Case | HBS Case Collection | 1996 (Revised from original 1996 version)

Korean Development and Western Economics

by George C. Lodge and Courtenay Sprague

Abstract

Provides a summary of Korea's economic performance during the past 40 years. Korea's economic strategy is discussed with regard to context--both the domestic (historic) and the international factors that have informed Korea's development. Simultaneously, Korea also functions as a case study for the divergence of Asian countries from the practice of Western neoclassical economics.

Keywords: History; Strategy; Development Economics; Situation or Environment; Decision Making; Policy; Economics; North Korea; Asia; South Korea;

Citation:

Lodge, George C., and Courtenay Sprague. "Korean Development and Western Economics." Harvard Business School Case 797-008, December 1996. (Revised from original August 1996 version.)