The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups

Edited by Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and James R. Lincoln

Oxford Handbooks

Comprehensive, empirically and theoretically rich guide to Business Groups around the world
16 individual country chapters deal with Business Groups from Asia to Africa, the Middle East to Latin America
Overarching chapters consider the historical and theoretical context of Business Groups

The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups

Edited by Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and James R. Lincoln

Description

Business groups - large, diversified, often family-controlled organizations with pyramidal ownership structure, such as the Japanese zaibatsu, the Korean chaebol and the grupos economicos in Latin America - have played a significant role in national economic growth, especially in emerging economies. Earlier variants can also be found in the trading companies, often set up in Britain, which operated in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Business groups are often criticized as premodern forms of economic organization, and occasionally as symptomatic of corrupt 'crony capitalism', but many have shown remarkable resilience, navigating and adjusting to economic and political turbulence, international competition, and technological change.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of business groups around the world. It examines the adaptive and competitive capabilities of business groups, and their evolutionary dynamics. 16 individual country chapters deal with business groups from Asia to Africa, the Middle East to Latin America, while overarching chapters consider the historical and theoretical context of business groups. With contributions from leading experts, The Oxford Handbook of business groups provides a comprehensive, empirically and theoretically rich guide for scholars and policy-makers.

The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups

Edited by Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and James R. Lincoln

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1. Introduction, Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino and James R. Lincoln
Part I: Overview
2. Foundations of business groups: Toward an integrated framework, Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino
3. Business Groups in historical perspectives, Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
4. Business groups in prewar Japan: Historical formation and legacy, Hideaki Miyajima and Shinya Kawamoto
Part II: National Experiences of Business Groups
Group 1: Asia
5. Business networks in post-war Japan: Whither the keiretsu?, James R. Lincoln and Masahiro Shimotani
6. Business groups in South Korea, Hicheon Kim
7. Business groups in Taiwan, Chi-Nien Chung and Ishtiaq P. Mahmood
8. Business groups in China, Keun Lee and Young Sam Kang
9. Business groups in Thailand, Akira Suehiro and Natenapha Wailerdsak
10. Business groups in Singapore, Lai Si Tsui-Auch and Toru Yoshikawa
11. Business groups in India, Jayati Sarkar
Group 2: Latin America
12. Business groups in Argentina, Eduardo Fracchia, Luiz Mesquita and Juan Quiroga
13. Business groups in Brazil, Dante M. Aldrighi and Fernando Postali
14. Business groups in Chile, Fernando Lefort
15. Business groups in Mexico, Taeko Hoshino
15. Business Groups in Chile, Fernando Lefort
Group 3: Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Africa
16. Business groups in Israel, Konstantin Kosenko and Yishay P. Yafeh
17. Business groups in Turkey, Asli M. Colpan
18. Business groups in Russia, Sergei Guriev
19. Business groups in South Africa, Andrea Goldstein
Part III: Economic, Socio-Political, and Managerial Underpinnings of Business Groups
20. Business groups in emerging markets: Paragons or parasites?, Tarun Khanna and Yisyah Yafeh
21. The Riddle of the great pyramids, Randall Morck
22. Economic institutions and the boundaries of business groups, Richard Langlois
23. Business groups and the state: The politics of expansion, restructuring and collapse, Ben Ross Schneider
24. Corporate governance of business groups, Brian Boyd and Robert E. Hoskisson
25. The kin and the professional top leadership in business groups, Behlul Usdiken
26. Diversification strategy and business groups, Andrew Delios and Xufei Ma
27. Capability building in business groups, Mauro Guillen
28. Technological innovation and business groups, Mike Hobday and Asli M. Colpan

The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups

Edited by Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and James R. Lincoln

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Author Information

Contributors:

Dante M. Aldrighi, Department of Economics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil,
Brian K. Boyd, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, U.S.A.,
Chi-Nien Chung, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
Asli M. Colpan, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, Japan,
Andrew Delios, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
Eduardo Fracchia, IAE Business School, Austral University, Argentina,
Andrea Goldstein, OECD Development Centre, France,
Mauro F. Guillén, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
Sergei Guriev, New Economic School, Russia,
Takashi Hikino, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan,
Mike Hobday, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Freeman Centre, Sussex University, U.K.,
Taeko Hoshino, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, Japan,
Robert E. Hoskisson, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, U.S.A.,
Geoffrey Jones, Harvard Business School, U.S.A.,
Young-Sam Kang, Postdoctoral Fellow, the Department of Economics, Seoul National University, South Korea
Shinya Kawamoto, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Japan,
Tarun Khanna, Harvard Business School,
Hicheon Kim, Korea University Business School, South Korea,
Konstantin Kosenko, School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University, Israel,
Richard N. Langlois, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, U.S.A.,
Keun Lee, School of Economics, Seoul National University, South Korea,
Fernando Lefort, Ingeniero Comercial de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica de, Chile,
James R. Lincoln, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, U.S.A.,
Xufei Ma, Assistant Professor, the Department of Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ishtiaq P. Mahmood, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
Luiz Mesquita, School of Global Management and Leadership, Arizona State University, U.S.A.,
Hideaki Miyajima, School of Commerce, Waseda University, Japan,
Randall Morck, School of Business, University of Alberta, Canada,
Fernando A. S. Postali, Department of Economics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil,
Juan Quiroga, IAE Business School, Austral University, Argentina,
Jayati Sarkar, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India,
Ben Ross Schneider, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, U.S.A.,
Masahiro Shimotani, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan,
Akira Suehiro, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan,
Lai Si Tsui-Auch, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,
Behlül Üsdiken, Faculty of Management, Sabanci University, Turkey,
Natenapha Wailerdsak, Faculty of Economics, University of the Philippines, Philippines,
Yishay Yafeh, School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University, Israel,
Toru Yoshikawa, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada.