Business groups in the West : origins, evolution, and resilience

Part I. Concepts and Arguments 1: Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino: Introduction: Business Groups Re-examined 2: Asli M. Colpan And Takashi Hikino: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Diversified Business Groups in the West: History and Theory 3: Ben Ross Schneider, Asli M. Colpan and Weihuang Wong: Politics, Institutions, and Diversified Business Groups: Comparisons Across Developed Countries 4: James R. Lincoln and Matthew Sargent: Business Groups as Networks Part II: National Experiences of Business Groups Group 1. Historical Frontrunners in Europe 5: Geoffrey Jones: Britain: Global Legacy and Domestic Persistence 6: Marco Becht: Belgium: The Disappearance of Large Diversified Business Groups 7: Abe De Jong and Ferry De Goey: The Netherlands: The Overlooked Variety of Big Business 8: Harm Schroeter: Germany: An Engine of Modern Economic Growth 9: Youssef Cassis: France: A Complement to Multidivisional Enterprises Group 2. Catch-up Nations in Europe 11: Mats Larsson and Tom Petersson: Sweden: Tradition And Renewal 12: Andrea Colli and Michelangelo Vasta: Italy: Enduring Logic and Pervasive Diffusion 12: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra: Spain: Regulation and Ideology as Drivers for Transformation 13: Alvaro Ferreira Da Silva and Pedro Neves: Portugal: Changing Environment and Flexible Adaptation Group 3. Western Offshoots 14: Takashi Hikino and Marcelo Bucheli: The United States in Historical Perspectives: The Strange Career of Business Groups in Industrial Development 15: David Collis, Bharat Anand and J. Yo-Jud Cheng.: The United States in Contemporary Perspectives: Evolving Forms, Strategy and Performance 16: Simon Ville: Australia: From Family Networks to Boom and Bust Groups 17: Randall Morck and Gloria Tian: Canada: The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall Again