The untold story of the Korean film industry : a global business and economic perspective
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The untold story of the Korean film industry : a global business and economic perspective
（Cultural economics & the creative economy）
Palgrave Macmillan, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This book analyses the Korean film industry emergence and development in a global business and economic perspective. This is one of the first books to compare the film policies and industries of the world's six largest film industries - featuring Korea as the central character - with the aim of defining the contours of what constitutes an effective film policy. It presents many cases showing that, contrary to what is often believed, an economically sound policy is a good instrument for achieving desired cultural goals. It uses a set of analytical tools - borrowed from the economic analysis of international trade policies - to provide a rich harvest of new, rigorous, and often unexpected results on the effectiveness of the existing film policies. The implications found in this book are relevant not only for Korea, but for all other countries that wish to foster or enhance the competitiveness of their film industries.
This book will be of interest to a wide spectrum of scholars interested in cultural studies - media and cultural specialists, political scientists, sociologists, historians - in addition to business analysts and economists specialized in cultural economics. As this book focuses on film policies and how to improve them, it will also appeal to policymakers, business figures, public relations officials, and staff from international organizations working on the film industry.
Table of Contents
Prologue: Why the Korean Film Industry?.- Chapter 1. The Korean Film Industry: From Domestic "Straggler" to Global "Outperformer".- Chapter 2. Escaping the Import Quota and Why It Matters.- Chapter 3. From the Screen Quota to Cultural Cooperation: Preferential Trade Agreements.- Chapter 4. Subsidies: The Korean Exception.- Chapter 5. Governance: Regulations and Institutions.- Chapter 6. Film Quality: The Golden Key for Sustainable Success.- Chapter 7. Distribution and Exhibition: Clouds on the Horizon?.- Epilogue: Korea as a "Game Changer"
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