The dynamics of German industry : Germany's path toward the new economy and the American challenge /

Over the past decade, the ""German Model"" of industrial organization has been the subject of vigorous debate among social scientists and historians, especially in comparison to the American one. Is a ""Rhenish capitalism"" still viable at the beginning of the...

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Main Author: Abelshauser, Werner
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2005.
Series:Making sense of history ; v. 6.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • The Dynamics of German Industry; Series Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; 2. The Splendor and Misery of Rhine Capitalism ; II. The German Empire-Hothouse of Postindustrial Institutions ; 1. From Liberalism to the Coordinated Production Regime ; 2. Patterns of Socialization Compared: The Economies of Germany and Great Britain ; 3. Interest Intermediation between Societal and State Corporatism ; III. The German Production Regime ; 1. The Production Regime of the Coordinated Market Economy ; 2. The American Challenge
  • 3. Codetermination: The German Response to the Agency Problem 4. Social Market Economy: Production-Related Design of the Organization and Rules of the Economy ; IV. The German Road to the Twenty-first Century ; 1. Many Roads Lead to Rome ; 2. Anachronisms of the "Economic Miracle" ; 3. Strengths and Weaknesses of the German Production Regime ; Postscript; Select Bibliography; Subject Index