Focusing on post-war France, West Germany and Italy, Djelic examines the influence of the American corporate model. She shows how the model fared in each country, meeting various degrees of success, resistance and adaptation.
Introduction Part I. Cross-National TransferStructural Types 1. The American Structural Revolution 2. Stability of European Industries Part II. Cross-National TransferConditions, Channels, and Actors 3. Crisis Inside, Dependence Outside 4. Actors and Institutional Channels Part III. Cross-National TransferMechanisms 5. Voluntary Imitation 6. From Coercion to Imitation 7. From Control to Conversion Part IV National Limits to the Cross-National Transfer Process 8. The Resistance of European Business 9. Between All-Out War and Active Participation Concluding Remarks Introduction Part I. Cross-National TransferStructural Types 1. The American Structural Revolution 2. Stability of European Industries Part II. Cross-National TransferConditions, Channels, and Actors 3. Crisis Inside, Dependence Outside 4. Actors and Institutional Channels Part III. Cross-National TransferMechanisms 5. Voluntary Imitation 6. From Coercion to Imitation 7. From Control to Conversion Part IV National Limits to the Cross-National Transfer Process 8. The Resistance of European Business 9. Between All-Out War and Active Participation Concluding Remarks