Changing Business-Government Relations in Korea

Business-government relations in Korea were transformed during the developmental period between 1960 and 1990 under an authoritarian government. The relationship could be characterised as a close and vertical one where the government took a firm control of the business sector through the allocation of financial resources and entry permits for new business. Cultural characteristics such as close family and school ties and the Confucian tradition of respecting civil servants helped to strengthen this relationship. However, there have been signs that the traditional ‘Korea, Inc.’ model has outlived its usefulness. As the economy matured and became more open t o the world economy, the tight control of the economy by bureaucrats has proved less effective and in many cases it has weakened the efficiency of the economy. The democratisation of the polity has also changed the traditional vertical relationship among the power elite, bureaucrats and business. Now the government has become just one of the many stakeholders that business has to interact with in a more pluralistic and decentralised society.     

Business-Government Partnership in Nigeria

ABSTRACT

This study critically examines the role of multinational corporations in the global competitiveness of Nigeria. The primary purpose is to make a modest contribution to the debate on Nigeria's competitiveness in the emerging global economy. This study recommends the redefinition of national development goals and reorientation of the focus of MNCs toward such goals. Future industrial policy will need to address the following areas: (1) Promoting competitiveness, especially improving technological capabilities in a market economy; (2) Shifting the incentive structure strongly towards export orientation; (3) Helping import-substituting industries to restructure and upgrade their technologies and skills; (4) Investing in infrastructure, education, training and technological support services; and (5) Promoting regional cooperation to enlarge markets.     

Thomas J. Watson and the Business-Government Relationship, 1933-1956

The precise nature of the relationship between the Americanbusiness community and the New Deal has been a lively topicof debate in recent years. This article looks at an importantfigure and firm in that relationship (Thomas J. Watson of IBM)to increase our understanding of it. This article focuses chronologicallyon the period from the early 1930s through the mid-1950s, whenNew-Deal-era public policy innovations were most influential.The overall picture that emerges from this study of the U.S.business-government relationship during those years is one ofbusiness accommodation of major changes in social conditionsand public policies rather than a view of business as the primaryleader of change.     

Knorringar,Peter. Economics of Collaboration in Producer-Trader Relations: Transaction Regimes Between Market and Hierarchy in the Agra Footwear Cluster,India.

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中日经贸关系的战略思考

近两年,中日两国的经贸关系因历史和政治原因而受到了一定的影响,中国和日本都是东亚地区的重要国家,中日两国之间的经贸关系不仅影响着各自国家的经济发展,也影响着东亚地区的经济合作和整个亚洲未来的经济发展趋势。本文利用贸易依存度、投资依存度等指标分析了中日两国经贸关系的相互依存性,指出了中日经贸关系中存在的问题,并根据一个多世纪以来中日两国间的经贸政策,对发展中日经贸关系做了战略思考。我国在加强与日本经济合作的同时,需加快实施“自主创新的竞争战略”。     

四十有惑：十字路口的中美关系

在中美建交40周年之际,两国关系站在新的十字路口,面临何去何从的历史性抉择。美国特朗普政府公开定义中国为其主要战略竞争对手,在经贸、安全等各个领域对华全面发难,打破了长期以来中美既竞争又合作的相对稳定的关系模式。中美关系之所以乱象丛生,根本问题在于美国对中国战略意图的误判,进而对中国严加防范和竭力打压。面对中美关系的新挑战,一方面中国要做好长期的准备;另一方面也要保持战略定力,尽最大努力争取中美关系的稳定发展。     

Managerial Harmony: The Confucian Ethics of Peter F. Drucker

“Confucianism⋯ is a universal ethic in which the rules and imperatives of behavior hold for all individuals.” (Peter F. Drucker, Forbes, 1981). Peter Drucker is credited as the founder of modern American management. In his distinguished career he has written widely and authoritatively on the subject and to a large extent his work possesses a distinctive ethical tone. This paper will argue that Confucian ethics underlie much of Drucker's writing. Both Drucker and Confucius view power as the central ethical issue in human relations. They emphasize authority, leadership, legitimacy, hierarchy, interdependence and individual ethical responsibility in their analysis of human affairs. Drucker views the development of large-scale formal organizations and the concomitant rise of the managerial class as the most significant developments of the 20th century, which makes the management of interdependent roles and relationships a central ethical challenge. Confucius, and the early Confucians, understood human relationships as based upon hierarchy, interdependence and personal ethics. The paper will analyze Drucker's work in light of the early Confucian Classics (The Analects, The Mencius, The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean). Drucker, himself, considers The End of Economic Man (1939), The Future of Industrial Man (1942), Concept of the Corporation (1983), and The Essential Drucker (2001) as his most important and influential works. The paper will analyze these along with other works by Drucker as appropriate.     

Public Relations in China

In 1985 when Xinhua News Agency establishedthe first public relations company, China GlobalPublic Relations Company, in China with a worldrenowned publics relations company, theindustrial and commercial administration of Chinadid not know how to define the nature of theenterprise.At present, more and more people in Chinaare aware of the public relations industry By 1999,there were 2,000 public relations companies inChina with a staff of more than 100,000. Themanagerial staff of China's en…     

Public Relations in China

Sice China opened its doors to foreign business in 1978, its economy has boomed with an annual growth rate of 13 percent in recent years. As market competition has become increasingly intense, the demand for public relations has rapidly escalated as a growing number of local and foreign businesses battle for a piece of the Chinese market. Because public relations is still in its infancy stage in China, there are vast opportunities there for local and for- eign image-building practitioners. The Chinese public relations industry is thriving and gaining in irnportanceimd those abroad are continuing to take notice.     

节能环保——中日经贸关系发展新动力

随着经济的全球化,节能、环保越来越成为人类发展所面临的共同问题,中日两国必须在这方面加强合作.中国的节能、环保进程是一场能源革命,蕴涵巨大商机,日本拥有先进的节能、环保技术,只有加强这方面的合作才能够为出现徘徊的中日经贸关系注入新的动力.     

Critical Issues in American-Japanese Relations

COPING WITH US-JAPANESE ECONOMIC CONFLICTS, edited by I.M. Destler and Hideo Sato POWCY AND TRADE ISSUES OF THE JAPANESE ECONOMY: AMERICAN AND JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES, edited by Kozo Yamamura