Business Groups and Transnational Capitalism in Central America [electronic resource] : Economic and Political Strategies /
Bull, Benedicte.author.
Castellacci, F.author.
Kasahara, Yuri.author.
This book investigates Central America's political economy seen through the lens of its powerful business groups. It provides unique insight into their strategies when confronted with a globalized economy, their impact on development of the isthmus, and how they shape the political and economic institutions governing local varieties of capitalism.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The Emergence andEvolution of Business Groups inCentral America; 2 Between Hierarchies and Networks:Understanding Business GroupStrategies in a Global Capitalism; 3 Regional Shifts and NationalTrajectories: Differences in theContext and Strategies of BusinessGroups; 4 From Oligarchs to TransnationalBusiness Group Leaders? TheShifting Strategies of Key BusinessGroups; 5 Internationalization and theExport Performance of the CentralAmerican Business Groups
6 Central American Business Groups,Innovation, and InstitutionalConditions7 The Role of the State: GovernmentFinancial Policies and BusinessGroup Strategies; 8 Between the Back and the FrontStage: The Political Strategies ofCentral American Business Groups; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book investigates Central America's political economy seen through the lens of its powerful business groups. It provides unique insight into their strategies when confronted with a globalized economy, their impact on development of the isthmus, and how they shape the political and economic institutions governing local varieties of capitalism.
Ethnology-Latin America.
Political economy.
Economic policy.
Latin America-Politics and government.
Development economics.
International economics.
Latin American Culture.
International Political Economy.
Economic Policy.
Latin American Politics.
Development Economics.
International Economics.