Definition of Chaebol

1. Noun. (business sometimes pejorative) A large, family-controlled South Korean business conglomerate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chaebol

1. a group of businesses in Korea owned by one family [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaebol

chaddi
chaddis
chaddor
chaddors
chadless
chadless punch
chadlock
chador
chadors
chadri
chadris
chads
chadur
chadurs
chadwickite
chaebol (current term)
chaebols
chaenactis
chaeta
chaetae
chaetal
chaetiferous
chaetocin
chaetodon
chaetognath
chaetognathan
chaetognathous
chaetognaths
chaetomium
chaetophorous

Literary usage of Chaebol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Korea and the Knowledge-Based Economy: Making the Transition by Carl J. Dahlman, Thomas Andersson (2000)
"... at the expense of knowledge-based activities. The following sections discuss the policy issues that characterize these areas. B. Reforming the chaebol ..."

2. OECD Economic Surveys Korea Volume 2004 Issue 10 by OECD, OECD Staff (2004)
"The KFTC refined its approach in 2002, in part because reforms since 1997 have changed chaebol structure and conduct. Rather than list the top 30 groups in ..."

3. Policy Coherence Towards East Asia: Development Challenges for Oecd Countries by Kiichiro Fukasaku (2005)
"The immediate cause of the crisis was financial, but the unsustainable indebtedness of the chaebol was rooted in their over-ambitious growth strategies. ..."

4. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"2 At the same time, the chaebol used their technological strengths to sell OEM products (mainly in the electronics industry) to the world's leading ..."

5. Participatory Development: Learning from South Asia by Ponna Wignaraja (1991)
"The clearest targets of these efforts have been the chaebol—large, conglomorate business groups whose field of activity are concentrated in manufacturing ..."

6. South Korea: A Country Study by Andrea Matles Savada, William Shaw (1992)
"Government-chaebol cooperation was essential to the subsequent economic growth and astounding successes that began in the early 1960s. ..."

7. The Economic Transformation of South Korea: Lessons for the Transition Economies by Chung H. Lee (1995)
"The government thus maintained a co-operative but leading relationship with the private sector, especially with the chaebol. It monitored and closely ..."

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