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Title: On the Discrepancies between Macro and Micro Level Identification of Competitive Strategies Author(s): HERRMANN, Andrea Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: As economic internationalization advances, the question of how firms cope with increasing pressure for competitiveness gains momentum. While scholars agree that firms need a competitive advantage, they debate whether firms ...

Title: On the Exercise of Power in Modern Societies, East and West Author(s): SZAKOLCZAI, Arpad Date: 1992 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: On the Role of Strategy in Nonviolent Revolutionary Social Change: The Case of Iran, 1977-1979 Author(s): RITTER, Daniel P. Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Are revolutions made or do they come? This question is at the heart of revolution theory and has received plentiful attention from scholars. In this paper I suggest that adherence to this traditional dichotomy may not be ...

Title: On Trade-Offs Between Values Author(s): LUKES, Steven Date: 1992 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Organisational Culture in the Institutions of the European Union Author(s): GRAVIER, Magali; TRIGA, Vassiliki Date: 2005 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: The Organization of Business Interests: Studying the associative action of business in advanced industrial societies Author(s): SCHMITTER, Philippe C.; STREECK, Wolfgang Date: 1999 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: MPIfG discussion paper Abstract: The paper presents a theoretical outline for a cross-national comparative study of business associations. It identifies two clusters of independent variables that are assumed to affect the structure of intermediary ...

Title: The Organization of the EU Parliamentary Parties: the Impact of Eastern Enlargement Author(s): BRESSANELLI, Edoardo Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Studies in Public Policy, University of Aberdeen SPP 483 Abstract: This paper elaborates on the work of Bailer and colleagues (2009) and it seeks to apply two sociological theories on the effects of group size - oligarchization and formalization - to political Groups in the European ...

Title: Organizing Technologies: Genre Forms of Online Civic Association in Eastern Europe Author(s): VEDRES, Balazs; BRUSZT, Laszlo; STARK, David Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Columbia University Working Paper Abstract: How Do Civic Associations in Eastern Europe Organize Themselves Online? Based on data collected on 1, 585 East European Civil Society Web sites, the authors identify five emergent genres of organizing technologies: ...

Title: The other side 'Fortress Europe': Policy transfers in the EU and the liberalising effects of EU membership on Greek immigrant policy Author(s): MAVRODI, Georgia Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: COMCAD Arbeitspapiere / Working Papers Abstract: The metaphor of 'Fortress Europe' has been used frequently to denote the restrictive and defensive characteristics of immigration and asylum issues policies in the EU. Wishing to go beyond the prevailing conceptions about ...

Title: The Outbreak of Civil War in Greece: Strategic leadership, brinkmanship, and deterrence failure Author(s): PAPPAS, Takis S. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: This article argues against two firmly-established ideas about the 1944 communist insurgency that led to the outbreak of civil war in postliberation Greece: (a) blame attribution to predominantly one actor, who, depending ...

Title: The Paradox of Democratization and Federalization in the Russian Regions Author(s): OBYDENKOVA, Anastassia Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Parental divorce and offspring marriage in Finland: later, but with whom? Author(s): EROLA, Jani; HARKONEN, Juho; DRONKERS, Jaap Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Despite the large literature on the long-term effects of parental divorce, few studies have analyzed the effects of parental divorce on spouse selection behavior. We use register-based event-history data from Finland to ...

Title: Participation, Equality of Opportunity and Returns to Tertiary Education in Contemporary Europe Author(s): BERNARDI, Fabrizio; BALLARINO, Gabriele Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: AlmaLaurea Working Paper Abstract: The aim of the paper is to investigate the consequences of higher educational expansion on two goals of the educational system, that of promoting equity of educational opportunities and that of providing credentials that ...

Title: Party Competition in the Spanish Regions Author(s): WILSON, Alex Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Party politics in multi-level systems has become a growing research field in political science (see Hough et al, 2003; Hough and Jeffery, 2006), but has rarely focused on comparing structures of multi-level party competition. ...

Title: Party Government in the EU: On the Road to Presidentialization? Author(s): POGUNTKE, Thomas Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: This paper investigates how the growing importance of the European Union has changed the internal dynamics of national political parties. It can be shown that European integration strengthens national party elites, and ...

Title: Party mergers and vote shifts in Italy Author(s): HANRETTY, Chris Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: Using data from exit polls and two different methods of ecological inference, I demonstrate how Italian voters shifted between 2006 and 2008. Newly merged parties (PdL, PD) were successful in retaining their former voters; ...

Title: Party Patronage in Contemporary Europe: Principles and practices Author(s): KOPECKÝ, Petr; MAIR, Peter Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: This paper is based on the concluding chapter of a forthcoming volume reporting the results of a research project that has investigated the principles and practices of party patronage in contemporary European democracies ...

Title: Patterns of European Policy Development: The Case of Clean Air Policy Author(s): KNILL, Christoph Date: 1996 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Persisting Barriers: Changes in Educational Opportunities in Thirteen Countries Author(s): BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter; SHAVIT, Yossi Date: 1992 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

Title: Plaid Cymru in the 1990s: Dilemmas and Ambiguities of Welsh Regional Nationalism Author(s): CHRISTIANSEN, Thomas Date: 1995 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS

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