... Maksimovic V Philips G M Quaglia R Sanderson R business groups developed economies emerging economies multidivisional enterprises conglomerate firms family firms Chandlerian paradigm unrelated diversification This chapter aims to amplify the analytical scope of management research...

...Big business has been at the heart of business history from its very beginnings, whether as a mere literary genre; or, more seriously in the last half century, as an academic discipline. The Chandlerian paradigm has considerably reinforced this trend, with other approaches to the subject being...

... groups. figure 14.2. The “Money Trust” in New York and bank-centered business groups. Figure 14.3. J. P. Morgan & Co. and its influence on large enterprises. Source: Brinton (1914): 13. This chapter aims to re-examine the Chandlerian paradigm of the historical...