Bringing together an international group of experts, this volume analyzes conglomerates & economic groups in developing countries & transition economies. Using 16 in-depth case studies it provides a comparative framework for the study of contemporary process of privatization, economic &...

This volume broadens the scope of 'comparative capitalism' within the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) tradition. It endorses the employment of multiple perspectives, including critical political economy, institutionalist systems of capitalism, structuralist-dependency scholarship and world-systems...