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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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Institutional Determinants of Unemployment in OECD Countries: Does the Deregulatory View Hold Water?

Lucio Baccaro, +1 more
- 01 Jul 2007 - 
TL;DR: In this article, an econometric analysis comparing several estimators and specifications was conducted, and it was found that restrictive monetary policies and other determinants of real interest rates appear to play a more important role in explaining unemployment than institutional factors.
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Overcoming path dependency: path generation in open systems

Marie-Laure Djelic, +1 more
- 15 Mar 2007 - 
TL;DR: The paper suggests that the concept of path generation allows for a better specification of the conditions for change in existing societal paths and for the emergence of new paths in the case of open systems than the idea of path dependency.
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Job types and job quality in Europe

David Holman
- 01 Apr 2013 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of job types can deepen our understanding of job quality and how job quality varies across 27 European countries, using the European Working Conditions Survey 2005, a taxonomy of six job types is developed and their quality established.
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Sustainable leadership practices for enhancing business resilience and performance

Gayle C. Avery, +1 more
- 10 May 2011 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an alternative leadership model to the prevailing shareholder-first approach that research, management experts and practice indicate can lead to higher performance and resilience of a firm, based on published literature, empirical research, and observations conducted in firms worldwide.
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Rising powers and global governance: negotiating change in a resilient status quo

Miles Kahler
- 01 May 2013 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make the following predictions: rising powers are moderate reformers that seek greater influence within existing forums and also attempt to safeguard their policy-making autonomy, even if their preferences change, the translation of growing economic weight into usable capabilities is not automatic.