Purpose: This paper investigates the factors responsible for the emergence of different arrangements of state-society relations. Being concerned with the relations related to the industrial sector, this study focuses more on state-business-labor relations (SBLRs), especially on power dynamics...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether formal State Business Relations (F-SBR) lead to economic growth and which institutional variables are responsible for their success in achieving this. Design/methodology/approach: Following a theoretical analysis, several hypotheses...