Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Business Groups and Economic Organization; Part II Emergence and Divergence of the Economies; Conclusions; Appendix A Mathematical Model of Business Groups; Appendix B Examples of Differential Pricing Practices of Korean Groups; Appendix C Hypothesis Tests of the Model; Appendix D The Role of Debt in the Korean Financial Crisis, 1997; References; Index.