The Global Business Revolution and the Cascade Effect

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Peter Nolan, Jin Zhang, Chunhang Liu

   Pages 1-5

3. The Debate

   • Peter Nolan, Jin Zhang, Chunhang Liu

   Pages 6-14

4. The Global Business Revolution, Systems Integration and the Cascade Effect

   • Peter Nolan, Jin Zhang, Chunhang Liu

   Pages 15-35

5. The Aerospace Industry

   • Peter Nolan, Jin Zhang, Chunhang Liu

   Pages 36-66

6. The Beverage Industry

   • Peter Nolan, Jin Zhang, Chunhang Liu

   Pages 67-114

7. The Retail Industry

   • Peter Nolan, Jin Zhang, Chunhang Liu

   Pages 115-143

8. Implications for Firm-level Catch-Up in Developing Countries

   • Peter Nolan, Jin Zhang, Chunhang Liu

   Pages 144-161

9. Back Matter

   Pages 162-185

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Using empirical data from the supply chain of aerospace, beverages and retail this text develops an original framework, the 'cascade effect', to explain changes in industrial concentration. This provides an original insight into the determinants of industrial structure and has vital implications for firms and policy-makers in developing countries.

• business
• developing countries
• integration
• supply chain

PETER NOLAN is Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.

ZHANG JIN is University Lecturer in International Business at the Judge Buisness School, University of Cambridge, UK.

CHUNHANG LIU is Director of the China Industry Development Research Centre at Peking University, China.

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