In verschiedenen sozialwissenschaftlichen Teildisziplinen finden sich institutionalistische Ansätze, die die Entstehung, Entwicklung und Ausbreitung von Technik analysieren, ohne dass diese unbedingt den zentralen Fokus der Studien bildet. Die wichtigsten stammen aus dem Bereich der Forschung...

Bestimmte Organisationsmuster und strategische Orientierungen von Unternehmen werden unter den neuen Rahmenbedingungen einer globalisierten Weltökonomie als nicht mehr zeitgemäß angesehen. Entwickelt sich im Prozess der Internationalisierung demnach ein einheitlicher Unternehmenstypus, der...

In the face of a vast, but highly heterogeneous literature, this paper examines the factors that shape different scientific perspectives on the loosely bounded set of phenomena addressed by the terms 'globalization' and 'global governance'. Based on the secondary analysis of research funded by...

Are newly established institutions capable of shaping actors' strategies and coordinating behavior on a single path? Contrary to punctuated equilibrium analyses, this paper suggests that the constraining capacity of a range of newly established institutions in new European capitalisms is weak...

The paper begins with a reexamination of claims regarding the welfare-theoretical efficiency of various modes of non-hierarchical policy coordination which Charles Lindblom (1965) had subsumed under the label of Partisan Mutual Adjustment. It is argued that these claims are implausible if...

This paper addresses the question of what role morally oriented behavior plays in the efficiency of market outcomes. This issue is as controversial in economics as it is in sociology. To get a better understanding of the problems and opportunities involved in morally oriented behavior in...

This paper offers an explanation for variations in the effectiveness of trade unions to obtain legislative and policy concessions in peak-level tripartite negotiations in post-communist East Central Europe. I examine the usefulness of some standard interpretations for such variations, namely...

Competitive pressure on some capital income tax rates reinforces a generic quadrilemma or a four-way tradeoff in domestic income taxation. To maintain competitiveness, governments have to cut some tax rates on capital income down to international standards. If these cuts lead to a de-alignment...

The paper examines cultural differences and institutional uncertainty as important factors in the development of trust as a basis for successful international business relationships. The authors focus their investigation on the potential that actors have in becoming aware of and creatively...

This paper argues that differences in the dispersion of corporate ownership can help explain why party positions on corporate governance vary across countries and over time. Expectations that left/right conflicts should pitch capital against labor overlook that "capital" is not a homogenous...