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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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Reciprocity and R&D search: Applying the behavioral theory of the firm to a communitarian context

Jonathan O'Brien, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the behavioral theory of the firm perspective on R&D search requires modification when applied to "communitarian" cultures such as Japan because reciprocity and embeddedness can influence the search decision.
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Changing of the guard: trends in corporatist arrangements in 42 highly industrialized societies from 1960 to 2010

Detlef Jahn
- 01 Jan 2016 - 
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Financialisation varied: A comparative analysis of advanced economies

Costas Lapavitsas, +1 more
- 01 Nov 2013 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors deploy a Marxist framework to establish that financialisation represents a structural transformation of advanced capitalist economies with three characteristic tendencies: non-financial enterprises have acquired capacity to engage in financial activities independently; banks have turned to mediating transactions in open markets as well as lending to households; and households have been drawn into the formal financial system.
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Institutions and the prevalence of nonstandard employment

Lena Hipp, +2 more
- 01 Apr 2015 - 
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Rising powers, global capitalism and liberal global governance: A historical materialist account of the BRICs challenge

Matthew D. Stephen
- 21 May 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the phenomenon of rising powers from a historical materialist perspective and argue that the rise of new powers is leading to a hybrid governance order that is both transnationally integrated and less liberal.