Why are these Islands of Conscious Power Found in the Ocean of Ownership? Institutional and Governance Hypotheses Explaining the Existence of Business Groups in Sweden[Note 1. Address for reprints: Sven‐Olof Collin, Department of Business Administration, ...] | Zendy

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Why are these Islands of Conscious Power Found in the Ocean of Ownership? Institutional and Governance Hypotheses Explaining the Existence of Business Groups in Sweden[Note 1. Address for reprints: Sven‐Olof Collin, Department of Business Administration, ...]

Author(s) -

Collin SvenOlof

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

journal of management studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398

H-Index - 184

eISSN - 1467-6486

pISSN - 0022-2380

DOI - 10.1111/1467-6486.00117

Subject(s) - corporate governance , government (linguistics) , power (physics) , corporate group , business , economic system , economics , market economy , finance , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics

Four hypotheses concerning the existence of business groups are developed and are tested on two Swedish business groups that were found to provide both government and corporate economy with governance solutions. Swedish culture also appeared supportive of the groups, which were not found to be institutionally inert, building their existence solely on power.

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