Innovation in Local Economies Germany in Comparative Context COLIN CROUCH AND HELMUT VOELZKOW OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS CONTENTS List of Figures viii List of Tables ...

Over the last decade the neo-institutionalist literature on comparative capitalism has developed into an influential body of work. In this book, Colin Crouch assesses this literature, and proposes a major re-orientation of the field. Crouch critiques many aspects of this work and finds a way of...

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