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Title Governing interests : business associations facing internationalization / edited by Wolfgang Streeck [and others]
Published London : Routledge, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 34
Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 34.
Contents Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: Business associations, associative order and internationalization; Part I Nations; 2 Reaching out and fitting in: Dutch business associations at home (and) on Europe; 3 Institutional filters and path dependency: The impact of Europeanization on Swiss business associations; 4 Globalization and Swedish business interest associations in the twenty-first century; 5 Ecnomic internationalization and the organizational dilemma of employer associations: A comparison of 20 OECD countries
Part II Sectors6 Organizations and networks in a globalizing economy: British and German chemical interest associations; 7 Against all odds: Adaptation and survival of national associations; 8 National business associations and European integration: The case of the financial sector; Part III International systems; 9 Global public policy, associative orders and business interest associations; 10 Internationational governance by organized business: The shifting roles of firms, associations and intergovernmental organizations in self-regulation
Summary In the current period of globalization, Governing Interests presents new research on the impact of internationalization on the organization and representation of business interests through trade and employer associations. By exploring ongoing, gradual, but nevertheless profound changes in the structures and functions of business interest associations, the book develops a precise understanding of the relationship between the national and the international. Both conceptual and empirical, some papers included in this significant volume adopt a 'bird's eye view' of the topic, whilst others concentr
Analysis Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Trade associations -- Europe
International business enterprises -- Europe
International cooperation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Sales & Selling -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Commerce.
International business enterprises
International cooperation
Trade associations
Internationalisatie.
Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Streeck, Wolfgang, 1946-
LC no. 2005001203
ISBN 0203015886
9780203015889
9786610463282
661046328X
1134218516
9781134218516
1280463287
9781280463280