Varieties of Financialization? Evidence from German Industry in the 1990s
2016 | journal article. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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- Authors
- Berghoff, Hartmut
- Abstract
- Following some general remarks on the impact of financialization on nonfinancial sectors of the economy, this article identifies common misconceptions about the German and American varieties of capitalism. It then outlines the post-1960 U.S. experience with financialization, including the reasons for the rise of financialization and its main consequences. The article will then look at Germany, a country with a very different entry point into the world of financialization, and ask when and to what degree the concept was adopted. Finally, a detailed case study of Siemens-one of Germany's largest industrial concerns-will explore how this icon of Germany Inc. adapted to the demands of financialization and coped with the external changes caused by globalization, deregulation, and digitalization.
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Status
- published
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Journal
- Business History Review
- ISSN
- 0007-6805
- eISSN
- 2044-768X
- ISSN
- 2044-768X; 0007-6805
- Language
- English