Corporate Co-Evolution A Political Perspective

Corporate Co-Evolution is one of the first major works in Blackwell 's Organization and Strategy research series of business texts. By tracing the history and growth of Telemig, a major Brazilian telecommunications company, Corporate Evolution develops broader macro-economic principles that can be applied to today 's international corporate environment.After a general introduction to political regulations and other domains of the corporate environment that impact the growth of companies, Corporate Co-Evolution delves deeply into Telemig 's past. The text closely documents and analyzes the dramatic changes over the course of 30 years that transformed Telemig from a "lumbering dinosaur to a soaring eagle " as privatization takes the corporation into the 21st century. The authors skillfully draw out the practical and policy implications of the Telemig experience to develop a broader systematic theory of corporate evolution that is highly relevant to the contemporary business world.

Suzana Rodriguez is a Professor of International Business and Organization at Birmingham Business School.

John Child is Chair of Commerce at Birmingham Business School. He is the author of the classic text: Organization and author or co-author of 18 books and more than 120 articles.