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Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Notes on Contributors xi 1. Introduction: Can Latin American Firms Compete? 1 Robert Grosse Part I. Themes in Competitiveness of Latin American Firms 2. The Role of Economic Groups in Latin America 29 Robert Grosse 3. Outward FDI and the Competitiveness of Latin American Firms 45 Marcia Tavares 4. Cycles of Creation and Destruction of Production Capacity and the Development of New Export and Technological Capabilities in Latin America 66 Jorge Katz 5. The Politics of Institutional Renovation and Economic Upgrading: Lessons from the Transformation of the Argentine Wine Industry 81 Gerald A. McDermott Part II. Micro-Level Strategies of Firms in Specific Sectors 6. Antioquia Entrepreneur Group (GEA)'s Strategies for Facing International Competitors: The Case of the Food Manufacturing Group 125 Hector Ochoa 7. Competing Under Stress: The Shrimp Cluster in Venezuela 150 Michael Penfold 8. Can Argentine Companies Survive? A Study of the Determinants of Organizational Flexibility 169 Andres Hatum and Andrew Pettigrew Part III. Competitiveness of Firms from Selected Countries 9. Corporate Strategies of Business Groups in the Wake of Competitive Shocks: Lessons from Argentina 201 Eduardo Fracchia and Luiz F. Mesquita 10. Brazilian Firms and the Challenge of Competitiveness 232 Thomaz Wood, Jr. and Miguel P. Caldas 11. Sources of Competitiveness of Large Mexican Groups 250 Robert Grosse and Douglas Thomas Part IV. Competing in Emerging Markets 12. `Multilatinas' Go to China: Two Case Studies 269 Andrea Goldstein and Omar Toulan 13. Sustainable Management of Korean Firms: A Case Study of Yuhan--Kimberly and its Implications for Latin American Firms 293 Dong-Sung Cho and Keum-Young Chang 14. National Financial Systems in Latin America: Attribites, Credit Allocation Practices, and Their Impact on Enterprise Development 309 John C. Edmunds 15. Beating the Paradoxes of Emerging Markets: Strategies for Reaching the Consumers at the Bottom of the Pyramid 340 Guillermo D'Andrea 16. Conclusions: So ... Can Latin American Firms Compete? 364 Luiz F. Mesquita Index 378
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
International business enterprises -- Latin America.
Competition, International.