South Korea: From the land of morning calm to ICT hotbed

Academy of Management Executive

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 7-18

  Lee, Sang M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0037932523     PISSN: 10795545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AME.2003.10025180     Document Type: Review

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