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Organized business interests in changing environments : the complexity of adaptation / edited by Jürgen R. Grote, Achim Lang and Volker Schneider.

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Over the past few decades the political systems in advanced industrial societies have sailed through turbulent times. The globalization and liberalization of markets - driven in part by a revolution in communication technologies - coincided with an unprecedented mobility of capital, goods and servic...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Grote, Jürgen R., Lang, Achim, Schneider, Volker, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:Globalization and governance (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:
International business enterprises > Political aspects.
Business and politics.
International organization.
Complex organizations.
Organizational change.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Organized Business Interests in Changing Environments / V. Schneider, A. Lang & J.R. Grote
  • SECTION 1: THEORIES AND DETERMINANTS OF ORGANIZING BUSINESS INTERESTS
  • From Simple to Complex: An Evolutionary Sketch of Theories of Business Association / A. Lang, K. Ronit & V. Schneider
  • Between Politics, Economy, and Technology: The Changing Environments of Business Associations / A. Lang, V. Schneider & R. Werle
  • SECTION 2: BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
  • Persistent Divergence? Chemical Business Associations in Britain and Germany / J.R. Grote
  • Business Associability in the United States₂ Chemical Industry: Private Interest Governments in Pluralist Precincts? / H-J. Schmedes
  • Similar Responses to Similar Pressures? Adaptation Processes of British and German Business Associations in the Information and Communications Sector / A. Lang
  • Cooperation, Competition, and Mutualism in the U.S. Information and Communications Sector / J. Bauer & V. Schneider
  • Complex Associations in the Dairy Sector: A Comparison of the Development in Four Countries / C. Wagemann
  • SECTION 3: BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL
  • Europeanized Convergence? British and German Business Associations' European Lobbying Strategies in the Formulation of REACH / A. Wonka
  • Business Interest Associations and Corporate Lobbying: Which Role for Brussels? / M. Tenbücken
  • Conclusion: The Complexity of Adaptation / A. Lang & V. Schneider.

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