TY - BOOK ID - 92991061 TI - Business groups in the west : origins, evolution, and resilience AU - Colpan, Asli M. AU - Hikino, Takashi PY - 2018 SN - 0191787590 0191027839 019254814X PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Conglomerate corporations KW - Multiproduct firms. KW - Developed countries KW - Economic conditions KW - Multi-product firms KW - Manufacturing industries KW - Diversification in industry KW - Chaebols KW - Conglomerate mergers KW - Conglomerates (Corporations) KW - Corporations, Conglomerate KW - Keiretsu KW - Mergers, Conglomerate KW - Consolidation and merger of corporations KW - Corporations KW - Industrial concentration KW - Competition KW - Advanced countries KW - Advanced nations KW - Developed nations KW - Economically advanced countries KW - Economically advanced nations KW - First World KW - Industrial countries KW - Industrial nations KW - Industrial societies KW - Industrialized countries KW - Industrialized nations KW - Western countries UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:92991061 AB - This work explores the evolution of large enterprises in today's developed economies in the West. It focuses on the economic institution of the business group and understanding the factors behind its rise, growth, resilience, and/or fall; its behavioural and organizational characteristics; and its contributions to economic development. ER -