Showing papers in "Competition and Change in 2020"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the contributions and limits of the concept of state capitalism as a means of theorizing the more visible role of the state across the world capital market.
Abstract: This article interrogates the notion of state capitalism, exploring the contributions and limits of the concept as a means of theorizing the more visible role of the state across the world capitali...
123 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze Amazon's financial statements, scientific publications, and Amazon's patent applications using Intellectual Monopoly Theory as a form of predation and rentiership using Amazon as a case study.
Abstract: This article elaborates on intellectual monopoly theory as a form of predation and rentiership using Amazon as a case study By analysing Amazon’s financial statements, scientific publications and
37 citations
TL;DR: There are striking similarities between today's early 21st century trade political economy and its late 19th century equivalent as mentioned in this paper, including the rise of populist nationalism, escalating trade protectionism and t...
Abstract: There are striking similarities between today’s early 21st century trade political economy and its late 19th century equivalent. Ascendant populist nationalism, escalating trade protectionism and t...
28 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, how the capture of explicit monopoly rent via intellectual property rights interact with additional profit via monopsonistic labour markets, and with what consequences, are discussed. But the authors focus mainly on the relationship between monopoly rent and additional profit in labor markets.
Abstract: How does the capture of explicit monopoly rent via intellectual property rights interact with the capture of additional profit via monopsonistic labour markets, and with what consequences? Most ana...
27 citations
TL;DR: The authors make the connection between corporate agri-power and neoliberal empowerment of corporations, but not fully explore the relationship between the two, and make no connection between agro-business and corporate power.
Abstract: Accounts of neoliberalism have noted, but not fully explored, the neoliberal empowerment of corporations. The corporate power literature, similarly, rarely makes the connection between corporate ag...
22 citations
TL;DR: The shadow banking system, a mesh of financial activities and entities that grew outside of bank balance sheets but with the support of the banking s... as discussed by the authors, was the source of the last financial crisis.
Abstract: At the heart of the last financial crisis stood the shadow banking system, a mesh of financial activities and entities that grew outside of bank balance sheets but with the support of the banking s...
20 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the convergence/divergence debate in the comparative study of corporate governance is discussed, and a nuanced formulation of the convergence thesis is proposed, with the focus on the precarious constitution and adoption of knowledge claims about corporate status and architecture.
Abstract: We engage with the convergence/divergence debate in the comparative study of corporate governance by commending a nuanced formulation of the convergence thesis. Directing attention to the precarious constitution and adoption of knowledge claims about corporate status and architecture in the field of corporate governance we suggest that the study of comparative corporate governance might usefully incorporate consideration of claims about corporate governance as potentially performative statements that function to stabilize particular ideas of status and architecture of the modern corporation with substantive outcomes for political economy, thereby influencing the shape of the institutions comprising the field of corporate governance. We conclude that the predominantly epistemological preoccupations of participants in the convergence/divergence debate could be usefully refined and supplemented by giving closer attention, empirical as well as theoretical, to the relation between performativity, convergence/divergence, and political economy.
18 citations
TL;DR: The plight of workers inhabiting the lowest strata of the occupational hierarchy, their scope for progressive resistance and collectivization is a topic of lasting significance, addressed in a numb...
Abstract: The plight of workers inhabiting the lowest strata of the occupational hierarchy, their scope for progressive resistance and collectivization is a topic of lasting significance, addressed in a numb...
16 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the reconfiguration of the NHS has been discussed, with the focus on mental health policy initiatives in England over the last three decades leading to significant restructuring of statutory service provision.
Abstract: Mental health policy initiatives in England over the last three decades have led to significant restructuring of statutory service provision. One feature of this has been the reconfiguration of NHS...
14 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the growing interest of institutional investors in real estate investments has been the subject of in-depth analyse, focusing on financialization, even contested, is a major focus of contemporary urban studies.
Abstract: Financialization, even contested, is a major focus of contemporary urban studies. The growing interest of institutional investors in real estate investments has been the subject of in-depth analyse...
11 citations
TL;DR: In the 11 years since the outbreak of the financial crisis, the EU has introduced many policy initiatives directed at the financial sector, the most recent one being the Capital Markets Union as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In the 11 years since the outbreak of the financial crisis, the EU has introduced many policy initiatives directed at the financial sector, the most recent one being the Capital Markets Union. The ...
TL;DR: The authors explores the long-run relationship between financialization and union density in Canada's non-financial sector and draws on critical political economy literatures to argue that the relationship is not causal.
Abstract: This article explores the long-run relationship between financialization and union density in Canada’s non-financial sector. Drawing on critical political economy literatures, we argue that the sha...
TL;DR: The literature on the political economy of development argues that many middle-income countries could not develop strong vocational education and training systems because of the lack of political c... as mentioned in this paper, which is a common assumption in many of these works.
Abstract: The literature on the political economy of development argues that many middle-income countries could not develop strong vocational education and training systems because of the lack of political c...
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of foreign bond ownership on market discipline and mutual responsiveness of financial markets and sovereign borrowers is investigated. But the empirical investigation is limited to a single country.
Abstract: This article scrutinizes the impact of foreign bond ownership on market discipline, that is the mutual responsiveness of financial markets and sovereign borrowers. The empirical investigation cover...
TL;DR: The global value chain framework has gained increasing prominence as a policy tool for resource-based industrialization as mentioned in this paper, focusing on synergies between the commodity-producing and related manufactur...
Abstract: The global value chain framework has gained increasing prominence as a policy tool for resource-based industrialization. Focusing on synergies between the commodity-producing and related manufactur...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors empirically examine the experiences of managers and employees involved in talent management practices and explore the ways in which high-potential employees might be exploited by managers.
Abstract: The article empirically examines the experiences of managers and employees involved in talent management practices. Our empirical aim is to explore the ways in which high-potential employees might ...
TL;DR: The predominant approaches to comparative corporate governance view legal transfers dichotomously, seeing corporate governance systems as either converging or diverging as a result of legal reform as discussed by the authors, and see legal transfers as a process of convergence or divergence.
Abstract: The predominant approaches to comparative corporate governance view legal transfers dichotomously, seeing corporate governance systems as either converging or diverging as a result of legal reform....
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that contemporary developments such as zero-hours contracts, casualization and zero-hour contracts, such as casualization, are the enactment of neoliberalism in the workplace.
Abstract: This article introduces readers to the special issue on 'the enactment of neoliberalism in the workplace'. We argue that contemporary developments such as zero-hours contracts, casualization and pl...
TL;DR: In this paper, an ongoing dispute in comparative corporate governance studies concerns the extent to which cross-country convergence towards, essentially, the shareholder primacy view is occurring, while some sch...
Abstract: An ongoing dispute in comparative corporate governance studies concerns the extent to which cross-country convergence towards, essentially, the shareholder primacy view is occurring. While some sch...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a regime of soft regulation focusing on the performance of UK pension fund regulation, which are quasi-compulsory codes of practices and tests of pension fund trustees competence.
Abstract: At the heart of UK pension fund regulation are quasi-compulsory codes of practices and tests of pension fund trustees’ competence. This regime of ‘soft’ regulation focuses upon the ‘performance’ of...
TL;DR: The global diffusion of organized retailing over the last several decades brought extensive worldwide standardization of retail formats and technologies as discussed by the authors.However, such development has not led to the s...
Abstract: Global diffusion of organized retailing over the last several decades brought extensive worldwide standardization of retail formats and technologies. Such development, however, has not led to the s...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the proliferation of corporate governance codes in the light of a single factor, namely varying corporatization, in the context of the convergence-divergence debate.
Abstract: In the backdrop of the convergence–divergence debate, the goal of this article is to examine the proliferation of corporate governance codes in the light of a single factor, namely varying corporat...
TL;DR: In this article, the classic question of comparative corporate governance research, namely whether national corporate governance systems are converging, is revisited, and the authors focus on the convergence of the two systems.
Abstract: This Special Issue revisits the classic question of comparative corporate governance research, namely whether national corporate governance systems are converging. More specifically, it focuses on ...
TL;DR: A longitudinal case study of a labour dispute between Philadelphia taxicab drivers and the governmental regulatory body is presented in this paper, focusing on the implementation of surveillance technologies to regulate and control the industry and the drivers' working practices which they considered to be deprofessionalizing and an infringement of their liberty.
Abstract: As a consequence of neoliberalism, employment has become increasingly precarious and informal, sitting outside of traditional organizational contexts. There is a need to better understand how these structures emerge and, importantly, how workers can also adapt to challenge these shifts. This article is a study of a labour dispute between Philadelphia taxicab drivers and the governmental regulatory body. The dispute was centred around the implementation of surveillance technologies to regulate and control the industry and the drivers’ working practices which they considered to be de-professionalizing and an infringement of their liberty. The drivers resisted through traditional organizing, legal challenges and creating unconventional alliances. We argue that this labour dispute should be seen in the wider context of how a neoliberal political economy emerges and is maintained – in this case not by capital, but by the state. The article is a longitudinal case study covering the period from 2004 to 2011. As such, it is a prologue to later technologically driven transformations in the taxicab industry (such as ride-hailing apps) that have further exacerbated precarity among the workforce.
TL;DR: A number of academic debates rely on the distinction between general and specific skills as being valuable to a large number or a few firms as mentioned in this paper, however, the meaning attributed to these concepts as wel...
Abstract: A number of academic debates rely on the distinction between general and specific skills as being valuable to a large number or a few firms. However, the meaning attributed to these concepts as wel...
TL;DR: The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a financial reporting standard for listed corporations in more than half of the world's countries as mentioned in this paper, and it has been widely adopted.
Abstract: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a financial reporting standard for listed corporations in more than half of the world’s countries. This wide adoption combined with its influen...