Capitalisms and Capitalism in the Twenty-first Century

This interdisciplinary book examines comparative business systems, institutions, and practices by looking at current developments between firms, nations, and markets in an increasingly globalized world and in the context of the recent financial crises.

1. Theoretical Contexts and Conceptual Frames for the Study of Twenty-First Century Capitalisms ; SECTION 1: POLITICAL AUTHORITY AND THE NATION STATE IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CAPITALISM ; 2. Trading Blocks in the Twenty-First Century: Complexity and Consequences ; 3. The Revival of Economic Patriotism ; 4. National Varieties of Labour Market Exposure ; SECTION 2: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION ; 5. Is there a Global Financial System? The Locational Antecedents and Institutionally Bounded Consequences of the Financial Crisis? ; 6. Enabling Global Business Transactions: Relational and legal mechanisms ; 7. Transnational Governance through Standard Setting: The role of transnational communities ; 8. Innovation versus Going South: A Strategic Challenge for Capitalism in the Early Twenty-First Century ; SECTION 3: THE ORGANIZATION OF FIRMS AND MARKETS IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CAPITALISM ; 9. Internationalization and the Institutional Structuring of Economic Organization: Changing Authority Relations in the Twenty-First Century ; 10. Public Research Systems, Career Structures, and the Commercialization of Academic Science in Different Capitalisms ; 11. Varieties of Offshoring? Spatial Fragmentation and the Organization of Production in Twenty-First Century Capitalism ; 12. What is Happening to Corporations and What of their Future? ; 13. Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets ; 14. Political Embeddedness in China: Strengths and Limitations