Many different varieties of capitalism have developed in the twentieth century. Despite the rhetoric of globalization, they are continuing to diverge because of significant differences in dominant institutions. Divergent Capitalisms highlights the major differences between business systems in...

The first part of this book deals with the transformation of universities as strategic organisational actors in some cases creating them as such while the second shows how governance and authority shifts are affecting the kinds of research goals being pursued by academics in different public...

This authoritative collection brings together the leading contributions to the comparative study of forms of capitalism. An introductory essay presents the context in which these contributions developed, discusses the major issues raised by such comparative work, and suggests likely future...