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by Choong Soon Kim
University of Arizona Press, 1992
Paper: 978-0-8165-1647-6 | Cloth: 978-0-8165-1309-3
Library of Congress Classification HD9506.K64P865 1992
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.47671095195

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
As Americans become more conscious of trade competition from Japan, Korea looms large as another source of high-quality goods. What accounts for Korea's ability to compete in foreign markets, and what distinguishes it from its island neighbor? Anthropologist Kim sheds light on this question through an ethnography of a South Korean manufacturer, showing how Korean values, ethics, and other cultural traits such as kinship networks are translated into organizational structure and economic life.