Comparing capitalisms: understanding institutional diversity and its implications for international business

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Jackson, Gregory; Deeg, Richard
• 署名单位: University of London; King's College London; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400375
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 540-561
• 关键词: comparative thinking; Case theoretic approaches; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; economic sociology; business and society; MNE-host country relations

摘要

This paper examines the role of institutional analysis within the field of international business (IB) studies. Within IB, institutions matter, but the view of institutions tends to be thin, utilizing summary indicators rather than detailed description, and thus approaches institutions as unidimensional ''variables that impact on particular facets of business activity. This paper argues that IB research would be usefully advanced by greater attention to comparing the topography of institutional landscapes and understanding their diversity. A number of alternative case-based approaches are outlined that draw on a growing comparative capitalisms literature in sociology and political science. The paper develops a number of empirical examples to show the utility and limits of these approaches for IB scholars.