摘要：Over the past decade, IT investment has been regarded as a key factor in enhancing
productivity and economic development in Korea. This paper will assess whether the IT
industry can positively a#ect structural change using an Input-Output model. Changes in
Korean industries are traced using assumptions of IT innovation based on data from 1995
through 2000. Analysis reveals that the response of the economy falls short of our expectation
that the development of the IT industry would generate growth in the productivity of the
Korean economy. Government policy has been oriented toward cultivating IT industry
through heavy investment, while neglecting e#orts to make the overall industrial structure
compatible with IT. We conclude that IT policy should be market-oriented to make the overall
economy IT friendly so that industrial structures will respond more positively to IT development
