Containing, embracing and hyper-activating Britishness: British-based foreign-owned firms

Ian Clark

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2020, vol. 41, issue 4, 775-796

Abstract: There are in the UK ownership forms different to the characteristics of Britishness – British-based foreign-owned firms where dominant owners may have differentiated control interests. These may contain, that is, override, national institutional characteristics embedded in a particular national capitalism. Accordingly, separating the agency of these firms from presumed business system structures may reveal how diverse patterns of firm ownership – those associated with British-based foreign-owned firms – can inform dynamic ownership developments in British capitalism which contain and hyper-activate Britishness. The article theorizes British-based foreign-owned firms and provides empirical detail on how ownership characteristics influence financial commitment and strategic control in 10 of these firms.

Keywords: British-based foreign-owned firms; Britishness; comparative capitalism; dualism; rule-making; rule-taking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X17740718

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