한국과 캐나다의 IT와 국가경쟁력 비교

IT and National Competitiveness of Korea and Canada

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution gathers momentum, we are confronted with new uncertainties regarding the future of the economy and national competitiveness. Developing ICTs are driving new, more distributed and connected value chains. According to the recent analysis from the WEF’s ‘The Global Competitiveness Report 2018’ and ‘Readiness for the Future of Production Report 2018’, Canada and Korea are in the leading position to benefit from the changing nature of production. Canada and Korea already account for a meaningful portion of global Manufacturing Value Added (MVA) and are well positioned to increase their share in the future. In this article, I focus on the economic growth and global competitiveness of these two countries. First of all, I try to compare their ICT Readiness and National Competitiveness referencing world recognized analysis. As production systems stand on the brink of another technological revolution, countries need to build their awareness of the changing nature of production, determine how to best prepare to benefit from this transformation and collaborate with each other to enhance readiness. I also try to compare the countries’ global competitiveness, and their opportunities and challenges of digitization of production in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.