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Exporting the American Model

Marie-Laure Djelic
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      This text places in historical perspective the apparently universal appeal of the model of corporate capitalism. It explores the patterns of evolution that have characterized Western European business systems in the post-war period. The author identifies two seemingly conflicting trends - one leading to convergence, the other perpetuating national differentiation. To account for this apparent contradiction, she first documents the large-scale transfer to Western Eruope of a model of corporate capitalism with clear American origins, showing the key role in the process of the Marshall Plan administration. Focusing on France, West Germany, and Italy, she then looks at the specific conditions in which the transfer took place in each case. One key finding is that this transfer had varying degrees of success in each of the three countries and that the American model was partially adapted to national conditions when it was not strongly resisted. The book underscores the socially constructed and historically contingent nature of structural arrangements shaping conditions of industrial production in capitalist countries today. National systems of industrial production are not given or neces
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Marie-Laure Djelic EAN: 9780199246649 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 492 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-07-05 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Europe, United States of America, USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Economic history, Business strategy, International business, Organizational theory and behaviour, Ownership and organization of enterprises

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      Marie-Laure Djelic is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Resources Management at ESSEC (Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales), France. Her main research areas are business history, cross-cultural management, and organization design and change.
      This text places in historical perspective the apparently universal appeal of the model of corporate capitalism. It explores the patterns of evolution that have characterized Western European business systems in the post-war period. The author identifies two seemingly conflicting trends - one leading to convergence, the other perpetuating national differentiation. To account for this apparent contradiction, she first documents the large-scale transfer to Western Eruope of a model of corporate capitalism with clear American origins, showing the key role in the process of the Marshall Plan administration. Focusing on France, West Germany, and Italy, she then looks at the specific conditions in which the transfer took place in each case. One key finding is that this transfer had varying degrees of success in each of the three countries and that the American model was partially adapted to national conditions when it was not strongly resisted. The book underscores the socially constructed and historically contingent nature of structural arrangements shaping conditions of industrial production in capitalist countries today. National systems of industrial production are not given or neces
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Marie-Laure Djelic EAN: 9780199246649 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 492 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-07-05 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Europe, United States of America, USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Economic history, Business strategy, International business, Organizational theory and behaviour, Ownership and organization of enterprises

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      Marie-Laure Djelic is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Resources Management at ESSEC (Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales), France. Her main research areas are business history, cross-cultural management, and organization design and change.

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