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Transnational communities : shaping global economic governance /

"Transnational communities are social groups that emerge from mutual interaction across national boundaries, oriented around a common project or 'imagined' identity. This common project or identity is constructed and sustained through the active engagement and involvement of at least...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Djelic, Marie-Laure (Editor ), Quack, Sigrid (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Introduction: 1. Transnational communities and governance / Marie-Laure Djelic, Sigrid Quack; 2. Global structures : markets, organizations, networks- and communities? / Renate Mayntz
  • Part II. Classical communities with a transnational extension: 3. The multiple layers of a transnational 'imagined community' : the notion and reality of the ethnic Chinese business community / Heidi Dahles; 4. From cross-border exchange networks to transnational trading practices? : the case of shuttle traders in Laleli, Istanbul / Mine Eder, Özlem Öz
  • Part III. Professional communities with a transnational extension: 5. Transnational boards and governance regimes : a Franco-British comparison Charles Harvey and Mairi Maclean; 6. Private equity in Japan : global financial markets and transnational communities / Glenn Morgan, Izumi Kubo; 7. Formal organizing and transnational communities : evidence from global finance governance associations, 1879-2006 / Asma A. Hussain, Marc J. Ventresca; 8. Promoting transnational professionalism : forays of the 'Big Firm' accounting community into France / Carlos Ramirez
  • Part IV. Virtual communities: 9. Gift-giving, transnational communities, and skill building in developing countries : the case of free/open source software / Anca Metiu; 10. Epistemic communities and social movements : transnational dynamics in the case of Creative Commons / Leonhard Dobusch, Sigrid Quack
  • Part V. Transnational interest or issue-based communities: 11. The transnational temperance community / Mark Lawrence Schrad; 12. Industrial democracy in the European Community: trade unions as a defensive transnational community, 1968-88 / Thomas Fetzer; 13. The making of a comprehensive transnational discourse community / Dieter Plehwe; 14. Global warming, transnational communities and economic entrepreneurship : the case of carbon capture and storage (CCS) / Åge Mariussen; 15. Communities of practice as cause and consequence of transnational governance : the evolution of social and environmental certification / Tim Bartley, Shawna N. Smith
  • Part VI. Conclusion: 16. Transnational communities and their impact on the governance of business and economic activity / Marie-Laure Djelic, Sigrid Quack.