Jimmyn Parc
Email: jimmynparc@gmail.com

Jimmyn Parc is an associate professor at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. Prior to joining the University of Malaya, he was a visiting lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, France and a researcher at the Institute of Communication Research, Seoul National University. He received a Ph.D. in international studies (with focus on international business and strategy) from the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Seoul National University, Korea and another in economic history from the University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), France. He has published numerous academic articles and conducted several research projects related to the competitiveness of organizations, industries, and countries. His current research focuses on cultural industries in Asia and Europe, which includes films and music; currently they are at critical juncture in the midst of a changing business and trade environment as well as new challenges in the form of digitization. Professor Parc is also the co-author of The Untold Story of the Korean Film Industry: A Global Business and Economic Perspective, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2021.
Korea Project
The Impact of Subsidies on Film Quality: Empirical Evidence from France, Korea, the United Kingdom, and United States
There is a widespread belief that the higher the level of subsidies, the better the performance of film industries (both in quantity and quality). This article focuses on film quality—evaluated by audiences and critics—and scrutinizes this assumption through four selected countries—France, Korea, UK, and US. The main findings of this article are summarized through two points. First, despite the Korean film industry receiving the lowest level of public...
Korea Project
Sur le succès du cinéma coréen
Depuis quelques années, films et séries télévisées coréens connaissent des succès mondiaux, comme en témoignent Parasite (2019), Squid Game (2021) et Decision to Leave (2022) ainsi que la reconnaissance dont jouissent, par exemple, les acteurs Youn Yuh- Jung et Song Kang-Ho. Ces succès sont souvent perçus comme des cas exceptionnels reflétant les qualités individuelles des réalisateurs et des acteurs. Ils sont rarement com- pris pour ce qu’ils sont...
Korea Project
Screen monopoly and diversity: a comparative study between the Korean and French film industries
In recent years, there have been many voices in Korea arguing that a few commercially successful films take up the opportunities for the exhibition of other films and thus limit the selection of titles available for moviegoers, a trend dubbed the “screen monopoly”. In seeking a solution, a number of scholars have looked to the anti-screen monopoly “regulations” in France, but without providing rigorous or persuasive evidence. By comparing the appropriate...
Korea Project
The impact of protectionism on cultural industries: the effect of China’s film policies on imported films
Hollywood studios have actively sought to export more films to China in order to benefit from its huge film market. Facing this expansion, the Chinese government has introduced quotas in order to restrict the market access of foreign films while protecting its domestic film industry and preserving Chinese values. Nonetheless, this protectionism has brought about an unexpected effect; a limited number of Hollywood films in China have been able to attract large...
Media Mention
La vague sud-coréenne “Hallyu” et les leçons pour la France et le Vietnam
Patrick Messerlin and Jimmyn Parc comment on 'Hallyu' in the Vietnamese news...
Article
In Search of an Effective Trade Policy for the Film Industry: Lessons from Korea
Paper written by Jimmyn Parc and Patrick Messerlin and published in the Journal of World Trade in October, 2018 (Online publish in Sept....
Book or Paper
Rethinking Copyrights: The Impact of Copying on Cultural Creativity and Diversity
Chapter published in Creative Economy by Springer, April...
Book or Paper
Rethinking Copyrights: The Effect of Copying on Cultural Creativity and Diversity
An article that will be published as a chapter in Creative Context: Creativity and Innovation in the Media and Cultural Industries...
Book or Paper
Shifting corporate social responsibility to corporate social opportunity through creating shared value
Paper that is accepted and will be published by Strategic Changes: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, in the late 2018 or early...
Book or Paper
The Effects of Conventional and Unconventional FDI on the Host Country: A Case Study of the Korean Automobile Industry
A working paper, presented at the 17th World Economic History Congress...
Speech or Presentation
Seminar Report – Cultural Industries: Pivoting to Asia?
Seminar on ECIPE-AKS Project : Cultural Industries in the World: Korea, the “Game Changer”, Brussels 7 December...