Contents: Part I: Entrepreneurship and formal and informal institutions -- 1. Understanding the drivers of an 'entrepreneurial' economy: Lessons from Japan and the Netherlands / Hiroyuki Okamuro, André van Stel and Ingrid Verheul -- 2. Hofstede's cultural dimensions and modes of entry into...

Contents: 1. New themes in institutional analysis : topics and issues from European research / Georg Krücken, Renate E. Meyer and Peter Walgenbach -- 2. The value of institutional logics / Roger Friedland -- 3. What are institutional logics and where is the perspective taking us? / Christina...

1. An institutional perspective on entrepreneurship in international business -- 2. Transnational entrepreneurship in two contrasting Asian contexts : Hong Kong and Singapore -- 3. City-states and their global reach : outward investments from Hong Kong and Singapore -- 4. Entrepreneurs in...

1. The Chaebol problem and the economic policy dilemma -- 2. Industrial policies and the growth of the Chaebol -- 3. Critical review of the traditional perception of the Chaebol problem -- 4. A new interpretation of the Chaebol problem and evaluation of Chaebol policy -- 5. The role of...

It is now widely acknowledged that institutions are a crucial factor in economic performance. Major developments have been made in our understanding of the nature and evolution of economic institutions in the last few years. This book brings together some key contributions in this area by...

pt. 1. Economics and other social sciences : relationships and boundaries -- pt. 2. New light on rationality, social relations and the environment -- pt. 3. Flexibility, routines and production in economics and social sciences.

Contents: Foreword / Russell S. Sobel -- 1. Introduction / Gregory M. Randolph -- 2. Creating the environment for entrepreneurship through economic freedom / Joshua C. Hall, Robert A. Lawson, and Saurav Roychoudhury -- 3. The role of public policy in entrepreneurship and migration / Pavel A....

Contents: Introduction / Claude Ménard and Mary M. Shirley -- Part I Government institutions -- 1. Collective action and government: still a mystery / Philip Keefer -- 2. What's next for the study of non-democracy? / Scott Gehlbach -- 3. The power and limits of federalism / Emilia Simison and...

Contents: Preface -- Part I Introduction -- 1. How we got here -- 2. New institutional economics -- Part II Legal systems and development -- 3. Legal origin theory and the transplant effect -- 4. A new institutional economics approach to law and development -- Part III Finance and development --...

Contents: 1. Convergence in the EU: what role for industrial relations? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez -- 2. Social convergence of the Baltic states within the enlarged EU: is limited social dialogue an impediment? / Jaan Masso, Vladyslav Soloviov, Kerly Espenberg and...