Politics of scale and the globalization of the South Korean automobile industry

From: Economic Geography | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Park, Bae-Gyoon | Copyright information

Abstract: This article explains the liberalization and globalization of the South Korean automobile industry, with an emphasis on the multiscalar processes of globalization. In particular, it explores the processes by which the South Korean government shifted its policy for the automobile industry, from a nationalist and protectionist orientation toward liberalization in the late 1990s, which, in turn, attracted inward investments from foreign automakers and facilitated the globalization of t...

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