This master thesis analyzes activities of South Korean companies from music industry in the markets in Europe and this analysis is based on a questionnaire survey. The first part focuses on the theory and describes the Korean popular music, cross its history, major companies in the sector and their activity in foreign markets. In following theoretical chapters there is the definition of basic marketing terms, the theory of marketing research, its methods and evaluation and use of marketing research in culture, a summary of the economic situation in South Korea and differences in business negotiations between Koreans and Europeans. The practical part of the thesis describes in detail the selected companies, their products and activities in Europe. Furthermore there is an introduction to research and information about the survey. The final part deals with the evaluation and interpretation of the findings, conclusions drawn from the information obtained and the proposed solutions.

While ŠKODA AUTO, the biggest Czech automobile maker, has achieved strong performance in the Asian markets, especially in China and India with ŠKODA growth strategy, the home ground for ŠKODA AUTO has witnessed that the South Korean car manufacturer, Hyundai, has continuously expanded its market shares in Czech Republic. In this regard, this paper aims to evaluate whether ŠKODA AUTO can win the competition and explore an unseen profit opportunity by serving the South Korean market. The first phase of the research reveals ŠKODA AUTO's internationalization motives and expectation about South Korean market regarding its mission and strategy. Having identified the ŠKODA AUTO motives, the second phase of the research begins to analyze the current situation of ŠKODA AUTO in order to diagnose ŠKODA AUTO internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats and to clarify ŠKODA AUTO international markets portfolio. The third phase of the research is designed to discover whether South Korea provides ŠKODA AUTO with favorable conditions to enter by examining political, economic, social, technological factors as well as cultural factors and psychic distance. Lastly, the fourth phase of this research deals with industry specific factors in order to assess market attractiveness of the South Korean automobile industry and to analyze the competitor as well as to reveal South Korean consumers' perception about imported cars in terms of barriers and drives to purchase imported cars.

The main topic of the final thesis is Hyundai Motor Company access to the Czech market and company's marketing strategy within the country. As the Korean company gains respectable share on the passenger car market in the Czech Republic, the thesis describes a process of building its factory in Nosovice, Moravia, standing for the highest direct foreign investment in Czech to date, as well as another operational activities having direct relation to its success. The diploma thesis consists of several thematically oriented blocks. The first parts are focused on marketing principles, terminology and strategies related to companies in general seeking international expansion and activities abroad. Next paragraphs analyse Czech car market and its characteristics. History of Hyundai Company and description of its global marketing activities and tactics are depicted in the next chapters. Following parts illustrate a strategy employed in the Czech Republic, explaining "New Thinking. New Possibilities" vision and a comparison with the local SKODA Auto manufacturer. The work discloses Hyundai's activities leading to the growth on the market, currently positioning company as the second most successful brand in the year 2013. Concept of a "Czech car" maker is included further in the thesis. Final chapters are dedicated to a market research focusing both on brand awareness, insights and interpreting basic overview of the Czech customers and their attitudes regarding automotive industry.

The thesis focuses on the migration flows of South Korea in the context of South Korean economic boom. The author analyses the relations between economic development and the nature of international migration flows of South Korea. The thesis presents the causes and consequences of economic development, including the social and demographic aspects, as well as the development of migration flows. At first,the development and nature of emigration is presented, followed by the imigration trends, including South Korean imigration and integration policy. The thesis aims to define the correlation between the international migration flows and economic development and apply the South Korean case on the existing theories of international migration.

<p>This dissertation explores how the authoritarian regime of Park Chung-Hee (1963-1979) mobilized women as individuals and groups in transforming the agricultural state to an industrialized and modernized one. Although much has been written about the significance of Korean male elites in economic and democratic achievements, we can only find limited scholarship on women’s mobilization by the state as well as the roles of ordinary women and female elites in the national development process. My work is different in that I highlight the Park Chung-Hee regime’s colonial legacy and its broader application to women’s social and public mobilization for the national economic growth. I argue that Korean women were mobilized by the Park Chung-Hee regime as individuals and groups considered a great source to consolidate diplomatic relations with allies as well as “voluntary” social workers and as cheaper laborers.</p>

This is a comparative study between Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan that explores the differences of each society's values and politics to understand their current gay rights record. In light of Taiwan's legalization of marriage equality in 2019, this study compares all three countries to find the differences that possibly caused this progression of gay rights in Taiwan, but not in South Korea and Japan, which are notorious for their apathy toward the LGBTQ community.

Cette thèse questionne la financiarisation du régime d’accumulation en Corée du sud après la crise asiatique de 1997 à partir de l’observation des changements macroéconomiques et institutionnels importants poussés par l’adoption de politiques néolibérales ; de l’insertion croissante des entreprises dans les marchés financiers et commerciaux internationaux ; de la refonte du rôle de l’État pour promouvoir les secteurs intensifs en technologie. Le cadre conceptuel et les outils analytiques de la théorie de la Régulation, combinés à ceux de l’économie post-keynésienne, sont mobilisés pour envisager ces transformations de manière systémique, à plusieurs niveaux et à plusieurs échelles. Le travail de thèse discute les moteurs et les vecteurs qui participent à la financiarisation de l’économie politique sud-coréenne et les caractéristiques locales de ce processus global, intrinsèquement inégal et hiérarchique. • Le chapitre 1 De l’industrialisation à la financiarisation pose les jalons de la thèse en étudiant la dynamique macroéconomique contemporaine à la lumière des transformations politiques et institutionnelles depuis l’industrialisation. A partir d’une estimation du régime de demande en vigueur de 1980 à 2015, il est montré que le régime d’accumulation dominé par la finance qui se met en place après 1997 est tiré par le profit et entraîné par la consommation. • Le chapitre 2 Financiarisation le long des chaînes de valeurs examine la chute structurelle de l’investissement des entreprises manufacturières sud-coréennes en considérant le rôle de trois canaux de la financiarisation (effet d’évincement et fardeau financier) auxquels est rajouté le canal de l’intégration internationale des firmes dans les chaînes globales de valeurs (CGV). Une fonction d’investissement incluant ces trois canaux est estimée économétriquement sur données de firmes (1990-2015). Les résultats indiquent que l’effet des canaux de la financiarisation dépendent des modalités d’insertion des firmes dans les CGV.• Le chapitre 3 La répercussion contrastée de la financiarisation sur les capacités de l’État se concentre sur les transformations institutionnelles et organisationnelles au sein de l’État liées à la financiarisation. A partir d’un travail de terrain sur les politiques de promotion des start-ups, un mécanisme de changement institutionnel au sein de la structure étatique est identifié, celui de sédimentation. En promouvant les start-ups via l’industrie du capital-risque, les agences d’État tendent à adopter les pratiques et représentations du secteur financier, ainsi qu’à donner plus de poids aux acteurs financiers privés, ce qui pèse sur ses capacités d’innovation. / This thesis examines the financialization of the accumulation regime in South Korea since the 1997 Asian crisis based on three inter-related transformations: macroeconomic and institutional changes under the neoliberal restructuring; the growing integration of firms into financial and trade markets; the restructuring of the role of the state under the drive to promote technology-intensive sectors. Building upon regulation theory and post-Keynesian economics, the analysis considers several levels—macroeconomic, institutional and political, and different scales—local, national, transnational. The thesis discusses the determining drivers and the conduits of the financialization of the South Korean political economy and the local characteristics of this global process, conceptualized as intrinsically uneven and hierarchical • Chapter 1 From industrialization to financialization analyzes the joint transformation of the macroeconomic trend, institutional change, and political change since industrialization. Based on the estimation of the demand regime(s) from 1980 to 2015, it is highlighted that the finance-dominated accumulation regime that has emerged after the 1997 Asian crisis is consumption driven and profit led. • Chapter 2 Financialization along value chains investigates the slowdown of accumulation of South Korean manufacturing firms by assessing the impact of three channels, the crowding out of fixed investment by financial investment, the financial burden of increasing payments to financial markets, and the modes of insertion to global value chains (GVCs). A dynamic panel model of an investment function is estimated on firm-level data (1990–2015). The results show that the impact of financialization channels depends on the modalities of firms’ insertion into GVCs. • Chapter 3 The uneven impact of financialization on state capacities examines the institutional and organizational transformations of the state associated with the financialization process. Based on semi-structured interviews in the start-up ecosystem, the layering mechanism of gradual institutional change within the state innovation bureaucracy is identified. The results outline a complex picture of the financialization of the state with the combination of the uneven diffusion of financialized reasoning in the innovation bureaucracy via entrepreneurship policies and the localized power shift from bureaucrats to private financiers.

<p>This study investigates Korean parents’ perceptions of and attitudes toward issues related to the study of English, such as the social phenomena that arise from excessive emphasis on learning English and so-called “English fever”; as well as ideas about Standard English, American English, Korean English and other varieties of English (World Englishes). This investigation was conducted using a survey that targeted Korean parents, who are the primary decision-makers when it comes to their children’s English education. The survey was comprised of two sections with similarly-themed questions: one part asked respondents’ opinions based on their own experiences learning English, and the second part asked about their philosophy when it came to their children’s English education. In this way, the study explored whether or not respondents held contradictory attitudes between their beliefs as learners and their beliefs as parents. The results of the survey confirm that respondents view English as essential for success in South Korea, but it was also clear that they are tired of the excessive pressure placed on learning English and social problems caused by it. Additionally, they believe there is a standard English, but do not consider it to be limited to specific dialects, such as American or British English and while they perceive the existence of other varieties of English, they are less interested in learning them. Regarding their children’s English education, their responses were not fully contradictory, but they did show some degree of inconsistency. For example, they preferred their children have Native English teachers and were less accepting of them being taught other varieties of English, including Korean English. Significantly, the results of this study not only challenge, but stand in contrast to results from previous studies and to prevailing social prejudices, which often portray Korean parents as English-obsessed and willing to go to any lengths to ensure the highest-quality English education for their children.</p>

<p><a>This dissertation explored South Korea’s efforts in implementing multicultural education through examining how various stakeholders interpreted and applied multicultural education in relation to creating alternative schools for international marriage migrant women </a>and children of multicultural families. In this research, I discussed multicultural education in South Korea through the lens of US multicultural education theories applied to the South Korean context. I employed the methodology of narrative inquiry to examine (1) two models of alternative multicultural schools for diverse learners, (2) four Korean educators’ perspectives on multicultural education and diverse learners (two of educators were additional participants whose insights were included), and (3) the learning experiences of two marriage migrant women who are mothers.</p> <p><br></p><p>I applied narrative inquiry by creating narrative as stories <a>(Polkinghorne, 1995). </a>I interviewed six participants over two and half months. The data was transcribed, translated and read iteratively in order to recount rich stories <a>(Clandinin & Connelly, 2000). </a>I created profiles of four participants and narratives of their varied experiences to understand the experience of Korean teachers and international marriage migrant women. Other forms of data included field-notes, document collection (e.g., the alternative school’s curriculum, a Korean government proposal for funding alternative schools, flyers/brochures of two alternative schools), physical artifacts (e.g., photos of events and activities and the text messages of interactions with students and teachers via Korean messenger applications), research journal reflections, and observations of schools and classrooms.</p> <p><br></p><p>From my analysis, I identified challenges in the implementation of multicultural education in South Korea. First, the current state of the Korean education system is in the process of integrating ideas of multicultural education in its implementation. This ongoing process has culminated in various challenges, frustrations, opportunities, and hopes<i>.</i> Some of the challenges and frustrations for Korean teachers were insufficient teaching resources and the lack of awareness of multicultural education in both alternative and public schools. I also found that marriage migrant women utilized educational opportunities gained through alternative schooling to navigate and reposition themselves to fulfill what they deem as their role as women in Korean society. This research provides insights into multicultural education building a deeper understanding of educational approaches to alternative education for diverse populations in South Korea and around the globe.<br></p><div><div> </div> </div>

The field of International Relations is Western-centric through its main theories, which risks undermining the development of non-Western countries. This thesis aims to implement the alternative analytical, non-Western approach of Global IR through a Comparative Case Study of South Korea and Vietnam to analyse the so-called ‘global’ Sustainable Development Goals through two research questions: How have South Korea and Vietnam managed to fulfil SDG no. 11? and How can Global IR be used to problematise the Westernised and overly universal UN measurement indicators of SDG no. 11 in South Korea and Vietnam? Conclusively, South Korea falls more in line with the Western depiction of development than Vietnam. But Global IR can be used to problematise the UN indicators by arguing historical implications to reach their Western-centric model in non-Western countries and provides indicators that consider countries individualities. This ultimately creates a more global approach, as it acknowledges differences instead of attempting to fit all countries into one specific box of sustainable urban development.