Maria L. Allen

TL;DR: The comparative institutional analysis of energy transitions as mentioned in this paper gives us a state-of-the-art overview of the main theoretical and conceptual developments within the field of political economy, and the authors stress the importance of adopting an institutional perspective to explain differences in environmental outcomes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed new theory pertaining to institutional determinants of renewable energy usage across countries and over time, based on key strands of the comparative capitalisms literature, and introduced new hypotheses relating to the 2009 Directive from the European Union (EU) on energy generation, as well as the impact of labour market regimes, national stock markets and M&A activity, among other ‘doing business' conditions across countries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on a particular subset of subsidiaries, knowledge-augmenting ones, and put forward a theory to explain their variety and their prevalence, enabling them to identify previously neglected subsidiary types that have important managerial and policy implications.

TL;DR: The authors examined how institutions influence establishments' use of temporary workers in 29 European countries plus Turkey and found that variation within countries may result in a well-protected core of workers that grows ever smaller alongside increasing numbers of precarious workers.

TL;DR: In this article, a comparative institutional analysis of the development of the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry in China and India is presented, highlighting the need to assess whether state-permeated capitalism is functional or dysfunctional in nuanced ways.