Divergent Capitalisms The Social Structuring and Change of Business Systems [Hardcover]

The late twentieth century has witnessed the establishment of new forms of capitalism in East Asia as well as new market economies in Eastern Europe. Despite the rhetoric of globalization, they are continuing to diverge because of significant differences in dominant institutions. This book presents the comparative business systems framework for describing and explaining the major differences in economic organization between market economies.

Part I: Introduction
1. Varieties of Capitalism
Part II: The Comparative Business Systems Framework
2. The Nature of Business Systems and their Institutional Structuring
3. The Social Structuring of Firms' Governance Systems and Organizational Capabilities
4. The Social Structuring of Work Systems
5. Globalization and Business Systems
Part III: The Development and Change of Business Systems in East Asia and Eastern Europe
6. Divergent Capitalisms in East Asia: The Development of the Post-War Business Systems of South Korea and Taiwan
7. Continuity and Change in East Asian Capitalisms
8. Path Dependence and Emergent Capitalisms in Eastern Europe: Hungary and Slovenia Compared
9. Enterprise Change and Continuity in a Transforming Society: The Case of Hungary

Richard Whitleyis Professor of Organizational Sociology at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He has also held visiting academic appointments at the International University of Japan (1993), University of Hong Kong (1988), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris (1987), University of Amsterdam (1982), St Anthony's College, Oxford (1981), and the Inter-University Graduate School of Management, Delft, The Netherlands (1977, 1979).