Keywords
economic elites
transnationalization
Central America
Grupos empresariales diversificados
élites económicas
transnacionalización
Centroamérica
How to Cite
Abstract
This article presents the results of study about the strategies of Central American diversified business groups (DBG) regarding globalization. It searches to understand how they have changed during the process of economic integration in terms of their internationalization, sectoral focus and integration with transnational companies. We argue that, in general, the DBG had lost terrain to transnational companies, despite important exception and the rise of new groups. However, they still maintain their influence through their contact networks at both the national and international level.
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