A comparative political economy of diversified business groups, or how states organize big business

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-201

  Schneider, Ben Ross ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business group; Corporate governance; Globalization; Latin America; MNC

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249216642     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290802453713     Document Type: Article

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