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This illuminating book broadly addresses the emerging field of "diversity of capitalism" from a comparative …
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The book incorporates the essential elements of institutional theory and highlights the issues pertaining to the measurement of institutional characteristics and the empirical analyses involving such measurement. It provides the theoretical framework of and empirical evidence on fiscal...
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This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
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The distinguished authors in this volume address the fundamental causes for such heterogeneous international experiences, placing particular emphasis on the role of institutions. They demonstrate how the study of economic development is increasingly linked to the development of institutions,...
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This book contributes to the current rapprochement between economics and sociology. It examines the fact that individuals use rules and interdependencies to forward their own interests, while living in social environments where everyone does the same. The authors argue that to construct durable...
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), Explaining Institutional Change Ambiguity, Agency, and Power, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. -- McMillan, J. (2002 …
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This ambitious book presents a conceptual framework for an institutional approach to economic change and economic transformation. It sheds important light on two basic concepts: social complexity and interactive governance. The first part of the book develops the theoretical foundations for...
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to categorize and classify the growing research field that explores the interplay between institutions and … Agency in Institutional Theory', in Lynne Zucker (ed.), Institutional Patterns and Organization, Cambridge, MA: Ballinger … Press, 3-21 -- Julie Battilana (2006), 'Agency and Institutions: The Enabling Role of Individuals' Social Position …
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case of copper smelting in China / Bo Göransson -- From nationalization to re-privatization of the Peruvian copper industry …
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Balancing the challenges of today with the promise of tomorrow : a presidential perspective / F. King Alexander -- Strengthening the academic presidency : recommendations for presidents and governing boards / Robert M. O'Neil -- Aligning institutional vision with policymakers' and the public's...
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