This paper discusses the idea of applying an artificial trading market approach, commonly used in environmental policy, to employment policy as a means of creating jobs more effectively. Artificial market approaches, as exemplified by the emission permits trading system, theoretically represent...

As Vietnam has emerged as a post-China magnet for foreign investment where businesses can enjoy low production cost based on abundant and cheap labor, global companies have accelerated their investment in Vietnam recently. The government of Vietnam’s strong willingness for closer integration...

The structure of retail industry in Korea has similarities with that in Japan. The proportion of small businesses in the retail industry in two countries, is relatively high compared to that of the western developed countries, such as the United States. The proportion of small businesses among...

Export is a main driver for economic growth. Korean economic development has heavily depended on trade expansion. However, recently Korea economy has experienced sluggish exports. To regain economic vitality, Korea has to find out ways to expand exports. For this purpose, Korea needs to keep a...

Since the 1990s, trade costs have been decreasing dramatically and trade volume worldwide also has been increasing. Multinational Corporations(MNCs) are the main players for this kind of globalization. UNCTAD (2009) documents that there were about 82,000 MNCs with about 810,000 foreign...

Today the global economy is facing down the threat of a multifaceted crisis. Sustained by ultra-low interest rates and unprecedented levels of quantitative easing since the last global financial crisis, the global economy is taking a sharp turn toward tighter monetary policy as it experiences...

Despite the increased interest in corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management, which reflects social values within the business environment, discussions on ESG-related policies are limited in that they are overly focused on ESG reporting standardization.K-ESG should be...

Although manufacturing has brought economic prosperity to many economies, it has been difficult to maintain or achieve manufacturing competitiveness. Global manufacturing value-added has been growing since 2004, demonstrating the importance of manufacturing in the global economy. However, much...

There are various concepts associated with strategic R&D conducted by both the private and public sectors. Basically, Technology Innovation and Technology Management can be addressed as strategic concepts for effective and efficient R&D. Technology Innovation focuses on technology development...

In Korea, both the current and former governments have made efforts to enhance regulatory policy to address private sector issues. These include many attempts at regulatory innovation, cases of which can be observed in various areas.For example, new regulatory systems such as prior allowance and...