COMPUTER-NETWORKS AND THE REORGANIZATION OF CORPORATE SPACE - THE CASE OF THE KOREAN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY

This article investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the pat terns and mechanisms of the interrelation between information and comm unication technologies (ICTs) and corporate space. The study is divide d into two parts: one is a critical review of the previous literature in order to build a theoretical framework; the other is an empirical s tudy on the Korean electronics industry. Research results show that fi rms adopt and utilize computer networks in accordance with their spati al structure and division of function. The results also suggest that c omputer networks can create new patterns of spatial division only thro ugh organizational change.