Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage

Carpenter, Jr. The authors expand our understanding of national "production systems" to see new connections and show that the differences aong them allow countries to pursue distinctly different strategies of international competition. Katzenstein, Walter S. They have succeeded in bringing together in one compelling formulation historical - institutional and rationalist - individualist analytical perspectives. The volume combines a definitive restatement of the varieties of cpitialism approach with illuminative applications to the range of research areas covered by it with some fascinating

David Soskice is Research Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Adjunct Research Professor at the School for Social Sciences of the Australian National University. Hall is Frank G. He is Emeritus Fellow in Economics at University College, Oxford, and on leave from the Wissenschaftszentrum fur Sozialforschung in Berlin (WZB) where he has been Director of the Research Unit on Employment and Economic Change since 1990. Peter A. He is the author or editor of several books and many a

Five Stars Soren Ingomar Petersen all went well. A great piece of work L. Gent This is a seminal piece of work in the varieties of capitalism literature, and the fact that it is still being referenced today speaks to the value it has added to the field. Yes, the theory presented in it is lacking in a number of respects, however it remains a must-read for anyone researching in the field.. Excellent for Phd in Management Sciences This is a very good lecture for those phd students and the people who is interested in the theory of varieties of capitalism.

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. The book sets a new intellectual agenda for everyone interested in relations between politics, economics, and business.. It highlights the role of business in national economies and shows that there is more than one path to economic success