Growth Strategies and Counter-Economic Development: The Case of Pre-Revolutionary Iran
Department
Management and Entrepreneurship
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
Strategic choices made for the purpose of economic development may have unintended consequences. Such consequences are the result of interplay between noneconomic and economic factors. It is argued that growth strategies that ignore noneconomic factors may result in a counter-economic development. To illustrate such a possibility, a Counter-Economic Development Model is proposed. Using this model as a framework, social, cultural, political, and economic situations in pre-revolutionary Iran are analyzed, and implications for the process of economic development in developing countries are presented.
Journal Title
Journal of Transnational Management
Journal ISSN
1547-5778
Volume
13
Issue
3
First Page
195
Last Page
225
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1080/15475770802402216
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