Korea Business

The Portable Encyclopedia For Doing Business with Korea

Korea Business Guide delivers a comprehensive view of the Korean economy and business life, covering 25 key business-related topics. Individual articles blend overview with specific detail to make you a knowledgeable player quickly.

KOREA BUSINESS GUIDE: BACK COVER
Korea
In the last 40 years South Korea has grown from a war-torn, poverty-stricken agricultural allso-ran into a world-class industrial power. It has achieved this remarkable feat through hard work and the government's encouragement of an export economy. Korea now stands at a crossroads as it retools to produce higher value-added products.

For Buyers: Korea offers a variety of manufactures from the numdane to the miraculous. The new emphasis is on sophisticated electronics, auto parts, machinery, and specialty products.
For Sellers: Korea is a ready market for providers of the raw materials, equipment, components, and expertise it needs to carry out its industrial transformation. Demand for imported consumer goods and services is also booming as Korea's nearly 44 million people begin reaping the rewards of their years of hard work.
For investors: In an effort to court foreign participation, the government is lowering trade barriers, cutting red tape, and offering a wide range of incentives to attract the resources needed to take Korea's economy into the next century.

Korea Business: The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business with Korea offers the inside track to capitalizing on opportunities in Asia's third largest economy. Its comprehensive coverage of 25 business topics provides a wealth of practical information for anyone interested in profitiing from business in contemporary Korea.

KOREA BUSINESS GUIDE: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Economy
Chapter 3: Current Issues
Chapter 4: Opportunities
Chapter 5: Foreign Investment
Chapter 6: Foreign Trade
Chapter 7: Import Policy & Procedures
Chapter 8: Export Policy & Procedures
Chapter 9: Industry Reviews
Chapter 10: Trade Fairs
Chapter 11: Business Travel
Chapter 12: Business Culture
Chapter 13: Demographics
Chapter 14: Marketing
Chapter 15: Business Entities & Formation
Chapter 16: Labor
Chapter 17: Business Law
Chapter 18: Financial Institutions
Chapter 19: Currency & Foreign Exchange
Chapter 20: International Payments
Chapter 21: Corporate Taxation
Chapter 22: Personal Taxation
Chapter 23: Ports & Airports
Chapter 24: Business Directory
Chapter 25: Important Addresses
Index

KOREA BUSINESS GUIDE: AUTHORS/CONTRIBUTORS
Korea Business includes contributions from a large variety of individuals, corporations, and sources, including:
Christine Genzberger, David E. Horovitz,
William T. LeGro, Jonathan W. Libbey,
Charles Smithson Mills, Karla Shippey, J.D.,
James L. Nolan, Stacey Padrick,
Kelly Wang, Chansonette Buck Wedemeyer,
Alexandra Woznick and Yuan Maozi (Professor of English, Yantai Education College, Yantai, China).

Also includes contributions by:
Auerbach Intl., Baker & McKenzie,
CIGNA Property and Casualty, Ernst & Young,
Far Eastern Economic Review, Foreign Trade,
Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA),
Reed Publishing, and many other corporate specialists, attorneys, and trade promotion groups.

Series Editor: Edward G. Hinkelman"