1st Edition

Capitalist Diversity and Diversity within Capitalism

Edited By Geoffrey Wood, Christel Lane Copyright 2012
272 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

The economic crisis that began in 2008 has underscored the impact not only of embedded and assumed ways of managing the economy, but also that present circumstances are the product of a long period of experimentation and bounded diversity; it is understanding the nature of both that forms a central concern of this collection. This book redefines, develops and extends the emerging literature on... Read more

Preface Christel Lane and Geoffrey Wood  1. Institutions, Change and Diversity Geoffrey Wood and Christel Lane  2. A New Epoch but Still Diversity Within and Between Capitalism: China in Comparative Perspective Robert Boyer  3. Institutional Change and Organizational Diversity in Japan Mari Sako and Masahiro Kotosaka  4. Capabilities, Sectors and Institutions: The Influence of Sectoral Variations and Dominant Institutions on Firms’ Responses to Increasing Internationalisation Matthew Allen and Richard Whitley  5. The Differential Impact of Financialisation in Germany and the UK Richard Deeg  6. The Shareholder Value Concept of the Corporation and Co-Determination in Germany: Unresolved Contradictions or Reconciliation of Institutional Logics? Michael Faust  7. Regions, Varieties of Capitalism and the Legacies of Neoliberalism Ray Hudson  8. Rethinking the Diversity and Variability of Capitalism: On Variegated Capitalism in the World Market Bob Jessop

Biography

Christel Lane is Emeritus Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Geoffrey T. Wood is Professor at the School of Management, University of Sheffield, UK, and also Honorary Professor of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.