{"product_id":"varieties-of-capitalism-and-business-history-9781138340923","title":"Varieties of Capitalism and Business History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe financial crisis of 2008 brought new urgency to the question how best to organise national economies. This volume gives a business history perspective on the Varieties of Capitalism debate and considers the respective merits of the liberal and coordinated market economies. It looks at individual firms and business people as well as institutions and takes a long-term perspective by covering the whole 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. The authors examine both continuity and change with a particular focus on the Netherlands, a nation with an open economy, situated between two countries that oppose each other in the way they organize their economies: Germany and Great Britain. The Netherlands also provides an important case study with Dutch business maintaining strong links to the United States, widely considered to be the typical' liberal market economy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors address the main topics of the capitalism debate, including labour relations, corporate governance, the firm an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction \u003ci\u003eKeetie Sluyterman \u003c\/i\u003e2. The Evolving Role of Shareholders in Dutch Corporate Governance \u003ci\u003eAbe de Jong, Ailsa Röell, and Gerarda Westerhuis\u003c\/i\u003e 3.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAn Entrepreneurial Perspective on Varieties of Capitalism \u003ci\u003eJacques van Gerwen and Ferry de Goey \u003c\/i\u003e4. Multinationals as Agents of Change \u003ci\u003eKeetie Sluyterman and Ben Wubs \u003c\/i\u003e5. Between Competition and Concentration: Business Interest Associations, Cartels, Mergers and Acquisitions \u003ci\u003eBram Bouwens and Joost Dankers \u003c\/i\u003e6. The Dutch ‘Polder Model’: The Prosperity of a Consultative Economy in an Era of Neoliberalism – A Paradox? \u003ci\u003eErik Nijhof and Annette van den Berg \u003c\/i\u003e7. Knowledge, Innovation Processes and Institutional Complementarities \u003ci\u003eMila David \u003c\/i\u003e8. Business Systems and Economic Performance in the Dutch Case \u003ci\u003eJan Luiten van Zanden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019483152727,"sku":"9781138340923","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138340923.jpg?v=1750780404","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/varieties-of-capitalism-and-business-history-9781138340923","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}