The interest of the Fourth Industrial Revolution spurred by the German Industry 4.0 has sharply increased in developed countries such as the United States, Japan, Korea and so on. The Japanese government officially considers the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” as one of main new growth...

Since the global financial crisis, the East Asian countries’statuses in the global economy have improved, and the business environment for component and material industries has rapidly changed. In particular, interest in the specialization structure in component and material industries among...

Since 2020, the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) has conducted surveys on the business environment of Korean enterprises in China. For the 2022 iteration of the survey, responses from 406 Korean firms in China were collected, slightly fewer than in 2021, owing to the...

As of 2021, Korean trade volume with Vietnam ranks fourth after China, the United States, and Japan, while direct investment in Vietnam ranks third, after the United States and China, and excepting the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. Surveys on the business environment of Korean companies in...

The purpose of this study is to determine the business conditions of Korean companies in Vietnam. For this, a business survey was conducted from September to October 2021 by the Korean Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) and the Korean Chamber of Commerce (KORCHAM) in Vietnam....

The Korea-Japan relationship is undergoing a very difficult phase, as the two countries face various issues such as territorial disputes and conflicting past historical affairs. On the occasion of the inauguration of new governments, both Korea and Japan made behind-the-scenes efforts to recover...

The purpose of this study is to determine the business conditions of Korean companies in China. For this, a business survey was conducted from October to November 2020 by the Korean Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) and the Korean Chamber of Commerce in China. The scale of...

Diminishing Japanese foreign direct investment in Korea has showed no signs of abatement, continuing a precipitous decline from 2.69 billion USD in 2013, 2.49 billion in 2014, and 1.67 billion in 2015 to 1.25 billion in 2016 after peaking at 4.54 billion in 2012. Persistent issues with Abenomics...

After the global financial crisis, significant signs of positive change appeared in paradigms of cooperation and competitiveness between the Korean and Japanese industries until 2012. The Korea-Japan intra-industry division of labor expanded to 59.8% in 2012 from 47.8% in 2000. While the...

Nowadays, as Korean companies are eager for overseas investment, there has been a growing interest in analysis of the investment environment of our overseas subsidiaries.In this paper, I will compare the investment environment conditions through a questionnaire survey of our overseas...