The ‘Second Industrial Divide’? The Role of the Large Firm in the Baden-Württemberg Model

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By criticizing the prevailing network models in the policy science literature, we hypothesize that regional networks are not helpful for a company per se; network membership may be used for purposes unique to the dominating firm. Thus, institutional linkages can most fruitfully be analysed by looking at the level of the firm, and the role played by a firm's interpretation and shaping of its environment. For this purpose we look at the historical gestation of the corporate capabilities of Bosc...

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Authors: Loveridge, R; Mueller, F

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1995-01-01