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The last decade has witnessed the emergence of a new and influential approach to the examination of international business that emphasizes the role of the so-called social system of production, incorporating such institutions as the educational system, the system of industrial relations, work organization and other socio-political factors contributing to the synergies between the associations, groups and strata that constitute modern industrial society (Hollingsworth and Boyer, 1997; Sabel and Zeitlin, 1997; Hall and Soskice, 2001).
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Kuznetsov, A., Jacob, M. (2015). Convergence versus Divergence: Testing Varieties of Capitalism Perspective on the Globalization of Business Practices. In: Marinova, S. (eds) Institutional Impacts on Firm Internationalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137446350_2
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