How do the environments, in which businesses operate, condition their success or failure? Such questions have long been of interest in the fields of business, economics and politics. This book thoroughly examines the main claims of the most important contribution - the Varieties of Capitalism paradigm - to this debate in recent years.

Autorentext
MATTHEW ALLEN is Lecturer in International Business at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations Preface Abbreviations Introduction The Assumptions of the Different Approaches Comparative Advantages in Co-ordinated and Liberal Market Economies Descriptive Evidence from Workplaces in Germany The Effects of Institutions at the Establishment Level Conclusion References Index