Big Business and Economic Development (eBook, ePUB)

Conglomerates and Economic Groups in Developing Countries and Transition Economies Under Globalisation
Redaktion: Hogenboom, Barbara; Fernández Jilberto, Alex E.

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Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together an international and multidisciplinary group of experts, this is the first comprehensive volume to analyze conglomerates and economic groups in developing countries and transition economies. Using sixteen in-depth case studies it provides a comparative framework for the study of contemporary process of privatization, economic and financial liberalization and neoliberal globalization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134125753
• Artikelnr.: 42676225

Autorenporträt

Barbara Hogenboom, Alex E. Fernández Jilberto

Inhaltsangabe

1. The New Expansion of Conglomerates and Economic Groups: An Introduction
to Global Neoliberalization and Local Power ShiftsPart I: Asia 2 Public
versus Private: Governance in East Asia in the Age of Globalization3.
Conglomerates in Indonesia: The Road to Power and Beyond4. The Rise of
Taiwanese Family-Owned Business Groups in the Telecommunication Industry5.
Conglomerates in Iran: The Political Economy of Islamic FoundationsPart II:
Latin America 6. Latin American Conglomerates in the Neoliberal Era: The
Politics of Economic Concentration in Chile and Mexico7. Economic Groups
and the Rise and Collapse of Neoliberalism in Argentina8. Economic
Flexibilization and Denationalization in Brazil9. Transnationals, Grupos
and Business Associations in the Privatization of Central America's
Telecommunications10. The Viagra Effect: Pharmaceutical Giants and the
Puerto Rican EconomyPart III: Africa 11. The Neoliberalizing African State
and Private Capital Accumulation: The Case of Cameroon12. The Resilience of
Comprador Capitalism: 'New' Economic Groups in Southern Africa13. African
Regional Groupings and Emerging Chinese Conglomerates14. The Risky Business
of Cocoa in Ghana: Local Entrepreneurs in a Buyer-Driven Chain Part IV:
Easterrn Europe 15. The Kremlin and the Oligarchs: Clashing Economic
Interests in Russia16. The Rise of Conglomerates in Ukraine: The Donetsk
Case17. The Impact of Multinational Investment in Central and Eastern
Europe