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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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Governance and Development

Jean-Marie Baland, +2 more
- 01 Jan 2010 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss whether or not "governance" is an important source of variation in development experiences and draw four main conclusions: governance is best thought of a subset of "institutions" and as such emphasis on governance is consistent with much recent academic work Nevertheless, governance is a quite vague rubric which is difficult to unbundle.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and institutional theory: new perspectives on private governance

Stephen Brammer, +2 more
- 01 Jan 2012 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the potential contributions of institutional theory to understand corporate social responsibility as a mode of governance are examined. But the focus is on the voluntary behavior of companies and not on the larger historical and political determinants of whether and in what forms corporations take on social responsibilities.
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Towards an Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Resilience

Ron Boschma
- 04 May 2015 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience is proposed in which history is key to understand how regions develop new growth paths, and in which industrial, network and institutional dimensions of resilience come together.
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Foreign Investment Strategies and Sub-national Institutions in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Vietnam*

Klaus E. Meyer, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2005 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse the determinants of two key aspects of entry strategy: location and entry mode in Vietnam and find that sub-national institutional variables have a significant influence on both dimensions.
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Codes of Good Governance Worldwide: What is the Trigger?

Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, +1 more
- 20 Sep 2004 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine why and how corporate governance practices are implemented across countries and find that codes of good governance serve to compensate for deficiencies in the legal system covering shareholders' rights.