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Book SynopsisChallenges the notion that globalization encourages economic convergence. Analyzing the social, political, and economic conditions underpinning the rise of various organizational forms, this book shows that business groups, small enterprises, and foreign multinationals play different economic roles depending on a country's path to development.
Trade Review"This book offers a sophisticated and lively analysis of three well-researched and important cases of distinctive political economies. It is a valuable contribution to the debate about the impact of globalization on national trajectories and the varieties of capitalism in the modern world."--Anthony W. Pereira, Political Science Quarterly "A very ambitious study, striding across a number of disciplines... This is a groundbreaking contribution to the study of business organization and economic development."--International Affairs "This is an important book: theoretically nuanced, comparative in the best sense, and empirically rich."--Stephen Haggard, American Journal of Sociology "The strength of this book is its comparative and historical approach to the study of organizational and institutional change... [A]n informative work and a valuable contribution to the literatures on these countries and to debates about globalization generally."--Robert K. Schaeffer, Social Forces
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables x Preface xi A Note on Sources xv ONE: Organizations, Globalization, and Development 3 PART 1: Development and Organizational Change 25 TWO: Three Paths to Development, Three Responses to Globalization 27 THREE: The Rise and Fall of the Business Groups 59 FOUR: The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises 95 FIVE: Multinationals, Ideology, and Organized Labor 123 PART II: Organizational Change and Performance 157 SIX: Developing Industry: Automobile and Component Manufacturing 159 SEVEN: Developing Services: Banking as an Industry in Its Own Right 183 EIGHT: On Globalization, Convergence, and Diversity 213 APPENDIX: Data and Sources 235 References 243 Index 275
