Routledge Handbook of Korean Business and Management

This Handbook, authored by a stellar line-up of international contributors, explores the diverse phenomena and issues surrounding the Korean business and management world.

Offering insights into trends, challenges, policies and initiatives of corporations and government and providing a nuanced portrayal of Korean business dynamics, the Handbook’s approach is centred around four key themes:

• Examining the roles played by the government and markets, including labour and financial markets, in Korea’s economic progression.
• Addressing macro and micro issues in Korean business and management such as business groups, business-government relationships, corporate governance, corporate strategy and globalization, human resource management, employment relations, and chief executive officer (CEO) compensation.
• Scrutinizing current phenomena by bridging the past and future, exploring mainstream and emerging business issues such as corporate social responsibility, environmental, social, and governance issues, start-up businesses, diversity and inclusion and the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
• Emphasizing the interplay between agents, structures and institutions.

Delving into the intricacies of business and management in a Korean context, this Handbook will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of international business and management, with a particular focus on Asia and Korea.

Chris Rowley is Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford and Professor Emeritus, Bayes Business School, City University of London, United Kingdom.

Johngseok Bae is Professor of Management at Korea University Business School, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Hicheon Kim is President of Lotte Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Heechun Kim is Associate Professor of Strategy and Global Management at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.