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Fostering a Creative Economy to Drive Korean Growth

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  • Randall S. Jones

    (OECD)

  • Myungkyoo Kim

    (OECD)

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A creative economy requires innovation-friendly conditions. Korea’s innovation system should be improved by upgrading universities and expanding their role in business R&D, while increasing international collaboration in R&D from its current low level. The returns from Korea’s large investment in innovation should be enhanced by improving framework conditions – easing product market regulations, promoting international competition and enhancing labour market flexibility – to encourage the adoption of new technology. Venture businesses and start-ups should play a key role in commercialising innovation. To make venture investment a growth driver, it is important to expand the role of business angels, activate the merger-and-acquisition market and foster entrepreneurship. A creative economy also depends on making SMEs, which account for 87% of employment, more dynamic. SME policies should be streamlined and improved to promote market-based financing and reduce the negative effects of government funding programmes, which discourage the expansion of SMEs. The growth of small firms also depends on resolving labour market mismatches and taking full advantage of the opportunities afforded by the Internet. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of Korea (www.oecd.org/eco/economic-survey-korea.htm). Promouvoir une économie créatrice comme moteur de la croissance coréenne Une économie créatrice nécessite des conditions propices à l’innovation. Il conviendrait d’améliorer le système d’innovation en modernisant les universités et en renforçant leur rôle dans la R-D des entreprises, tout en multipliant les collaborations internationales, actuellement peu développées, dans ce domaine. Il conviendrait aussi d’améliorer le rendement des investissements massifs de la Corée dans l’innovation en instaurant un environnement plus favorable – en assouplissant la réglementation des marchés de produits, en favorisant la concurrence internationale et en conférant plus de flexibilité au marché du travail – afin d’encourager l’adoption de technologies nouvelles. Les entreprises à risque et les jeunes entreprises devraient jouer un rôle de premier plan dans la mise sur le marché de l’innovation. Pour que l’investissement en capital-risque soit vecteur de croissance, il est primordial de renforcer le rôle des investisseurs providentiels, de développer le marché des fusions-acquisitions et de favoriser l’entrepreneuriat. Une économie créatrice est aussi une économie qui dynamise le secteur des PME, lequel représente 87 % de l’emploi. Les politiques en faveur des PME doivent être rationnalisées et optimisées pour promouvoir les financements de marché et atténuer l’impact négatif des aides publiques, qui n’incitent pas les PME à se développer. Enfin, le développement des petites entreprises dépend aussi de la capacité à résoudre l'inadéquation de l'offre et de la demande sur le marché du travail et à tirer pleinement profit des opportunités offertes par Internet. Ce Document de travail se rapporte à l’Étude économique de l’OCDE de la Corée, 2014 (www.oecd.org/fr/eco/coree.htm).

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  • Randall S. Jones & Myungkyoo Kim, 2014. "Fostering a Creative Economy to Drive Korean Growth," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1152, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1152-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jz0wh8xkrf6-en
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    1. Neszmélyi, György Iván, 2019. "The Role of Development Banks in the Economic Development Policy of the Republic of Korea," Public Finance Quarterly, Corvinus University of Budapest, vol. 64(2), pages 294-310.

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    Keywords

    business angels; capitale de la connaissance; chaebols; chaebols; Corée; creative economy; credit guarantees; crowd-funding; entrepreneuriat; entrepreneurship; financement participatif; fusions et acquisitions; garanties de crédit; innovation system; investissements en capital-risque; investisseurs providentiels; jeunes entreprises; knowledge-based capital; mergers and acquisitions; PME; product market regulation; R&D; R&D; réglementation des marchés de produits; SMEs; start-ups; système d'innovation; venture capital investment; économie créative;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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