| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : local and sectoral diversity within national economic systems / Colin Crouch and Helmut Voelzkow -- Rule-breaking and freedom of rules in national production models : how German capitalism departs from the 'Rhenish equilibrium' / Ulrich Glassmann -- Three cases of changing capitalism : Sweden, Hungary, and the United Kingdom / Colin Crouch [and others] -- The furniture industry in Ostwestfalen-Lippe and southern Sweden / Pernilla S. Rafiqui [and others] -- Testing the West German model in East Germany and Hungary : the motor industry in Zwickau and Gyor / Maarten Keune [and others] -- The development of Munich and Cambridge therapeutic biotech firms : a case study of institutional adaptation / Simcha Jong -- Creative local development in Cologne and London film and tv production / Sabine Elbing, Ulrich Glassmann, and Colin Crouch -- Conclusions : local and global sources of capitalist diversity / Colin Crouch, Martin Schroder, and Helmut Voelzkow |
| Summary |
The study of varieties of capitalism is moving from analysis of static national types to embrace local and sectoral diversity, and systems in the process of major change. This volume addresses the issue by examining four localised sectors, comparing Germany with other European countries, including the UK, Sweden, and Hungary |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Industries -- Germany -- Case studies
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Germany -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Economic history -- Regional disparities
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Industries
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
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Industri -- Tyskland -- fallstudier.
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Tekniska innovationer -- ekonomiska aspekter -- Tyskland -- fallstudier.
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Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1990- -- Regional disparities
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Germany
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Tyskland -- ekonomiska förhållanden -- 1990- -- regionala skillnader.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Crouch, Colin, 1944-
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Voelzkow, Helmut.
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Oxford University Press
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| LC no. |
2008049512 |
| ISBN |
9780191564208 |
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0191564206 |
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