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Growth and concentration among the leading business groups in Mexico

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  • Alarco Tosoni, Germán
  • Del Hierro, Patricia

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This article discusses various hypotheses relating to the originand operation of business groups in Mexico, and it proposes a model toexplain the sources of their total asset growth. It highlights their growingcontribution to Mexican gdp, but notes that their shares of employmentand profits are smaller. Over time, sales and assets have clearly tendedto become more concentrated in the largest groups. The paper concludesthat the main financing sources for asset growth between 2005 and 2007were firstly debt and secondly capital contributions from shareholders. Italso finds that the leading groups invest discretely over time and tend to"overinvest" to block the entry of other competitors.

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  • Alarco Tosoni, Germán & Del Hierro, Patricia, 2010. "Growth and concentration among the leading business groups in Mexico," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), August.
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