Entrepreneurship, State–business Ties and Business Groups in Bangladesh

This study analyses how domestic companies in Bangladesh emerged as major conglomerates, despite little help from a weak state that could hardly nurture its enterprises. Using a business history approach, this study traces the development of Bangladesh’s leading business groups. The history indicate...

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Main Authors:	Nahid, Farzana, Gomez, Edmund Terence, Yacob, Shakila
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Published:	SAGE Publications 2019
Subjects:	HF Commerce Business
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/23900/ https://doi.org/10.1177/0973174119895181
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spelling	my.um.eprints.239002020-02-28T01:47:25Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/23900/ Entrepreneurship, State–business Ties and Business Groups in Bangladesh Nahid, Farzana Gomez, Edmund Terence Yacob, Shakila HF Commerce Business This study analyses how domestic companies in Bangladesh emerged as major conglomerates, despite little help from a weak state that could hardly nurture its enterprises. Using a business history approach, this study traces the development of Bangladesh’s leading business groups. The history indicates that the entrepreneurial capacity and the creation of close ties with the State were the core factors that helped these business groups survive and grow in an economy led by a state that could do little to promote and offer policies that help in fostering the growth of domestic companies in an emerging economy. © The Author(s) 2019. SAGE Publications 2019 Article PeerReviewed Nahid, Farzana and Gomez, Edmund Terence and Yacob, Shakila (2019) Entrepreneurship, State–business Ties and Business Groups in Bangladesh. Journal of South Asian Development, 14 (3). pp. 367-390. ISSN 0973-1741 https://doi.org/10.1177/0973174119895181 doi:10.1177/0973174119895181
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spellingShingle	HF Commerce Business Nahid, Farzana Gomez, Edmund Terence Yacob, Shakila Entrepreneurship, State–business Ties and Business Groups in Bangladesh
description	This study analyses how domestic companies in Bangladesh emerged as major conglomerates, despite little help from a weak state that could hardly nurture its enterprises. Using a business history approach, this study traces the development of Bangladesh’s leading business groups. The history indicates that the entrepreneurial capacity and the creation of close ties with the State were the core factors that helped these business groups survive and grow in an economy led by a state that could do little to promote and offer policies that help in fostering the growth of domestic companies in an emerging economy. © The Author(s) 2019.
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title	Entrepreneurship, State–business Ties and Business Groups in Bangladesh
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title_fullStr	Entrepreneurship, State–business Ties and Business Groups in Bangladesh
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Entrepreneurship, State–business Ties and Business Groups in Bangladesh

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