Intro -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: International Standards at Sea -- 2 Globalization, Competition, and Convergence: Racing to the Middle? -- 3 Exclusion as Incentive: The Power of Clubs -- 4 Ships and States: The Evolution of Flags of Convenience -- 5 Port State Control -- 6 The...

Capitalism in institutional reconfiguration by globalization : a theoretical framework -- Institutional oligopoly and embedded coordination : concentrative movements of capital -- Human (im)mobility, social poverty, and political inability : "economic man" on the segmented labor market -- The...

Globalization has reconfigured both the external institutional framework and the intrinsic operating mechanisms of capitalism. The global triumph of capitalism implies the embracing of the market by the state in all its variants, and that global capitalism is not confined to the shell of...

How do firms in neutral developing countries adjust their supply chains in response to geopolitical and economic fragmentation? Do they comply with or circumvent Western sanctions on Russia? Using comprehensive transaction-level bill of lading data from major developing countries, we study these...

The global centre of gravity continues to shift to the Asia-Pacific, the most dynamic region in the world. These economies have generally grown faster for longer periods of time than any other major region in world history. Their embrace of globalization has been a central feature, and driver,...

Navigating Global Business integrates and synthesizes all available country cluster studies into a nested meta-structure accompanied by eco-cultural correlates that distinguish amongst clusters. The broad range of analyses will appeal to researchers and practitioners, seasoned multi-firm...