Hyeong-Ki Kwon received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Currently he is a Principal Researcher in the Institute of Korean Political Studies and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Seoul National University, Korea. His research interests focus on democratic governance of industrial societies, particularly on the creation of new norms and the division of labor in the process of indusrial adjustments in advanced industrial countries, especially in the U.S., Germany, and Japan.

"The brilliance of this study consists not simply in refuting existing and very powerful paradigms in explaining market governance, but in developing an innovative alternative that should have considerable impact both in terms of political-economic theory as well as managerial practice."  · Michael Geyer, Chicago University"The work is a very trenchant and sustained critique of both the neo-liberal convergence and the Varieties of Capitalism views of the differences between the US and Germany. It presents an interesting alternative view."  · Gary Herrigel, Chicago University

• List of TablesPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. Similarities and Differences in the TransformationChapter 2. Transformation in the American Supplier MarketChapter 3. Transformation in the German Supplier MarketConclusionAppendix: Test for Non-Response BiasBibliographyIndex

Hyeong-Ki Kwon received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Currently he is a Principal Researcher in the Institute of Korean Political Studies and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Seoul National University, Korea. His research interests focus on democratic governance of industrial societies, particularly on the creation of new norms and the division of labor in the process of indusrial adjustments in advanced industrial countries, especially in the U.S., Germany, and Japan.

"The brilliance of this study consists not simply in refuting existing and very powerful paradigms in explaining market governance, but in developing an innovative alternative that should have considerable impact both in terms of political-economic theory as well as managerial practice."  · Michael Geyer, Chicago University"The work is a very trenchant and sustained critique of both the neo-liberal convergence and the Varieties of Capitalism views of the differences between the US and Germany. It presents an interesting alternative view."  · Gary Herrigel, Chicago University

• List of TablesPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. Similarities and Differences in the TransformationChapter 2. Transformation in the American Supplier MarketChapter 3. Transformation in the German Supplier MarketConclusionAppendix: Test for Non-Response BiasBibliographyIndex

Hyeong-Ki Kwon received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Currently he is a Principal Researcher in the Institute of Korean Political Studies and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Seoul National University, Korea. His research interests focus on democratic governance of industrial societies, particularly on the creation of new norms and the division of labor in the process of indusrial adjustments in advanced industrial countries, especially in the U.S., Germany, and Japan.

"The brilliance of this study consists not simply in refuting existing and very powerful paradigms in explaining market governance, but in developing an innovative alternative that should have considerable impact both in terms of political-economic theory as well as managerial practice."  · Michael Geyer, Chicago University"The work is a very trenchant and sustained critique of both the neo-liberal convergence and the Varieties of Capitalism views of the differences between the US and Germany. It presents an interesting alternative view."  · Gary Herrigel, Chicago University

• List of TablesPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. Similarities and Differences in the TransformationChapter 2. Transformation in the American Supplier MarketChapter 3. Transformation in the German Supplier MarketConclusionAppendix: Test for Non-Response BiasBibliographyIndex