Beyond the Firm: Business Groups in International and Historical Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780198290605 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 320 str.

Shimotani Shiba; Masahiro Shimotani; Takao Shiba

Opis

This book analyses business groups such as the Japanese "keiretsu" or Korean "chaebol," their role in different business systems and their impact on business performance, management, and the wider society. It provides valuable historical detail, raises questions for conventional theories of the firm, offers insights into the resilient international competitiveness of Japanese companies and into the varying institutional characteristics of different business systems and cultures.