From Typology to Taxonomy: A Configurational Analysis of National Business Systems and their Explanatory Power

Organization Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 671-702

  Hotho, Jasper J ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

comparative institutional analysis; national business systems; varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899649330     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840613502767     Document Type: Article

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