Introduction - Richard Whitley PART ONE: THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS Societies, Firms and Markets - Richard Whitley The Social Structuring of Business Systems National Business Recipes - Keijo R[um]as[um]anen and Richard Whipp A Sector Perspective PART TWO: NATIONAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS IN EUROPE Introduction - Richard Whitley European Business Systems - Christel Lane Britain and Germany Compared European Business Systems - Ad van Iterson and Ren[ac]e Olie The Dutch Case Strategies Against Structure - Peer Hull Kristensen Institutions and Economic Organization in Denmark A Dominant Business Recipe - Kari Lilja, Keijo R[um]as[um]anen and Risto Tainio The Forest Sector in Finland Small Country Business Systems - Jane Marceau Australia, Denmark and Finland Compared PART THREE: BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AND STRATEGIC CHOICES Introduction - Richard Whitley Business Systems, Industrial Wisdom and Corporate Strategies - Bo Hellgren and Leif Melin Business Systems, Consumption and Change - David Knights, Glenn Morgan and Fergus Murray Personal Financial Services in Italy The Societal Construction of Labour Flexibility - Jacqueline O′Reilly Employment Strategies in Retail Banking in Britain and France Firm Development and Diversification Strategies as Products of Economic Cultures - J M Nishida and S G Redding The Japanese and Hong Kong Textile Industries PART FOUR: CONCLUSION The Comparative Study of Business Systems in Europe - Richard Whitley Issues and Choices