Main description:
Why are some firms successful on global markets whilst others are not? In this collection of papers, a group of distinguished international researchers examine the inter-relationship between national context, firm performance and global competitiveness. In a series of empirical studies covering major industries (such as banking, telecommunications, construction, automobiles, and airlines) in a number of European countries (Great Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Finland, Slovenia), the studies show how distinctive patterns of firm competences and capabilities arise from national contexts. These influence the way in which firms perform in response to changing technologies and competitive pressures. Thus the impact of the globalisation of economic activity may be to reinforce existing national differences in firm performance rather than producing a homogenisation and standardisation.
This book will be of interest to researchers in business and management, sociology, economics and political science for its comparative organizational approach to problems of economic performance.
Table of contents:
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgement
- Preface
- I. Introduction
- 1. National Capitalisms, Global Competition and Economic Performance: An Introduction
- II. Changing Business Environments and National Patterns of Organisational Innovation and Adaptation
- 2. Institutions, Sector Specialisation and Economic Performance Outcomes
- 3. Performance Standards in Supplier Relations: Relational Contracts, Organisational Processes and the Institutional Environment in a Cross-National Perspective
- 4. Comparative Managerial Learning in Germany and Britain: Techno-Organisational Innovation in Network Industries
- 5. Strategy, Structure and Performance in European Industry: Corporate and National Perspectives
- III. Societal Performance Standards and Their Internationalisation
- 6. Confidence and Confidentiality: The Social Construction of Performance Standards in Banking
- 7. Changing Performance Standards in the French Banking System
- 8. Reproducing Diversity: ISO 9000 and Work Organisation in the French and German Car Industry
- IV. National Business Systems and Corporate Performance in Globalising Markets
- 9. Where Do Multinational Corporations Conduct Their Business Activity and What are the Consequences for National Systems?
- 10. Flagships, Flotillas and Corvettes: Corporate Actors, National Business Systems and Sectoral Dynamics in Telecommunications
- 11. Economic Performance and National Business Systems: France and the United Kingdom in the International Construction Sector
- V. Institutional Legacies and Performance Outcomes in National Business Systems
- 12. Sector Specialisation and Performance in the Netherlands
- 13. Economic Performance of Finland After the Second World War: From Success to Failure
- 14. Success without Shock Therapy in Eastern Europe: The Case of Slovenia
- Index
Why are some firms successful on global markets whilst others are not? In this collection of papers, a group of distinguished international researchers examine the inter-relationship between national context, firm performance and global competitiveness. In a series of empirical studies covering major industries (such as banking, telecommunications, construction, automobiles, and airlines) in a number of European countries (Great Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Finland, Slovenia), the studies show how distinctive patterns of firm competences and capabilities arise from national contexts. These influence the way in which firms perform in response to changing technologies and competitive pressures. Thus the impact of the globalisation of economic activity may be to reinforce existing national differences in firm performance rather than producing a homogenisation and standardisation.
This book will be of interest to researchers in business and management, sociology, economics and political science for its comparative organizational approach to problems of economic performance.
Table of contents:
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgement
- Preface
- I. Introduction
- 1. National Capitalisms, Global Competition and Economic Performance: An Introduction
- II. Changing Business Environments and National Patterns of Organisational Innovation and Adaptation
- 2. Institutions, Sector Specialisation and Economic Performance Outcomes
- 3. Performance Standards in Supplier Relations: Relational Contracts, Organisational Processes and the Institutional Environment in a Cross-National Perspective
- 4. Comparative Managerial Learning in Germany and Britain: Techno-Organisational Innovation in Network Industries
- 5. Strategy, Structure and Performance in European Industry: Corporate and National Perspectives
- III. Societal Performance Standards and Their Internationalisation
- 6. Confidence and Confidentiality: The Social Construction of Performance Standards in Banking
- 7. Changing Performance Standards in the French Banking System
- 8. Reproducing Diversity: ISO 9000 and Work Organisation in the French and German Car Industry
- IV. National Business Systems and Corporate Performance in Globalising Markets
- 9. Where Do Multinational Corporations Conduct Their Business Activity and What are the Consequences for National Systems?
- 10. Flagships, Flotillas and Corvettes: Corporate Actors, National Business Systems and Sectoral Dynamics in Telecommunications
- 11. Economic Performance and National Business Systems: France and the United Kingdom in the International Construction Sector
- V. Institutional Legacies and Performance Outcomes in National Business Systems
- 12. Sector Specialisation and Performance in the Netherlands
- 13. Economic Performance of Finland After the Second World War: From Success to Failure
- 14. Success without Shock Therapy in Eastern Europe: The Case of Slovenia
- Index