National Capitalisms, Global Competition, and Economic Performance

1. List of Contributors; 2. Acknowledgement; 3. Preface; 4. I. Introduction; 5. 1. National Capitalisms, Global Competition and Economic Performance: An Introduction (by Quack, Sigrid); 6. II. Changing Business Environments and National Patterns of Organisational Innovation and Adaptation; 7. 2. Institutions, Sector Specialisation and Economic Performance Outcomes (by Quack, Sigrid); 8. 3. Performance Standards in Supplier Relations: Relational Contracts, Organisational Processes and the Institutional Environment in a Cross-National Perspective (by Deakin, Simon); 9. 4. Comparative Managerial Learning in Germany and Britain: Techno-Organisational Innovation in Network Industries (by Lehrer, Mark); 10. 5. Strategy, Structure and Performance in European Industry: Corporate and National Perspectives (by Whittington, Richard); 11. III. Societal Performance Standards and Their Internationalisation; 12. 6. Confidence and Confidentiality: The Social Construction of Performance Standards in Banking (by Morgan, Glenn); 13. 7. Changing Performance Standards in the French Banking System (by Salomon, Danielle); 14. 8. Reproducing Diversity: ISO 9000 and Work Organisation in the French and German Car Industry (by Hancke, Bob); 15. IV. National Business Systems and Corporate Performance in Globalising Markets; 16. 9. Where Do Multinational Corporations Conduct Their Business Activity and What are the Consequences for National Systems? (by Thompson, Grahame F.); 17. 10. Flagships, Flotillas and Corvettes: Corporate Actors, National Business Systems and Sectoral Dynamics in Telecommunications (by Loveridge, Ray); 18. 11. Economic Performance and National Business Systems: France and the United Kingdom in the International Construction Sector (by Campagnac, Elisabeth); 19. V. Institutional Legacies and Performance Outcomes in National Business Systems; 20. 12. Sector Specialisation and Performance in the Netherlands (by Iterson, Ad van); 21. 13. Economic Performance of Finland After the Second World War: From Success to Failure (by Tainio, Risto); 22. 14. Success without Shock Therapy in Eastern Europe: The Case of Slovenia (by Whitley, Richard); 23. Index