ABSTRACT
The initial conditions and responses discussed above marked the beginning of the EAEs’ growth experiences. The growth form that emerged from these early responses bore the effects of the growth imperatives. Subsequently, mechanisms of institutional enhancement, e.g. the core economic decisionmaking structure, the dual market, corporate grouping, labor subordination, new entrepreneurship, etc., were developed, reinforced, or preferred as part of the national campaign to sustain and enhance the emergent growth form. To understand the internal logic that exists among these mechanisms, and how they related functionally to the overall growth pattern driven by the growth imperatives, we must further explore both the fundamental nature of these growth imperatives and why they called for institutionally enhanced competitiveness as the primary source of growth.
