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Chaebol 101: An Introduction to South Korea’s Corporate Oligarchy
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
May 12, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
University of Michigan PhD Candidate Michael Prentice interned for a year at a Seoul-area corporation, conducting semi-covert academic research on the unique corporate culture of South Korea.
Here, Prentice discusses the semantics, politics and evolution of the word ‘Chaebol’, the origins of post-Korean War corporate and economic development in the country as well as society’s fascination and obsession with the behaviour and excesses of its ruling oligarchy.
This is the first of a 3-part conversation.
Music on this episode is from??? ‘s 1987 single ‘??’.
Photo: New Samsung HQ in San Jose, CA
Credit: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/09/25/take-a-tour-of-the-new-samsung.html
Here, Prentice discusses the semantics, politics and evolution of the word ‘Chaebol’, the origins of post-Korean War corporate and economic development in the country as well as society’s fascination and obsession with the behaviour and excesses of its ruling oligarchy.
This is the first of a 3-part conversation.
Music on this episode is from??? ‘s 1987 single ‘??’.
Photo: New Samsung HQ in San Jose, CA
Credit: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/09/25/take-a-tour-of-the-new-samsung.html
Released:
May 12, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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