대-중소기업 관계의 변화: 양극화 심화 및 연관관계 약화

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine changes of relationship between large and small companies in Korea since 1980s. The concentration of economic power by Chaebols has been deepened despite half of them went bankrupt during the economic crisis in late 1990s. On the other hand, in the small and medium company sector the problem of smallness and polarization has been continuously worsen since the early 1990s. This widening discrepancy between large and small companies results in deterioration of industrial linkage effect and eventually in social polarization. As policy proposals, this paper suggests to enact so-called 'the Conglomerate Act' as an effective legal frame approaching business groups itself instead of individual companies, and to establish the basic infra-structure providing managerial services such as tax, accounting, legal and consulting services to small and midium companies.