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Since the 1980s, Spain and South Korea have experienced dramatic economic transformations. Through a comparative study, this book shifts our perspective on the political economy of economic transformation and shows how upgrading was underpinned by state-firm coordination, allowing both nations to pursue different strategies.
List of contents
- 1: Economic Development, Upgrading, and Coordination
- 2: Rethinking Spain and Korea Through a State-Firm Coordination Perspective
- 3: Industry or Instrument? Two Ways of Interpreting the Banking Sector and Their Impact on Bank Upgrading
- 4: Services vs. Hardware? The Role of Government Identities and Preferences in ICT Upgrading
- 5: Integration or Self-Sufficiency? Two Approaches to Develop the Automotive Industry and Their Enduring Effects
- 6: The Argument Extended: Reaching the Efficiency Frontier in Complex Industries
- 7: Contributions to the Study of Late Development and Industrial Transformation
About the author
Angela Garcia Calvo is an assistant professor at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. She obtained her PhD in political economy at the London School of Economics and holds degrees in public administration, business, law, and economics from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and the University of Deusto. Her research interests are the comparative analysis of industrial transformation, business-government relationships, and globalization, and the intersection of these themes.
Summary
Since the 1980s, Spain and South Korea have experienced dramatic economic transformations. Through a comparative study, this book shifts our perspective on the political economy of economic transformation and shows how upgrading was underpinned by state-firm coordination, allowing both nations to pursue different strategies.
