Korean Dynasty: Hyundai and Chung Ju Yung / Edition 1

by Donald Kirk

Overview

This study focuses on a single Korean "chaebol", the business conglomerate which dominates the Korean economy. Hyundai, the largest chaebol, is examined in the context of Korean history, ancient and modern, and the Confucian value system that permeates all Korean life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563244254
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/31/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	390
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface, CHUNG AND CHAEBOL - A SPIRITUAL AFFAIR, BUSINESS AND POLICY - SHARING COMMON CAUSE, CARS THAT MADE TROUBLE - POTHOLES AND PITFALLS, CHIP SHOTS - AND OTHER SHORT CIRCUITS, REVOLT IN THE WORKPLACE - THE BATTLES OF ULSAN, BUSINESS AND POLITICS - FrGHTING THE SYSTEM, Epilogue, Appendices, Map of Korea, Selected Bibliography, Acknowledgements, Index, About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Drawing from his 20-plus years of journalistic experiences in the region, Kirk reports on Hyundai, Korea's largest business conglomerate (or chaebol). Kirk examines the Hyundai group in the context of Korean history, social and political systems, and business. A central feature of his well-written work is the controversial business and political life and career of Hyundai's founder, Chung Ju Yung, age 78. Based on the author's personal interview, discussions with executives both inside and outside of Hyundai, and public information, the work takes an unauthorized look at a number of the leading companies within the Hyundai group. This storylike account of Korea's largest chaebol, which is told in the context of Korea's rise from a Third World to a world-class economic power, complements Mark Clifford's Troubled Tiger (LJ 8/94). Recommended for executives, scholars, and students of business and the social sciences.-Joseph W. Leonard, Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio

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