The Chaebol

In the past few years, many Japanese words have entered the vocabulary of the typical North American manager. Even a casual reader of newspapers is likely to recognize kanban, kaizen, sogo sosha, or zaibatsu and the Business Library has books and articles dealing with all of these subjects.

Now a Korean word - CHAEBOL - is frequently encountered, referring to the major Korean conglomerates. Yoo and Lee define a chaebol as "a business group consisting of large companies which are owned and managed by family members or relatives in many diversified business areas".

Books

For an up-to-date list of books and ebooks available at Western Libraries, search the library catalogue for the KEYWORD Chaebol.

Chang , Sea-Jin . Financial crisis and transformation of Korean business groups: the rise and fall of chaebols. (Online 2003)

Chwa, Sung-hui. The evolution of large corporations in Korea : a new institutional economics perspective of the chaebol. (BUS HD2908.C485 2002)

Chwa, Sung-hui. A new paradigm for Korea's economic development : from government control to market economy. (DBW HC467.C6483 2000)

Clifford Mark. L. Troubled Tiger: Businessmen, Bureaucrats, and Generals in South Korea. (Online 1998)

Haggard, Stephan, Wonhyuk Lim, and Euysung Kim. Economic Crisis and Corporate Restructuring in Korea: Reforming the Chaebol. (BUS HD27562.K8E26 2003)

Jwa, Sung-Hee and In Kwon Lee, eds. Competition and Corporate Governance in Korea: Reforming and Restructuring the Chaebol. (BUS HG 4247.C66 2004)

Oh Ingyu. Mafioso, Big Business and the Financial Crisis : The State-Business Relations in South Korea and Japan. (BUS HB3722.O355 1999)

Shin, Jang-Sup,Ha-Joon Chang. Restructurng Korea Inc. (DBW HD2756.2.K8S55 2003)