Mapping the institutional capital of high-tech firms: A fuzzy-set analysis of capitalist variety and export performance

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-266

  Schneider, Martin R ^a,b   Schulze Bentrop, Conrad ^a   Paunescu, Mihai ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b Industrial Relations in the European Community   (Germany)

^c Austria Inst of Technology GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Comparative advantage; Institutional context; Qualitative comparative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849101967     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.36     Document Type: Article

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