The Limits of Convergence. Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea and Spain - Book Notes

Mauro F. Guillen: The Limits of Convergence. Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea and Spain

2001. Oxford and Princeton: Princeton University Press. 282 pages.

This book challenges the widely accepted notion that globalization encourages economic convergence, and, by extension, cultural homogenization across national borders. The author provides a systematic comparison of organizational change in Argentina, South Korea and Spain since the 1950s. By analyzing the social, political and economic conditions underpinning the rise of various organizational forms, the author shows that business groups, small enterprises, and foreign multinationals play different economic roles depending on a country's path to development. The book ends by presenting evidence that it is possible, though not easy, for countries to break through the glass ceiling separating poor from rich. It concludes that globalization encourages economic diversity and that democracy is the form of government best suited to deal with its contingencies.

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