Arndt Sorge is Professor of International Business and Management in the Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen. Author of Organization (Thomson Learning, 2002), co-editor of The International Encylopaedia of Business and Management (Thomson Learning, 2002), and a former editor of the journal Organization Studies, Arndt Sorge has published widely on the subject of business institutions and systems.

The book's merits are clear. The argument is very sophisticated. Sorge covers an immense number of issues - ranging from the formation of nation-states to the meaning of history, how to understand societies, globalization, and much more - with great mastery... This is no small theoretical contribution.

• Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Dilemmas of Internationalization ; 2. Societal Effects Between a Vacuum and a Tropical Climate ; 3. Emergent National Distinctiveness Through International Exposure ; 4. The South Germanic Bedrock Under Foreign Incursions ; 5. The Governance of Work Systems ; 6. Enterprise and Management and Corporate Governance ; 7. Making Sense of Internationalization

Arndt Sorge is Professor of International Business and Management in the Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen. Author of Organization (Thomson Learning, 2002), co-editor of The International Encylopaedia of Business and Management (Thomson Learning, 2002), and a former editor of the journal Organization Studies, Arndt Sorge has published widely on the subject of business institutions and systems.

The book's merits are clear. The argument is very sophisticated. Sorge covers an immense number of issues - ranging from the formation of nation-states to the meaning of history, how to understand societies, globalization, and much more - with great mastery... This is no small theoretical contribution.

• Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Dilemmas of Internationalization ; 2. Societal Effects Between a Vacuum and a Tropical Climate ; 3. Emergent National Distinctiveness Through International Exposure ; 4. The South Germanic Bedrock Under Foreign Incursions ; 5. The Governance of Work Systems ; 6. Enterprise and Management and Corporate Governance ; 7. Making Sense of Internationalization

Arndt Sorge is Professor of International Business and Management in the Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen. Author of Organization (Thomson Learning, 2002), co-editor of The International Encylopaedia of Business and Management (Thomson Learning, 2002), and a former editor of the journal Organization Studies, Arndt Sorge has published widely on the subject of business institutions and systems.

The book's merits are clear. The argument is very sophisticated. Sorge covers an immense number of issues - ranging from the formation of nation-states to the meaning of history, how to understand societies, globalization, and much more - with great mastery... This is no small theoretical contribution.

• Foreword ; Preface ; 1. Dilemmas of Internationalization ; 2. Societal Effects Between a Vacuum and a Tropical Climate ; 3. Emergent National Distinctiveness Through International Exposure ; 4. The South Germanic Bedrock Under Foreign Incursions ; 5. The Governance of Work Systems ; 6. Enterprise and Management and Corporate Governance ; 7. Making Sense of Internationalization