State Business Relations and The Dynamics of Job Flows in Egypt and Turkey
In: The Economic Research Forum (ERF) Working Paper No. 1271, 2018
In: The Economic Research Forum (ERF) Working Paper No. 1271, 2018
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In: The journal of development studies, Band 45, Heft 8, S. 1267-1283
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 338-357
ISSN: 1099-1328
AbstractBy comparison with most African countries, post‐apartheid South Africa appears to be characterised by growth‐oriented cooperation between state and business. Economic growth has remained weak, however, and income poverty persists as the economy continues down an inegalitarian growth path that fails to reduce unemployment and thus has little effect on poverty. This paper argues that the appearance of close state‐business relations is misleading: selectively pro‐market public policies have not reflected a pro‐business orientation on the part of the state. The governing African National Congress concurred with established business on the need for increased productivity and selective state interventions in a mixed economy. But most of the political elite overestimated the commandist powers of the state in the short‐term, viewed established South African business with deep suspicion if not hostility, and was unwilling to deliberate or negotiate on distributional issues in either formal bilateral or corporatist institutions, or even informally. The state sought to discipline and transform business, not work with it. Unable to sustain an active growth coalition, a pro‐poor, developmental coalition was far out of reach. The politics of the governing party precluded substantive concessions on labour market regulation and pushed it towards ever more interventionist 'black economic empowerment' policies. The result was that economic growth remained modest, and of little benefit to the poor. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
In: Asian journal of political science: AJPS, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 195-218
ISSN: 0218-5377, 0218-5385
Korean small businesses have come a long way as sources of industrial power more important than heretofore credited. The nation's undemocratic dirigisme had largely slighted small businesses to the country's disadvantage. Although the government's policy bias against them started to change in the early 1980s, its support of them remained less than fully-fledged. Despite tough socio-economic conditions, however, both the first and second generation small entrepreneurs have strived to prove their self-worth as viable business enterprises and constantly - and increasingly over time - contributed to the incremental improvement of the economy. By shedding light on the little-known motivations, perceptions, and performances of the small business people, this article offers a more balanced and nuanced account of the past and present state of small businesses in the country, which provides a tentative basis for considering alternative vision for future development. (Asian J Polit Sci/NIAS)
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In: Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series 100
In: Routledge Revivals Ser
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1: Introduction -- 2: The Chaebol and the Keiretsu: The Futility of Organizational Explanations -- 3: Explaining the Rise of the Mafioso States in East Asia -- 4: The South Korean State and the Chaebol -- 5: The Japanese State and the Keiretsu -- 6: Reforming the Chaebol and the Keiretsu -- 7: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
In: Business and politics: B&P, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 1-35
ISSN: 1469-3569
Formal institutions such as business chambers have been assumed to be a key indicator of the health of state-business relations (SBR). Yet in Africa these organizations have seldom risen to the level of access and influence enjoyed by some of their counterparts elsewhere in the developing world. A number of recent studies of SBR in Africa continue to overstate the importance of business associations (BAs). Yet despite the widespread marginality of BAs in Africa, the receptiveness of African states to leading firms and business interests has increased markedly. While this poses certain risks of increased corruption, collusion and monopoly, the institutional and political environment for doing business has also improved, thereby fostering new opportunities for further business-related growth and business sector development among bona fide firms. Drawing on evidence from Zambia and elsewhere, this paper finds that the benefits provided to individual firms who enjoy state access can, paradoxically, contribute to an improved environment for other private sector actors whose interests are directly represented only in moribund formal associations. Even without strong BAs, when aided by the state, individual firms, and/or international actors, Africa's improved business environment has a salutary impact on growth.
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 32, Heft 140, S. 264-279
ISSN: 1469-9400
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 39, Heft 9, S. 1542-1557
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 39, Heft 9, S. 1542-1557
In: International legal materials: ILM, Band 29, Heft 5, S. 1194-1211
ISSN: 1930-6571
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 394
ISSN: 0954-1748
In: East European politics and societies and cultures: EEPS, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 40-75
ISSN: 0888-3254
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In: International studies review, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 526-528
ISSN: 1468-2486