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Business-government relations and national economic models: A review and future research directions in varieties of capitalism and beyond

MacKenzie, Niall G.; Perchard, Andrew; Miller, Christopher; Forbes, Neil

Authors

Niall G. MacKenzie

Andrew Perchard

Christopher Miller

Neil Forbes



Abstract

This special issue complements and extends existing work in business history to show how the discipline can contribute to the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) literature. The work in this collection delves deeper into our understanding of how VoC emerge and continue through the prism of business-government relations as the two principal actors in capitalist development. The focus of much of the existing canon on varieties of capitalism is centred on aggregated models of institutional environments. We take the cue from emerging work on the state and business in business history then to consider what this means for VoC, and to what end. In doing so, this collection bridges a number of different literatures, including those in business and economic history, economics, development studies, political economy and political science, to consider how ‘varieties of capitalism’ (VoC) shape, and are structured by, government-business relations over time.

Citation

MacKenzie, N. G., Perchard, A., Miller, C., & Forbes, N. (2021). Business-government relations and national economic models: A review and future research directions in varieties of capitalism and beyond. Business History, 63(8), 1239-1252. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2021.1924687

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 5, 2021
Online Publication Date May 19, 2021
Publication Date Nov 17, 2021
Deposit Date Mar 2, 2022
Journal Business History
Print ISSN 0007-6791
Electronic ISSN 1743-7938
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 63
Issue 8
Pages 1239-1252
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2021.1924687
Keywords Varieties of capitalism, business-government relations, institutions, national economic models, regional development
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2850333