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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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States versus Corporations: Rethinking the Power of Business in International Politics

Milan Babic, +2 more
- 16 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a fine-grained theoretical and empirical approach that includes both states and corporations as juxtaposed actors that interact in transnational networks inherent to the contemporary international political economy is presented.
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Does board independence influence financial performance in IPO firms? The moderating role of the national business system

Alessandro Zattoni, +17 more
- 31 Aug 2017 - 
TL;DR: This article examined the impact of the formal and information institutions of 18 national business systems on the board independence-financial performance relationship and found that while the direct effect of independence is weak, national-level institutions significantly moderate the independence-performance relationship.
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How Do Embedded Agents Engage in Institutional Change

John Burns, +1 more
- 01 Jun 2006 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the processes that explain institutional stability rather than those that explain organizational change, and further conceptualize and seek empirical evidence for when, why and how organizational actors influence change while embedded in the institutional fabric of their organizational setting.
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The green side of protectionism: Environmental concerns and three facets of trade policy preferences

Michael M. Bechtel, +2 more
- 05 Dec 2012 - 
TL;DR: This paper found that people who are more concerned about the environment tend to think that globalization has more negative than positive effects, more strongly support jobs-related protectionism and place more emphasis on aspects that go beyond price and quality when evaluating foreign products.
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The Entrepreneurial Multiplier Effect

Louis Galambos, +1 more
- 01 Dec 2016 - 
TL;DR: In the first, second, and third industrial revolutions of the United States and Europe, the first Industrial Revolution in New England and in Lombardy, Italy, and the second and third Industrial revolutions in America and Europe were studied in this paper.