Abstract
This article analyses the technology development efforts of Korea's electronics industry (the country largest exporter). It asks how the Korean electronics industry was able to develop, both in terms of production and technology, despite low inflows of licensing and foreign direct investments. The article argues that the key to its spectacular growth has been through its participation and learning from an inter‐firm arrangement called original equipment manufacturing arrangement (OEM). A number of firm‐level case studies on the Korean electronics industry support this argument. Overall, this article argues that contrary to many previous studies, the role of multinational enterprises has been significant in the development of Korea's electronics industry, and that they have been acting as a ‘technological tutor’ for Korea through OEM.
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