Varieties of capitalism : the institutional foundations of comparative advantage Varieties of labor politics in the developed democracies Kathleen Thelen Institutional and sectoral interactions in monetary policy and wage price bargaining Robert J. Franzese Jr. Social protection and the formation of skills: a reinterpretation of the welfare state Margarita Estevez Abe Torben Iversen and David Soskice Firms and the welfare state: when why and how does social policy matter to employers Isabela Mares The domestic sources of multilateral preferences: varieties of capitalism in the European Community Orfeo Fioretos Business government and patterns of labor market policy in Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany Stewart Wood Employers public policy and the politics of decentralized cooperation in Germany and France Pepper D. Culpepper Revisiting the French model: coordination and restructuring in French industry Bob Hancke Varieties of corporate governance: comparing Germany and the UK Sigurt Vitols Macro varieties of capitalism and micro varieties of strategic management in European airlines Mark Lehrer The legal framework for corporate governance: the influence of contract law on company strategies in Germany and the United States Steven Casper Legal irritants: how unifying law ends up in new divergences Gunther Teubner National varieties of standardization Jay Tate What are the most important differences among national economies Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo American model What explains national differences in social and economic policy This pathbreaking work outlines a new approach to these questions. It highlights the role of business in national economies and shows that there is more than one path to economic success. The book sets a new intellectual agenda for everyone interested in relations between politics economics and business.