The Limits of Convergence
Subtitle: Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 14, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780691116334
Subjects: Development economics; Globalization; Political economy; International - Economics; Business & Economics; Sociology; Business/Economics; Argentina; South Korea; Spain; General; Business & Economics / Economics / International; Economics
First sentence: CONVENTIONAL wisdom has it that the world is underdoing rapid globalization and that this process compels countries, industries, and firms to converge toward a homogenous organizational pattern of "best practice" or "optimal efficiency" those who fail to conform are doomed to fail in the global economy.