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The dynamics of big business, structure, strategy, and impact in Italy and Spain, Veronica Binda

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285) and index

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index present

non fiction

The dynamics of big business

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Veronica Binda

Routledge international studies in business history, 22

structure, strategy, and impact in Italy and Spain

This book fills a significant gap in the work on the development of Southern European capitalism and its large corporations by analyzing the Italian and Spanish cases and comparing them with each other and with what has occurred in the United States and in the largest European nations. Examining both the macro dynamics (national but also supra national) and the micro level, utilizing samples of big corporations, and going deeply into some company cases, this volume identifies some important protagonists of the Italian and Spanish economies (such as the State, families and foreign investors) an

Historical features of Italian and Spanish capitalism -- Italy : towards a democratization of big business? -- Changing fortunes for Spanish big business? -- The evolution of big business in Italy and Spain -- No country for large corporations? The role and impact of big business in Italy and Spain -- Sector-based analysis of large corporations in Italy and Spain -- Big business owners and managers -- Strategy and structure -- The product diversification strategy: between single activity companies and business groups -- The geographic diversification strategy: the rise of Italian and Spanish multinational companies? -- The organizational form: H-form versus M-form -- Summing up -- Convergences and divergences: does a Mediterranean form of capitalism exist? -- At the root of an alternative model: an interpretation of big business' diversity in Italy and Spain -- Conclusion