The Limits of Convergence
Subtitle: Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: February 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780691057057
Subjects: Development economics; Globalization; Political economy; Industrial organization; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Spain; Argentina; South Korea; International - Economics; Economic History; Economics - Comparative; Business & Economics / Economic History; Economics; Sociology; Korea (South); Organizational change
First sentence: CONVENTIONAL wisdom has it that the world is undergoing rapid globalization and this process compels countries, industries, and firms to converge toward a homogeneous organizational pattern of "best practice" or "optimal efficiency"-those who fail to conform are doomed to fail in the global economy.