Case Study of the Korean Electronics Industry

Abstract

Chapter 3 applied coalition theory in an international aspect and explained variation in industrial policy and different patterns of industrial transformation between Korea and Taiwan. Chapters 4 and 5 addressed the shift of favoured industrial sectors in terms of changing product cycles and shifting domestic coalitions over time by applying coalition theory in an intersectoral aspect within Korea. Finally, this chapter applies the theory in an intrasectoral aspect and focuses on the role of domestic coalitions in explaining variation of industrial policies within an industrial sector, i.e., the electronics industry.