Capitalisms and capitalism in the twenty-first century [online resource] / edited by Glenn Morgan and Richard Whitley.

Oxford scholarship online Business and Management

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theoretical contexts and conceptual frames for the study of twenty-first century capitalisms / Peer Hull Kirstensen and Glenn Morgan -- Trading blocs in the twenty-first century : complexity and consequences / Francesco Duina -- The revival of economic patriotism / Ben Clift and Cornelia Woll -- National varieties of labour market exposure / Colin Crouch -- Is there a global financial system? The locational antecedents and institutionally bounded consequences of the financial crisis / Glenn Morgan and Michel Goyer -- Enabling global business transactions : relational and legal mechanisms / Volkmar Gessner -- Transnational governance through standard setting : the role of transnational communities / Marie-Laure Djelic and Sigrid Quack -- Innovation versus going south : a strategic challenge for capitalism in the early twenty-first century / Andrew Tylecote -- Internationalization and the institutional structuring of economic organization : changing authority relations in the twenty-first century / Richard Whitley -- Public research systems, career structures, and the commercialization of academic science in different capitalisms / Steven Casper -- Varieites of offshoring? Spatial fragmentation and the organization of production in twenty-first century capitalism / Jennifer Bair and Matthew C. Mahutga -- What is happenng to corporations and what of their future? / Grahame Thompson -- Corporate governance in emerging markets / Ruth V. Aguilera [and others] -- Political embeddedness in China : strengths and limitations / Barbara Krug.

"The early twenty-first century is witnessing both an increasing internationalization of many markets, firms, and regulatory institutions, and a reinforcement of the key role of nation states in managing economic development, financial crises, and market upheavals in many OECD and developing economies. Drawing on a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives from leading US and European scholars, this book analyses how capitalism and national capitalisms are changing in this context. It focuses on the economic rise of new countries such as the BRICs, the increasing influence of regional organizations such as the EU and NAFTA, and new forms of private and public international regulation. It also considers how states are adapting their economic policies and processes in this new environment, and the consequences of these adaptations for inequality and risk within different societies. These changes are linked to how firms are developing new strategies for organizing global value chains and the application of scientific knowledge to the commercialization of products in contexts where financial markets are becoming more uncertain and crisis prone, and where different groups are making new demands for more effective forms of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. Drawing on examples from Europe, North and Latin America, and Asia, it illustrates the complex ways in which different forms of national capitalism are adapting and changing their institutions in response to international financial markets, the global financial crisis, the development of cross-border value chains, and expansion of multinational firms."--Publisher's website.

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