China’s 12th Five-Year Plan: Outlook for labor disputes and the response of enterprises that have invested in China

The number of labor disputes has rapidly increased in China’s coastal areas.

Moreover, strikes have become more frequent since last year.

[e-Kiet Industrial and Economic Information] By Kim Hwa-seop    Oct, 11. 2011

The impact of the economic instability in advanced countries on Korea’s real economy

The domestic and international financial instability that followed the recent US

credit rating downgrade has been fundamentally caused by the economic

instability that has afflicted advanced countries.

[e-Kiet Industrial and Economic Information] By Shin Hyun-soo, Min Seong-hwan, Kang Du-yong, and Lee Sang-ho     Oct, 05. 2011

The current state of Korean entrepreneurship and the implications thereof

Interest in entrepreneurship has recently been increased as part of a wider effort to

expand growth potential and job creation.

[e-Kiet Industrial and Economic Information] By Kim Won-kyu    Sep, 28. 2011

Need to strengthen awareness of the extraterritorial regulations imposed on international cartel

The amounts of surcharges and penalties imposed on Korean companies by

foreign competitors such as the United States and EU has been estimated at 2.4 trillion won.

[e-Kiet Industrial and Economic Information] By Sim Young-seop     Sep, 14. 2011

The Characteristics of New Businesses and Employment in Gazelle Regions and the Policy Implications Thereof

Gazelle regions are defined herein as the ‘‘basic level local governments

included in the top 10% in terms of the creation of new businesses and

jobs over the last five years’’.

[e-Kiet Industrial and Economic Information] By Kim Jung-hong    Sep, 01. 2011