When the Hyundai Empire Broke Apart: The Financial Crisis, Family Feud and Birth of Korea’s Many Hyundais

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Today, somebody visiting South Korea can encounter the word Hyundai almost everywhere. There are Hyundai cars. Hyundai department stores. Hyundai elevators. Hyundai construction projects. Hyundai ships. Hyundai insurance. Hyundai apartments. Hyundai hotels. Yet many of these businesses have surprisingly little to do with one another. A Hyundai automobile is produced […]

How Hyundai Built Itself: From a Seoul Repair Garage to Korea’s Global Automotive Powerhouse

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There is an easy way to misunderstand Hyundai’s history. Look at Hyundai today and the company appears to have always been an enormous industrial organization. It builds millions of vehicles. It develops gasoline engines, hybrid systems, electric motors, batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. It operates research centres on several continents. […]