South Korea in The Global Economy in Post-Crisis Period - An Attempt of Evaluation

• Autorzy: Iwona Pawlas

Warianty tytułu

Korea Południowa w gospodarce globalnej w okresie pokryzysowym - próba oceny

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper aims at diagnosing and evaluating the position of South Korea in contemporary, globalized economy. The basic problem of this publication is the assessment of South Korean economy internationalization in post-crisis period. The line of reasoning consists of four essential elements. At first socioeconomic situation in South Korea is presented and selected pro-development elements of its economic policy are discussed. The next part focuses on the analysis of South Korea's engagement in international trade. Then South Korea's participation in international transfer of capital in the form of form of foreign direct investment is described. Finally, international competitive position South Korea against the background of selected economies is shown. The research tools used in the paper include literature studies, descriptive and comparative analysis. The research proved a significant position of South Korea in international trade and world transfer of capital in the form of FDI(original abstract)

Celem artykułu jest diagnoza i ocena pozycji Korei Południowej we współczesnej, zglobalizowanej gospodarce. Podstawowym problemem jest dokonanie oceny stopnia internacjonalizacji gospodarki Korei Południowej w okresie pokryzysowym. Praca składa się z czterech głównych elementów. Omówiono sytuację społeczno-ekonomiczną Korei Południowej oraz wybrane prorozwojowe elementy polityki ekonomicznej. Następnie przeanalizowano zaangażowanie Korei Południowej w międzynarodową wymianę towarów i usług. W kolejnej części skupiono się na uczestnictwie Korei Południowej w międzynarodowym transferze kapitału w formie zagranicznych inwestycji bezpośrednich. Ostatnim elementem badań była ocena międzynarodowej pozycji konkurencyjnej Korei Południowej na tle wybranych gospodarek. W pracy posłużono się metodami studiów literaturowych, analizy opisowej oraz analizy porównawczej. Badania potwierdziły znaczącą pozycję Korei Południowej w międzynarodowym handlu oraz światowym transferze kapitału w formie ZIB(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Foreign trade; Polish foreign investments; Politics

PL

Handel zagraniczny; Inwestycje zagraniczne Polski; Polityka

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Rocznik: 2017
• Numer: nr 486 The Development Challenges of Asia-Pacific Countries
• Strony: 228--244

Twórcy

autor

Iwona Pawlas

• University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

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DOI

10.15611/pn.2017.486.19