Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Primary institutions : property rights, legal systems, the state - theories and concepts -- Meso-institutions : varieties of capitalism and comparative corporate governance : theories and concepts -- How did Britain's "good"...

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