What connects industrial relations and corporate governance? Explaining institutional complementarity

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-358

  Höpner, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; Industrial relations; Institutional complementarity; Political economy; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644378385     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/SER/mwi014     Document Type: Article

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