In this paper we analyse the comparative capitalisms literature, which encompasses several
analytical frameworks, but shares common concerns in understanding the institutional …

The paper provides an overview of the development of the national business systems
approach to the study of organizations. The first section outlines the approach taken to …

What is the interrelationship among formal institutions, social networks, and new venture
growth? Drawing on the theory of institutional polycentrism and social network theory, we …

Do CEOs matter more in some countries than in others? Based on a theoretical
consideration of three fundamental national‐level institutions—national values, prevailing …

This chapter begins, however, with reflections on the origin of the theme in nineteenth-
century social science, on the premise that social theories, just as societies and their …

What are the specific on-the-ground requirements of policy (eg environmental protection,
economic development)(eg saving wilderness or species habitat, increasing harvesting …

abstract The debate as to the effects of globalization on organizational forms and
management practices is well known. Our paper focuses on two institutionalist traditions in …

Studies of policy change have advanced to the point where the basic contours and factors
driving policy sequences are now reasonably well identified and understood with a great …

This is a book about how 21st-century capitalism really works. Modern economics strips
away social, historical, and political context from analysis of'the economic', but the economy …

This article evaluates four general models of historical change processes which have
emerged in various fields in the social sciences–namely stochastic, historical narrative, path …