Political entrepreneurs and the corporate restructuring dilemma -- A story of change and divergence -- France : effective but "shameful" reforms -- Japan : of change and resistance -- Korea : systemic transformation -- Political entrepreneurs and the great transformation of the automobile...

1980s in Germany, Britain, France and Italy suggests a convergent and consistent process of homogenisation driven chiefly by institutional mimetic isomorphism. This new 'organisational settlement' is increasingly shaped by the structural autonomisation of individual service delivery units. This...