Asia's next giant : South Korea and late industrialization

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Industrialization through learning

part 1. The state and business : history and policies. A history of backwardness ; The abc's of Japanese and Korean accumulation ; The dynamics of growth ; The spiraling of market power ; Getting relative prices "wrong" : a summary

part 2. Professional management and human resources. The rise of salaried engineers : automobile manufacturing ; The paradox of "unlimited" labor and rising wages ; The boom in education

part 3. The dynamics of dynamic comparative advantage. The switch in industrial leadership ; The world's largest shipbuilder ; The triumph of steel ; From learner to teacher