The central concept of this volume, 'knowledge networks, ' refers to interactive linkages around nodes of tacit and codified knowledge embedded in global value chains. Such networks can be distinguished by the process or format of information exchange, the organization of the networks within firms, and by target market

Exploring the interaction among system, state, and society, this book illuminates the social and economic history of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century colonial Korea. Dennis McNamara argues that transformation within and trade abroad, led by rice exports, spurred Korea's shift from isolation to inclusion in a modern regional system. In h