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This chapter, “Introduction and Overview: The Rise of the Korean Auto Industry,” provides an overview of volume 1. After its introduction section, the chapter draws upon some of the most important English-language scholarship to delineate the Korean auto industry’s four historical stages of development between 1962 and 1996. It then offers brief summaries of the ten remaining chapters of the book and some background information regarding the research conducted to complete this manuscript.

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  1. 1.

    Ward’s (1972–2020), KAMA (1990–2018).

  2. 2.

    Calculated by author from OICA (2021) production figures and World Bank (2021) population data.

  3. 3.

    For some fine English-language dissertations on the topic, see: Lew (1992), Lee (1993, 1997), Chae (1999), Hong (2000), Lee (2001, 2002). The six books are: Kirk (1994), Steers (1999), Hyun (2003), Jeong (2004), Lansbury et al. (2007), Chung (2019).

  4. 4.

    I deliberately do not get into the scholarly argument here as to whether Korea had a developmental-state or not. This is discussed to some degree in Chapter 2. For some of the many important examples of this scholarship in English, see Kim and Roemer (1981), Deyo (1987), Petri (1988), Amsden (1989), Haggard (1990), Lee and Yamazawa (1990), Song (1990), Wade (1990), Cho and Kim (1991), Vogel (1991), Woo (1991), Woronoff (1992), World Bank (1993), Kohli (1994), Shin (1996), Leipziger (1997), Sakong and Koh (2010), and Kim and Vogel (2011).

  5. 5.

    For more on this, see: Kim and Lee (1983), KAMA (1990–2018), Green (1992), Lew (1992), Lee (1993, 1997), Watanabe (1993), Kirk (1994), Rhee (1994), McDermott (1995), Stern et al. (1995), Hong (2000), Chung (1998, 2003, 2009), Lee (2001, 2002), Jeong (2004), Lansbury et al. (2007), Jacobs (2016), Lee and Mah (2017), and Hyun (2020).

  6. 6.

    Ibid. While similar in name, these four stages are not meant to match Rostow’s (1960) five stages of economic growth.

  7. 7.

    Ibid. For other discussions of periphery stage auto production, see Ellingstad (1997), Pavlinek (1998, 2002, 2017), and Humphrey et al. (2000).

  8. 8.

    Ibid.

  9. 9.

    Ibid.

  10. 10.

    Ibid.

  11. 11.

    Ibid.

  12. 12.

    Jacobs (2016).

  13. 13.

    Ward’s (1972–2020), Hyun and Lee (1989), Lee (1993), and Jacobs (2016).

  14. 14.

    KAMA (1990–2018).

  15. 15.

    Hyun and Lee (1989), Chung (1998, 2003), and Jacobs (2016).

  16. 16.

    Ibid.

  17. 17.

    Ward’s (1972–2020), and Jacobs (2016).

  18. 18.

    KAMA (1990–2018).

  19. 19.

    Ward’s (1972–2020), Jacobs (2016), and Lee and Mah (2017).

  20. 20.

    McDermott (1995), Chu (1997), Chae (1999), Chung (1998, 2003), Lee (2001), Hyun (2003), Jeong (2004), Lautier (2004), Lansbury et al. (2007), and Jacobs (2016).

  21. 21.

    Ibid.

  22. 22.

    Hong (2000), Lee (2001, 2002), Ravenhill (2003), Jeong (2004), and Lee and Lee (2007).

  23. 23.

    Ibid.

  24. 24.

    Jacobs (1995, 2011, 2012, 2013a, 2013b).

  25. 25.

    Jacobs (2016).

  26. 26.

    Jacobs (2017).

  27. 27.

    Jacobs (2019, 2020).

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Jacobs, A.J. (2022). Introduction and Overview: The Rise of the Korean Auto Industry. In: The Korean Automotive Industry, Volume 1. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86347-0_1

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