Transnational communities : shaping global economic governance

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Machine generated contents note: List of figures; List of tables; List of appendices; List of contributors; Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Transnational communities and governance Marie-Laure Djelic and Sigrid Quack; 2. Global structures: markets, organizations, networks - and communities? Renate Mayntz; Part II. Classical Communities with a Transnational Extension: 3. The multiple layers of a transnational 'imagined community': the notion and reality of the ethnic Chinese business community Heidi Dahles; 4. From cross-border exchange networks to transnational trading practices? The case of shuttle traders in Laleli, Istanbul Mine Eder and Özlem Öz; Part III. Professional Communities with a Transnational Extension: 5. Transnational boards and governance regimes: a Franco-British comparison Charles Harvey and Mairi Maclean; 6. Private equity in Japan: global financial markets and transnational communities Glenn Morgan and Izumi Kubo; 7. Formal organizing and transnational communities: evidence from global finance governance associations, 1879-2006 Asma A. Hussain and Marc J. Ventresca; 8. Promoting transnational professionalism: forays of the 'Big Firm' accounting community into France Carlos Ramirez; Part IV. Virtual Communities: 9. Gift-giving, transnational communities, and skill building in developing countries: the case of free/open source software Anca Metiu; 10. Epistemic communities and social movements: transnational dynamics in the case of Creative Commons Leonhard Dobusch and Sigrid Quack; Part V. Transnational Interest or Issue-Based Communities: 11. The transnational temperance community Mark Lawrence Schrad; 12. Industrial democracy in the European Community: trade unions as a defensive transnational community, 1968-88 Thomas Fetzer; 13. The making of a comprehensive transnational discourse community Dieter Plehwe; 14. Global warming, transnational communities and economic entrepreneurship: the case of carbon capture and storage (CCS) °Age Mariussen; 15. Communities of practice as cause and consequence of transnational governance: the evolution of social and environmental certification Tim Bartley and Shawna N. Smith; Part VI. Conclusion: 16. Transnational communities and their impact on the governance of business and economic activity Marie-Laure Djelic and Sigrid Quack; Index.

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