Publication
Eum, W., Kang, T., & Lee, J. D. Co-evolution of technology and production: Implication for the changing GVCs. Book Chapter for Reshaping Global Value Chains: Approaches and Insights from Economics. Cambridge University Press. Available from August 2026. ISBN: 9781009541619. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/reshaping-global-value-chains/8117F065AF88519F8F1A6F07369905C1.
Kang, T. & Eum, W. (2025). Relationship between firm size and firm growth: Evidence from Korean manufacturing firms. The Singapore Economic Review, 70(07), 2075-2098. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590822500424 [link]
Maliphol, S., Eum, W. & Kang, B. (2025). Comparison of AI Transformation Policy Directionality in Korea and Japan. Korean Management Review, 54(6), 1989-2016. http://10.17287/kmr.2025.54.6.1986. [link]
Walter, S., Eum, W. & Lee, J. D. (2024). The European Skill Space: A Cross-Country Analysis of the Path-Dependent Evolution of Capability. Baltic Journal of Economics, 24(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/1406099X.2023.2289749. [link]
Lee, J. D., Eum, W., Shin, K., Kim, Y., & Lee, H. J. (2023). Revisiting South Korean industrial development and innovation policies: from implementation capability to design capability. Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, 31(3), 625-656. https://doi.org/10.1080/19761597.2022.2148701. [link]
Eum, W. & Maliphol, S. (2023). Southeast Asian catch-up through the convergence of trade structures. Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, 31(2), 422-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/19761597.2022.2095292. [link]
Kang, T., Lee, J. D., Shin, K., Eum, W., &. Kim, Y. (2023). Understanding the stages of economic development from the perspective of export diversification. Journal of Economics Studies, 41(2), 177-198. https://doi.org/10.30776/JES.41.2.8. [in Korean]
Eum, W., Lee, J. D., Kim, Y., Shin, K., & Kang, T. (2022). An analysis on industry diversification patterns of emerging and developing economies in East Asia. Asia Review, 12(3), 153-178. https://doi.org/10.24987/SNUACAR.2022.8.12.3.153. [in Korean] [link]
Eum, W. & Lee, J. D. (2022). Co-evolution of production and technological capabilities during industrial development. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 63, 454-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2022.07.001. [link]
Eum, W. & Lee, J. D. (2022). Alternative paths of diversification for developing countries. Review of Development Economics, 26(4), 2336-2355. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12915. [link]
Kuwahara, M. & Eum, W. (2022). Effects of nutrition education from school and family: Focusing on the attitude towards nutrition education and eating habits of adults. Nutrients, 14(12), 2517. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14122517. [link]
Choi, Y., Eum, W., Kang, T., & Lee, J.D. (2022). Impacts of entrepreneurial experience on firm performance in IPO firms. Managerial and Decision Economics, 43(8), 4064-4076. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3647. [link]
Eum, W., & Kang, T. (2022). Knowledge-based Smart Specialization: Focusing on the Paths of New Industry Creation in East Asia. Innovation Studies, 17(1), 123-152. https://doi.org/10.46251/INNOS.2022.2.17.1.123. [in Korean] [link]
Eum, W., & Lee, J. D. (2019). Role of production in fostering innovation. Technovation, 84, 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2019.02.002 [link]
R&R
Jeong, D., Eum, W., & Lee, S. Learning from Rivals: Diversification Paths from Countries with Similar Export Structures. Major Revision under The World Economy.
Jeong, D., Kang, T., Si, S., Lee, S., & Eum, W. Mapping Innovation Networks: A Network-Based Approach to Actor Heterogeneity in National Innovation Systems. Major Revision under Scientometrics.
Working Papers
Eum, W. & Maliphol, S. Building Green Innovation Capabilities for Sustainability Transformation through Export Production. Submitted to Business Strategy and the Environment.
Maliphol, S. & Eum, W. A Review of Vulnerabilities of National Innovation Systems: An Agenda for Developing Countries. Submitted to Sustainable Futures.
Milashina, Y., Eum, W. & Lee, J. D. Economic catch-up and similarity in trade structures: Case of BRIC and CIVETS. Submitted to Emerging Markets Finance and Trade.
Maliphol, S. & Eum, W. Dynamic Capabilities and Catch-up in Service Innovation: A Case Study of the Korean Digital Economy. Undergoing Revisions.
Eum, W., Kang, T. & Lee, J. D. Technological competence as a driver of industrial diversification. Undergoing Revisions.
Eum, W., & Maliphol, S. Regional Industrial Diversification in Japan: From Path-dependent Evolution of Export Structures. In Progress.
Maliphol, S. & Eum, W. Capital and Knowledge Stocks as Drivers of Structural Change among Asian Economies. In Progress.
Eum, W. Institutional Complementarity during Policy Emulation: International Cases of General Trading Companies in 1970~80s. In Progress.
Conferences
Kang, T., Eum, W. & Lee, J. D. Co-evolution of production and technological capabilities in global value chains: Focusing on Korean experience and econometric analysis. Oral presentation delivered at 2025 Summer Conference of Korea Research Association of International Commerce, Daejeon, South Korea, Jun 13 2025.
Eum, W. & Maliphol, S. Path-dependent Evolution of Regional Export Structures in Japan. Oral presentation delivered at 19th East Asian Economic Association (EAEA) Conference 2024, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 1 2024.
Eum, W., Kang, T., & Lee, J. D. Co-evolution of technology and production: Implication for the changing GVCs. Oral presentation delivered at Workshop "Reshaping Global Value Chains: Approaches and Insights from Economics", Rome, Italy, Sep 16 2024.
Jeong, D., Eum, W., & Lee, S. Learning from Rivals: Diversification Paths from Countries with Similar Export Structures. Oral presentation delivered at Singapore Economic Conference 2024, Singapore, Aug 2024.
Maliphol S. & Eum, W. Sectoral Technological Sovereignty under Fire: The Impact of North Korean Provocation on Regional Trade. Oral presentation delivered at 2023 Technological Forecasting & Social Change Special Conference, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Oct 2023.
Eum, W., Maliphol, S., & Kang, T. Path-dependent Evolution of Regional Export Structures in Japan. Oral presentation delivered at Asia Pacific Innovation Conference 2022, Incheon, South Korea, Nov 2022.
Maliphol, S. & Eum, W. Drivers of structural change in developing countries: An analysis of capital and knowledge stocks. Oral presentation delivered at 19th International Schumpeterian Society Conference (online), Changsha, China, Jul 2022.
Maliphol, S. & Eum, W. Capital and Knowledge Stocks as Drivers of Structural Change among Asian Economies. Oral presentation delivered at 18th ASIALICS (online), Taiwan, Jun 2022.
Eum, W., Kuwahara, M., & Kim, S. Path-dependence in Regional Capability Development: Based on Regional Industrial Diversification in Japan. Oral presentation delivered at 2022 Korea Technology Innovation Society Spring Conference, Daejeon, South Korea, May 2022.
Eum, W. & Maliphol, S. Green Production as a Path to Green Innovation. Oral presentation delivered at 17th ASIALICS – the 3rd SEAC-STIPM Conference 2021 (online), Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 2021.
Maliphol, S. & Eum, W. Dynamic Capabilities and Catch-up in Service Innovation: A Case Study of the Korean Digital Economy. Oral presentation delivered at 18th International Schumpeterian Society Conference (online), Rome, Italy, Jul 2021.
Eum, W. Knowledge-based Smart Specialization: Focusing on the Paths of New Industry Creation in East Asia. Oral presentation delivered at 2020 Joint Conference of 3 Technology Innovation Societies (online), Dec 2020.
Eum, W. US-China Trade Disputes and the Global Value Chain of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Oral presentation delivered at the 2019 Fall Conference of Korea Technology Innovation Society, Jeju, South Korea, Nov 2019.
Lee, J. D. & Eum, W. Understanding the jumps and traps in the industrial development process: Coevolution of production and knowledge. Oral presentation delivered at the International Conference on Innovation Ecosystems, Upgrading, and Regional Development, Campinas, Brazil, Jun 2018. [link]
Eum, W. & Lee, J. D. Role of Production in Fostering Innovation. Oral presentation delivered at the Conference on Global Production, Singapore, Dec 2017.
Eum, W. & Lee, J. D. Institutional Complementarity during Policy Emulation: International Cases of General Trading Companies in 1970~80s. Oral presentation delivered at the 2015 Fall Conference of Korean Industrial Economic Association, Changwon, South Korea, Dec 2015.
Eum, W., Lee, H. J., & Lee, J. D. Changes of industrial policy paradigm based on Korean heavy chemical industrial promotion acts. Oral presentation delivered at the International Conference on Science, Technology, Innovation (STI) and Development, Seoul, South Korea, Sep 2015.
Others
Aridi, A., Lee, J. D., Kim, K., Shin, K., Jeong, D., Eum, W., & Kang, T. (2024). Diversification through the Application of the Co-evolutionary Framework: Korea and Viet Nam (English). Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. [link]
Yeo, Y., Lee, S., Shin, H., Eum, W., ... Li, X. (2023). Analysis and Implications of Domestic and International Policy Trends for Nurturing Future Talent: Focusing on Korea, United States, Germany, Finland, Japan, and Singapore. National Assembly Future Agenda, 23-03. National Assembly Futures Institute. [in Korean] [link]
Eum, W. (2021). Japanese Innovation Policies in the Post-COVID era: From Honebuto Policy and Election Campaign Promises. TePRI Report, Vol. 119, 2021 Winter, 58-62. Korea Institute of Science and Technology. [in Korean] [link]