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KAIST STP cordially invites you to the following seminar.

If you need further information, just feel free to contact me (Miri Kim: 042-350-4842).

* 연사 : 김성영,  School of Social Sciences University of Auckland, New Zealand

* 주제 : "Developmentalism and Knowledge-Based Competition: Why ‘Politics’ Matter in Facilitating Ideational Resilience and Institutional Recombination "

* 일시 : 2013년 11월 11일(월) 오후12:00

* 장소 : N4 건물 / STP 세미나실 1316호

Abstract

What can states do once technological catch-up has been achieved and firms increasingly face the pressures of staying ahead? In addressing this question, I set to one side writers who assert the ‘end of the developmental state’ in East Asia for there is an alternative (although less popular) perspective, which suggests that the ideational and institutional features of developmentalism have been adapted to meet new economic challenges. Recent research has examined the foundations of the Korean state’s capacity to support the transition of domestic firms into technological leadership positions in high-technology fields such as those related to information and communication technologies (ICT). In the case of Japan’s ICT sector – a country whose leadership ambitions matured much earlier – state-guided efforts have led to the fortification of a ‘Technological Galapagos’. I argue that developmentalism, which involves ideas held by state actors and the institutional features of pilot agencies or quasi-pilot agencies (including their relationships with the private sector) are necessary but insufficient for explaining the outcomes of these governmental efforts. The ‘system’ involved in nurturing technological upgrading beyond the catch-up process is heavily dependent on two conditions: first, the existence of ‘policy space’ or a supportive political environment for industry bureaucrats to undertake strategic industry policy. And second, high levels of elite consensus between ministries and their affiliated agencies who have jurisdiction over the promotion of specific technological fields. The findings have implications for current debates over state roles in high-tech industries in East Asia and elsewhere.

Participant Bio:

Sung-Young Kim is Lecturer in Comparative and International Political Economy in the Discipline of Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He previously taught graduate seminars at the University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, and Macquarie University. His research expertise is in industry strategy in East Asia and how states in the region are adapting to the challenges of knowledge-intensive development. He has published his work in a number of international peer-reviewed journals including Review of International Political Economy, New Political Economy and Global Policy. He is currently working on several projects related to Green Growth initiatives in Korea and Australia and a book-length project provisionally entitled 'Telecommunications Inc.: the Politics of Moving Beyond Catching-up in Korea and Japan’.

※ Refreshments will be provided. 

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