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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Arndt Sorge |
ISBN: | 9780199205295 0199205299 9780199278909 0199278903 |
OCLC Number: | 699088027 |
Description: | VIII, 306 Seiten ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Dilemmas of Internationalization ; 2. Societal Effects Between a Vacuum and a Tropical Climate ; 3. Emergent National Distinctiveness Through International Exposure ; 4. The South Germanic Bedrock Under Foreign Incursions ; 5. The Governance of Work Systems ; 6. Enterprise and Management and Corporate Governance ; 7. Making Sense of Internationalization |
Responsibility: | Arndt Sorge. |
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This book tries tomake sense of an astonishing amount of empirical findings around the notion of national business systems. Because it is not confined to a single discipline, narrow research question or tightly zoned model, nor does it followa stringent textbook or journal article style, it seems to be a somewhat risky endeavour to read this book... However, those that can sustain ambiguity, appreciate originality, enjoy colourful illustrative anecdotes and feelcomfortable with building bridges between different theoretical approaches will get their money's worth. * Journal of International Management * The book's merits are clear. The argument is very sophisticated. Sorge covers an immense number of issues - ranging from the formation of nation-states to the meaning of history, how to understand societies, globalization, and much more - with great mastery... This is no small theoretical contribution. * American Journal of Sociology * Read more...

