PART ONE: THEORIES OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS -- 1. Economic Systems -- 2. Economic Planning in Various Settings -- PART TWO: TWO CANONICAL STATE SOCIALISMS -- 3. The Soviet CPE I: The Process of Planning -- 4. The Soviet CPE II: The Process of Implementation -- 5. The Chinese CPE: Planning in an...

The diversified business group (DBG) is a ubiquitous institution in developing economies. It is a formal inter-firm network that typically involves financial institutions, distributors and manufacturers. Groupwise diversification is viewed by some as a novel form of organizational innovation by...