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Varieties of capitalism: the institutional foundations of comparative advantage

Peter A. Hall, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2001 - 
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In this paper, the authors highlight the role of business in national economies and show that there is more than one path to economic success, and explain national differences in social and economic policy.
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What are the most important differences among national economies? Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo-American model? What explains national differences in social and economic policy? This pathbreaking work outlines a new approach to these questions. It highlights the role of business in national economies and shows that there is more than one path to economic success.

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CSR priorities of emerging economy firms: is Russia a different shape of BRIC?

Lutz Preuss, +1 more
- 09 Aug 2011 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the differences between firms from industrialized nations, transition economies, and newly industrialized countries in terms of the breadth and depth of their sustainability reporting and concluded that emerging economy firms are willing to match their increased economic weight with greater social responsibility.
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Globalization and the Politics of Natural Resources

Nita Rudra, +1 more
- 18 Apr 2011 - 
TL;DR: This article explored the international dimensions of this relationship, exploring how trade, migration, foreign investment, and other global forces influence the effects these resources have on countries and linked the study of the globalization-natural resources nexus to broader debates in international and comparative political economy, such as how domestic institutions shape the impact of globalization and how economic factors affect the political survival of r...
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What kind of democracy is emerging in Eastern Europe

Andrew Lawrence Roberts
- 03 Jan 2006 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, an expert on political institutions analyzes the patterns of democracy emerging in Eastern Europe by extending Lijphart's study of democratic patterns to 10 new democracies and finds that 10 variables capturing the type and functioning of institutions cluster on two clearly separate dimensions.
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Regionalism, end markets and ownership matter: Shifting dynamics in the apparel export industry in Sub Saharan Africa

Mike Morris, +2 more
- 01 Jul 2016 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the importance of ownership, end markets and regionalism within the global value chain and related conceptual frameworks is discussed, through unpacking the development trajectories of the development process.
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Taking Credit: Redistribution and Borrowing in an Age of Economic Polarization

John S. Ahlquist, +1 more
- 01 Oct 2017 - 
TL;DR: This article found that pretax inequality will be more tightly linked with credit in less redistributive countries and that the long-run partisan composition of government is a key determinant of redistributeive effort.