Korea is often cited as a case of miraculous transformation from poverty to prosperity. Korea’s achievement of moving from one of the world’s poorest countries as recently as the early 1960s to the ranks of the ten biggest economies only four decades later has rightly attracted interest from policymakers and scholars alike. This book identifies the factors that shaped relations between the state and big business in Korea, the ‘developmental alliance’. These factors offer a cogent framework in which to identify and predict changes in power relations between government and business. Rather than merely offering a means of explaining the rapid-growth phase of Korean development, the politics of the developmental alliance also help us understand how and why the Korean miracle turned to crisis in 1997 and why the subsequent recovery has been so uneven. In this way, the book highlights the political power of business, which is often underplayed in discussions of the development of Korea. It also sheds light on the constraints on policymakers during modernisation, and how power is shared among a small number of powerful parties. Illustrating the tumultuous politics of the ‘developmental alliance’ between business and government during the rise and decline of South Korea’s economic miracle, this book is an essential read for anyone interested in Korean politcs, economics and development,
Korea’s Platform Empire: An Emerging Power in the Global Platform Sphere (Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia)
by Dal Yong Jin Seongcheol KimKorea’s Platform Empire explores the evolution of digital platforms in South Korea’s media sphere, and their global political, economic, cultural, and technological influence.With a focus on Korea in the context of the global platform revolution, the book takes a methodical look at the broader social implications and the impact on cultural production. The authors explore various facets of the media and cultural industries—looking beyond social media to news broadcasting and the music industry—and look at the policy and regulations behind this shifting technological advancement.This book will appeal to students and scholars working on media industries, digital media, platform studies, information and technology studies, Korean and East Asian media studies, and the creative and cultural industries.
Kornit Digital: The Amazon Warrants (C)
by Benjamin C. Esty Daniel Fisher E. Scott MayfieldAs of 12/31/21, Amazon held $22 billion of equity and warrants in related companies. In fact, it often requests a free grant of warrants when it enters into a new commercial agreement with a supplier. Over the past 20 years, Amazon has gotten warrants almost 20 publicly traded companies and more than 75 private companies; in a few instances, it has gotten multiple grants from a single firm. Combined, Amazon held $3.4 billion of warrants as of year-end 2021. This case explores one of the recent transactions in which Amazon requested warrants as part of signing a new commercial agreement with Kornit Digital, a small, but rapidly growing digital printing company based in Israel.
Körperschaftsteuer in der Unternehmenspraxis: Steuerliche Optimierung für Unternehmer und Unternehmen
by Matthias AlberDas Buch vermittelt mit Beispielen und Muster-Berechnungen die wichtigsten Praxisfälle der Körperschaftsteuer. Zahlreiche Praxishinweise helfen bei der Steueroptimierung.
Korruption in Europa: Die Rettungsprogramme des ESM unter dem Blickwinkel der Korruptionsbekämpfung
by Jens BergerKorruption in Europa? Und dies in einem Ausmaß, das Wirtschaftskrisen verursachen und die Stabilisierung von Staaten im Rahmen von Rettungsprogrammen zwischenstaatlicher Finanzinstitutionen verhindern bzw. erheblich erschweren kann? Diesem – in der bisherigen Forschung weitgehend ausgeblendeten – Problem widmet sich der Autor in der vorliegenden Analyse. Am Gegenstand des Europäischen Stabilitätsmechanismus (ESM) und dessen Finanzhilfen, die gemäß der vertraglichen Grundlagen des ESM mit „strengen“ Auflagen zu verknüpfen sind, werden die einschlägigen Anstrengungen in den bisherigen Programmen untersucht. Unter Berücksichtigung des Forschungsstandes erfolgt eine Analyse, welche Bedeutung die Korruptionsbekämpfung in den Programmdokumenten einnahm und wie diese ausgestaltet wurde. Die politischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Rahmenbedingungen werden dabei ebenso berücksichtigt wie die im Kontext der Programme verfolgten Sichtweisen, Interessen und Ziele. Darauf aufbauend zeigt der Autor eine Reihe von Ableitungen und Empfehlungen auf, wie die Effizienz und Effektivität der Korruptionsbekämpfung des ESM – und damit ihre langfristige Erfolgswahrscheinlichkeit – in zukünftigen Programmen gesteigert werden können.
Korruptionsprävention
by Carsten StarkIn diesem Werk werden personalwirtschaftliche und organisatorische Instrumente der Korruptionsprävention dargestellt und auf ihre praktische Wirksamkeit hin untersucht. Dabei wird vor allem auf Probleme der Implementation und wirtschaftlichen Umsetzung eingegangen.Die in der Praxis diskutierten Maßnahmen zur Korruptionsprävention wurden bisher nicht hinreichend empirisch überprüft. Da der Aufwand zur Implementation derartiger Maßnahmen für Kommunen und Unternehmen jedoch sehr groß und stellenweise mit dem Einbringen erheblicher Ressourcen verbunden ist, muss es Aufgabe der Organisationssoziologie und Personalwirtschaft sein, diese Lücke zu schließen. Dabei geht es darum, den Bezug einzelner Maßnahmen zu grundlegenden wissenschaftlichen Theorien und Erkenntnissen der jeweiligen Disziplinen herzustellen und die Rahmenbedingungen für eine erfolgreiche Implementation der präventiven Maßnahmen zu klären.
Kosher
by Timothy D. LyttonGenerating over $12 billion in annual sales, kosher food is big business. It is also an unheralded story of successful private-sector regulation in an era of growing public concern over the government’s ability to ensure food safety. Kosher uncovers how independent certification agencies rescued American kosher supervision from fraud and corruption and turned it into a model of nongovernmental administration. Currently, a network of over three hundred private certifiers ensures the kosher status of food for over twelve million Americans, of whom only eight percent are religious Jews. But the system was not always so reliable. At the turn of the twentieth century, kosher meat production in the United States was notorious for scandals involving price-fixing, racketeering, and even murder. Reform finally came with the rise of independent kosher certification agencies which established uniform industry standards, rigorous professional training, and institutional checks and balances to prevent mistakes and misconduct. In overcoming many of the problems of insufficient resources and weak enforcement that hamper the government, private kosher certification holds important lessons for improving food regulation, Timothy Lytton argues. He views the popularity of kosher food as a response to a more general cultural anxiety about industrialization of the food supply. Like organic and locavore enthusiasts, a growing number of consumers see in rabbinic supervision a way to personalize today’s vastly complex, globalized system of food production.
Kosher and Halal Business Compliance
by John Lever Johan FischerKosher is a Hebrew term meaning ‘fit’ or ‘proper’ and halal is an Arabic word that literally means ‘permissible’ or ‘lawful’. Within the last two decades or so, kosher and halal markets have become global in scope and states, manufacturers, restaurants, shops, certifiers and consumers around the world are faced with ever stricter and more complex requirements – most clearly exemplified by Muslim and Jewish groups’ call for kosher and halal certification by third party certification bodies. During this period hundreds of kosher and halal certifiers have emerged around the world, and while thousands of manufacturers, restaurants and shops have been certified, the majority have not. Kosher and halal requirements are comparable, but there are also many differences and the book discusses how these similarities and differences affect production, trade and regulation around the world. The authors research demonstrates that there is a need to address kosher and halal markets simultaneously and answers the question "what characterizes global kosher and halal markets and how can businesses comply with the rising demands and requirements that have emerged?" This is the only book of its kind and it will appeal to manufacturing companies, restaurants and shops that already are or want to be kosher/halal certified. The book can also be assigned in a variety of upper-level undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in business studies, management and marketing. Moreover, the book will be of interest to readers in the natural sciences (for example, food scientists) and outside academia, that is, to state as well as non-state kosher/halal certification bodies, policy makers, interest groups and consultants. Kosher and Halal Business Compliance is accessible in style, global in scope and based on decades of research.
Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America's Food Answers to a Higher Authority
by Sue FishkoffIn this captivating account of a Bible-based practice that has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, Fishkoff travels throughout America and to Shanghai, China, to find out who eats kosher food, who produces it, who is responsible for its certification, and how this fascinating world continues to evolve.
Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)
by Roger HorowitzKosher USA follows the fascinating journey of kosher food through the modern industrial food system. It recounts how iconic products such as Coca-Cola and Jell-O tried to become kosher; the contentious debates among rabbis over the incorporation of modern science into Jewish law; how Manischewitz wine became the first kosher product to win over non-Jewish consumers (principally African Americans); the techniques used by Orthodox rabbinical organizations to embed kosher requirements into food manufacturing; and the difficulties encountered by kosher meat and other kosher foods that fell outside the American culinary consensus. Kosher USA is filled with big personalities, rare archival finds, and surprising influences: the Atlanta rabbi Tobias Geffen, who made Coke kosher; the lay chemist and kosher-certification pioneer Abraham Goldstein; the kosher-meat magnate Harry Kassel; and the animal-rights advocate Temple Grandin, a strong supporter of shechita, or Jewish slaughtering practice. By exploring the complex encounter between ancient religious principles and modern industrial methods, Kosher USA adds a significant chapter to the story of Judaism's interaction with non-Jewish cultures and the history of modern Jewish American life as well as American foodways.
Kosovo: Macroeconomic Issues and Fiscal Sustainability
by Robert Corker Dawn Rehm Kristina KostialSince the end of June 1999, IMF staff have been providing technical assistance to Kosovo to help the province rebuild its economy. This assistance has been toward setting up taxation and budgetary institutions, a payments and banking system and recently a statistical framework. Also general macroeconomic policy advice especially for budget formulation which is the main focus of this publication. The staff's work has been coordinated with the World Bank and donor agencies
Kosovo: Institutions and Policies for Reconstruction and Growth
by Dimitri G. Demekas Johannes Herderschee Davina F. JacobsA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Kosten der hubschraubergestützten Notfallversorgung: Innovationsbasierte Szenarioanalyse und Empfehlungen zur Gestaltung von Luftrettungssystemen (Gesundheitsmanagement und Gesundheitsökonomik)
by Johann W. RöperIn diesem Open-Access-Buch wird die Aussteuerung von Zielkonflikten bei der Gestaltung des Luftrettungssystems in Deutschland erarbeitet, indem ein Modell zur Bewertung von Luftrettungsleistungen entwickelt wird. Der hubschraubergestützten Luftrettung kommt seit Jahren eine zunehmende Bedeutung in der notfallmedizinischen Versorgung zu. Als auffälliges und leistungsfähiges, aber auch teures Rettungsmittel unterliegt die Luftrettung äußerst vielen Ansprüchen, die von unterschiedlichsten Interessensgruppen an das Luftrettungssystem gestellt werden. Diese Partikularinteressen implizieren Zielkonflikte bei der Gestaltung des Luftrettungssystems.Mit dem Kostenmodell werden verschiedene Szenarien modelliert, welche auf einem exemplarischen Erfahrungsobjekt basieren. Abgebildet werden unter anderem der Status Quo, Kritikpunkte am deutschen Luftrettungssystem sowie verschiedene Innovationen, die sich auch aus einem Vergleich ausgewählter internationaler Luftrettungssysteme ergeben. Die Ergebnisse der Arbeit werden genutzt, um Handlungsempfehlungen zur Gestaltung von Luftrettungssystemen auszuarbeiten.
Kosten-, Erlös- und Ergebnisrechnung: Einführung für Bachelor-Studierende
by Wolfgang Becker Robert HolzmannAbgestimmt auf die Anforderungen in Bachelor-Studiengängen werden in nachvollziehbarer Art und Weise die Grundlagen der Kostenrechnung vermittelt. Schaubilder, prägnante Zusammenfassungen am Ende jedes Kapitels, Beispiele, Übungsaufgaben mit Lösungen sowie für Bachelor-Studierende relevante Literaturtipps ergänzen die Ausführungen. Alle wichtigen Definitionen können im Glossar nachgeschlagen werden.