TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fernández Jilberto,A.E.
AU  - Hogenboom,Barbara
TI  - Big business and economic development: conglomerates and economic groups in developing countries and transition economies under globalisation 
T2  - Routledge studies in international business and the world economy
SN  - 9780415464611 (pbk.)
AV  - HD2932 .B54 2007
U1  - 338.8881724 BIG 23
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - International business enterprises
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Investments, Foreign
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Public vs. private: governance in East Asia n the age of globalisation / Kurt W. Radtke -- Conglomerates in Indonesia: the road to power and beyond / J. Thomas Lindblad -- The rise of Taiwanese family-owned business groups in the telecommunications industry / Momoko Kawakami -- Conglomerates in Iran: the political economy of Islamic Foundations / Eva Rakel -- Latin American conglomerates in the neoliberal era: the politics of economic concentration in Chile and Mexico / Alex E. Fernández Jilberto and Barbara Hogenboom -- Economic groups and the rise and collapse of neoliberalism in Argentina / Miguel Teubal -- Economic flexibilisation and denationalisation in Brazil / Roberto Rocco -- Transitionals, grupos, and business associations in the privatisation of Central America's telecommunications / Benedicte Bull -- The Viagra effect: pharmaceutical giants and the Puerto Rican economy / Antonio Carmona Báez -- The neoliberalising African state and private capital accumulation: the case of Cameroon / Piet Konings -- The resilience of comprador capitalism: "new" economic groups in Southern Africa / Stefan Andreasson -- African regional groupings and emerging Chinese conglomerates / Kwame Nimako -- The risky business of cocoa in Ghana: local entrepreneurs in a buyer-driven chain / Anna Laven -- The Kremlin and the oligarchs: clashing economic interests in Russia / André Mommen with Vasiliy Valuev and Serghei Golunov -- The rise of conglomerates in Ukraine: the Donetsk case / Hans van Zon -- The impact of multinational investment in Central and Eastern Europe / Wioletta Niemiec and Mariusz Niemiec
N2  - Bringing together an international group of experts, this volume analyzes conglomerates & economic groups in developing countries & transition economies. Using 16 in-depth case studies it provides a comparative framework for the study of contemporary process of privatization, economic & financial liberalization & neoliberal globalization
ER  -