Case Analysis:How Foreign Technology Was Imported, Absorbed,and Diffused in the Machinery Sector of Korean Industry

Abstract

Since the process of case analysis does not have a classic or orthodox method, a major problem-or at least the first problem-in this type of study is to define clearly the objectives and scope of the work. for purposes of this report, we have adopted some definitions from several perspectives in order to continuously increase our knowledge and understanding about a prticular economic sector (which is machinery in this report) and then tried to draw plausible hypotheses which could be generalized to other sectors of Korean economy and meaningful to policymakers on science and technology...