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Introduction: the global corporate takeover -- Theorizing global corporations' power -- Geographical concentration -- National institutional embeddedness -- Private authority and the potential for private governance -- Conclusion: three implications

The Handbook of Global Companiesbrings together original research addressing the latest theories and empirical analysis surrounding the role of global companies in local, national, and international governance.Offers new insights into the role of global companies in relation to policy and governance at local, national, and international levelsBrings together newly-commissioned research by a global team of established and up-and-coming scholars from the fields of international relations, political science, public policy, and beyondConsiders the environmental and societal responsibilities of global corporations.Covers topics including the spatial locations of global companies; debate about the power they wield and their role as catalysts in new forms of governance; and the ways in which global companies share authority with the state and international organizations to drive policy processesSpeculates on the broader potential and limitations of global governance

The Handbook of Global Companies brings together original research addressing the latest theories and empirical analysis surrounding the role of global companies in local, national, and international governance. Offers new insights into the role of global companies in relation to policy and governance at local, national, and international levels. Brings together newly-commissioned research by a global team of established and up-and-coming scholars from the fields of international relations, political science, public policy, and beyond. Considers the environme.

"Corporations, including those in the car industry, are increasingly keen to proclaim their green credentials. But what motivates firms to reduce the environmental impact of their products? Rather than accepting the conventional wisdom, John Mikler addresses this question in a novel way by taking a comparative institutionalist approach informed by the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Focusing on Germany, the US and Japan, he shows that national variations in capitalist relations of production are central to explaining how the car industry tackles the issue of climate change, because such variations are crucial for understanding the normative as well as material basis for firms' motivations. This ground-breaking book will be of great benefit to students and academics, particularly those with an interest in comparative politics, public policy and international political economy. It may also serve as a resource for courses on environmental politics/management, some aspects of international relations and business/management"--Provided by publisher.

AbstractAfter the hyperglobalists declared the demise of the nation state in the early 1990s, more sober and qualified analysis soon followed by authors defending its continued relevance. They stressed that states remain central actors in international politics even if they must share their sovereignty with non-state actors. Much of the debate dominating the globalisation literature now revolves around the extent to which states and non-state actors share authority, and how they do this, rather than whether one possesses it and the other does not. Rather than saying that regulation is now driven by non-state actors, that authority for policy-making has moved from the public to the private sector, or that regardless of states' regulatory preferences the market is in charge, the contributions in this issue explore some of the many ways in which state and market actors share authority for policy outcomes.

To what extent can society and business be sources of informal environmental governance? Because environmental damage occurs in the production process, and the act of consuming the outputs of it, this question is addressed by applying key insights of the Varieties of Capitalism (VOC) approach to social attitudes revealed through responses to the World Values Survey in respect of the United States, Germany and Japan. In addition to considerable variation in social concern between the states considered, from a VOC perspective it is shown why social concern is less likely to be a force for ameliorating environmental damage in the United States than in Germany and Japan. This is because enduring national institutional contexts frame firms' coordination strategies and constrain or amble the transmission of social concern for the environment to them. As such, an analytical framework is proposed in which national variations in capitalist relations of production are central to the impact that social concern has on corporate behaviour. Adapted from the source document.

AbstractGlobalization is sometimes taken as a synonym for market liberalization, because it is claimed that power has flowed from states to markets. Whether happening as a result of undeniable "forces" or some hegemonic consensus, many on both the left and right of politics agree that this is a reality. However, this article argues that states which share sovereignty with market actors are able to influence outcomes beyond their borders. The cases of fuel economy and online gambling regulations are used to illustrate the point. In the former case, Japanese and European industry‐driven regulations are being "exported" in the attributes of the products of their car industries. In the latter, UK market‐friendly regulations are likely to be "exported" to the European region and beyond because of industry support, and market liberalization principles embodied in European Union institutions. Both cases indicate that sharing sovereignty in the process of making and implementing national regulations produces opportunities for global regulation.