Autor: Junmo Kim

Holding his Ph.D. degree from the LBJ School (Dec. 1997), Junmo Kim is a Professor at the Dept. of Public Admin, Konkuk University, in Seoul, Korea. Before coming to the University, he has served as an Associate Research fellow at two government funded research institutes, the Science & Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) and Korea Inst. of Public Admin (KIPA). His areas of interests include Science, Industrial & Technology Policy, Regional Development, Wage analysis, and Policy Evaluation. At the university, he teaches Science & Technology Policy, Policy Evaluation, Regional Development, and E-government issues. His major publications include The South Korean Economy (Ashgate 2002), Globalization and Industrial Development (i Universe 2005) and contributing chapters in Inequality and Industrial Change (Cambridge 2001, James K. Galbriath ed.) and Learning and Knowledge for the Network Society (Purdue University Press 2004). Prof. Kim has been actively participating in both academic research as well as consulting works for government offices and ministries. He has been consulting Korea Meteorology Administration since 1999, where he could get motives to extend his experiences into the book, Climate Change, Service Economy, and Industry.