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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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Rising powers and the drivers of uneven global development

Ray Hudson
TL;DR: The emergence of the rising powers has been seen as heralding a fundamental shift in global economic geography and it can also be seen as the latest expression of capitalist economic development.
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Regional Innovation Systems, Varieties of Capitalism and Non-Local Relations: Challenges from the Globalising Economy

Björn Asheim, +2 more
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From Collectivism towards Segmentalism : Institutional Change in German Vocational Training

Kathleen Thelen, +2 more
- 01 Jan 2008 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the German system of vocational training is undergoing subtle but significant changes from a mainly collectivist system to a more segmentalist one, which can be seen from developments in the participation of firms in training and from the changing politics of vocational education reform.
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Meyer and Peng’s 2005 article as a foundation for an expanded and refined international business research agenda: Context, organizations, and theories

Tatiana Kostova, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2016 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an assessment of the JIBS Decade Award-winning article by Meyer and Peng and its impact on the field of international business (IB) and highlight the emergence of transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as a new class of markets.
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Mixing apples with oranges? Partisanship and active labour market policies in Europe:

Tim Vlandas
- 01 Feb 2013 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the positions of political parties towards these three types of ALMPs are different and that party preferences also depend on the welfare regime in which parties are located.