Globalization Strategies of South Korean Electronics Companies After the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis

Kwon, Seung‐Ho; Rhee, DongKee; Suh, Chung-Sok

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“…Megalia 4 focused on media monitoring and publicizing gender-discriminatory incidents and various campaigns and rallies, rather than on mirroring, and stopped posting in 2018. Even after Megalia disappeared, the word "Megal, " short for Megalia, continued to be used by misogynistic men as a general term to demean women who voice their opinions (Kwon 2021). 9 Meanwhile, some former users of Megalia have formed "Womad" (wŏmad), a closed online community.…”

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Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea

Song¹,

Cho²

2024

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We take this opportunity to humbly thank everyone whose efforts made this collaborative outcome possible. Foremost, we want to thank our contributors, who joined the project over the course of three workshops, from 2016 to 2019. Moonim Baek, Miseong Woo, and Youngmin Choe are the earliest members of our project, which was conceived over a four-hour, wine-enhanced conversation in L.A. after a conference at the University of Southern California. The conference was sponsored by the KOVIC project-a three-year collaboration between North America-based academics and Yonsei University's Future Leading Research Initiative, under Moonim Baek's energetic leadership.Hee-jeong Sohn, Hyun Gyung Kim, Yoon Heo, Dahye Kim, and Sunyoung Yang joined us during a second workshop held at Yonsei University the following summer, thanks to continuing KOVIC support, especially the efforts of Moonim Baek and Hyun Seon Park. This Yonsei workshop felicitously enfolded scholars who were writing and teaching at the Yonsei Gender Studies Institute at exactly the time when the "feminist reboot, " as Hee-Jeong Sohn has called it, was underway, and the air was crackling with new debates, collective energies, and emergent structures of feeling. With few exceptions, the scholars in this second round of exchanges remain in precarious situations and are undervalued in the adjunctdependent, neoliberal conditions of higher education that prevail not only in North America, but especially in South Korea. For this reason, we especially thank them for their labor and enduring dedication.Bohyeong Kim and Jinsook Kim joined us at our final workshop at the University of Toronto in spring 2019, hosted by the Department of East Asian Studies and sponsored by the AKS-funded KORE project at York University. Special thanks go to Natasja Vanderberg in EAS for her generous assistance with this event. Eunjung Kim and HyeYoung Cho joined us last, in early 2020, just months before the pandemic would forcibly remake viii | Acknowledgments our individual and collective lifeworlds. We are so deeply grateful to contributors who came through this extended process, revising multiple times in response to workshop feedback and suggestions from external reviewers. Our special thanks, as well, to Moonim Baek, Hee-jeong Sohn, Hyun Gyung Kim, Yoon Heo, and HyeYoung Cho, whose essays were originally written in Korean and then underwent a painstaking translation and revision process to remold them according to the rhetorical conventions of the Anglophone academy. We do not take these efforts for granted. Further, these revision processes spanned the period of COVID-19's eruption, which created lengthy delays at several stages of the volume's completion. As we reflect on the project's trajectory, given the extent of pandemic disruptions, which exacerbated already existing health challenges due to unsustainable work conditions, from authors' writing time to communication with publishers to turnaround time on reviews, it is miraculous to have come this far.We also give our deepest than...

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Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea

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2024

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“…As a base for R&D knowledge creation, subsidiaries in overseas (especially advanced country) markets, enhance the potential for knowledge transfer, allowing the parent company to build, at least partly, its knowledge development systems and thus to improve its performance (Rugman and Verbeke, 2001). While facilitating globalization of firm's R&D activities from emerging economies, MNCs seek to leverage precisely this potential for knowledge-transfer from subsidiaries to parent firms by establishing their subsidiaries in the advanced countries (Kwon et al, 2004). For instance, LG Electronics in Korea has established a network of R&D laboratories in advanced countries (e.g.…”

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“…For instance, LG Electronics in Korea has established a network of R&D laboratories in advanced countries (e.g. Tokyo, Sunnyvale in California, and Germany) in order to monitor the latest technological change, seek opportunities to develop strategic alliances with local firms, and develop state-of-the art products through advanced R&D (Kim, 2004;Kwon et al, 2004). By doing so, the company is able to build knowledge-development systems for enhancing technical proficiency, which, in turn, facilitates timeliness in international new product launch.…”

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New product development proficiency and multi‐country product rollout timeliness

Lee

Wong

2010

International Marketing Review

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to address a gap in the understanding of the indirect effects of marketing and technical factors on time efficiency in developing a new product and international new product launch. Design/methodology/approach -This paper adopts a contingency perspective in examining the relationships between antecedents and on-time completion (or timeliness) of new product development (NPD) and international new product rollout (INPR). A conceptual framework is tested based on data obtained on 232 NPD projects undertaken by Korean firms. Findings -The results show that NPD proficiencies mediate to a greater or lesser extent the effects of key antecedents (e.g. cross-functional linkages, project fit with available marketing resources, and effective coordination of headquarters-subsidiary/agents' activities) on timeliness in NPD and INPR. Research limitations/implications -Empirical research on the role of marketing and technical proficiencies in improving NPD timeliness and rollout timeliness in the context of international NPD affirms the importance of adopting a contingency perspective in examining the antecedents of NPD and multi-market entry timeliness. Practical implications -This paper lends insight into the role of overseas subsidiaries or agents in helping to build the technical proficiencies of emerging country companies. Originality/value -This is the first review focusing on the mediating influences on time dimensions (e.g. timeliness) in multi-country product launches.

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“…This elusiveness is mainly due to the late internationalization of Asia Pacific firms (Kuemmerle, 1999). In a similar vein, during the past few years we have witnessed a diversification of destinations of Asia Pacific firms (Kwon et al, 2004). However, with the exception of A survey from the EU periphery…”

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Technology decentralization and knowledge‐related competitiveness for Asia Pacific MNEs

Manolopoulos

2006

Management Research News

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of the paper is to advance understanding for the nature and essence of Asia Pacific multinational enterprises' (MNEs) knowledge-related competitiveness in the Balkans. Design/methodology/approach -A questionnaire-based survey was carried out in 56 Asia Pacific MNEs located in the Balkans. By using descriptive statistics the extent of technology centralization is identified, the sources of technology MNEs use in their operations and the essence and roles of decentralized research and development (R&D) departments are evaluated. Findings -Technological demand-side influences and the traditional centripetal forces in Asia Pacific MNEs are still quite strong. Among all countries under investigation, only in Greece and Slovenia are signs found of some original product development work and creative activities.Research limitations/implications -In order to have a better understanding for knowledgerelated competitiveness of Asia Pacific MNEs in the Balkans regional economic and labor conditions, more sophisticated industry characteristics and the strategic orientation of MNEs towards the region should also be considered. Practical implications -A useful source of information for academics, business people and local governments that seek to promote value added investments in their countries. Originality/value -This paper fulfils an identified gap in the literature by investigating MNEs' technology strategies in an EU peripheral region. To the extent of one's knowledge there are no relevant studies that survey the extent of technology (de)centralization of Asia Pacific MNEs in the Balkan countries from the perspective of empirical reality.

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Globalization Strategies of South Korean Electronics Companies After the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea

Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea

New product development proficiency and multi‐country product rollout timeliness

Technology decentralization and knowledge‐related competitiveness for Asia Pacific MNEs

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