Michael A. Witt

INSEAD

1 Ayer Rajah Avenue

Singapore, 138676

Singapore

http://faculty.insead.edu/michael-witt/research

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

25

DOWNLOADS
Rank 5,329

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 5,329

in Total Papers Downloads

15,119

SSRN CITATIONS
Rank 6,663

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 6,663

in Total Papers Citations

151

CROSSREF CITATIONS

122

Scholarly Papers (25)

1.

Mapping the Business Systems of 61 Major Economies: A Taxonomy and Implications for Varieties of Capitalism and Business Systems Research

Socio-Economic Review, 16(1), 5-38, 2018
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2018
INSEAD, University of Navarra, University of Edinburgh Business School, INSEAD Abu Dhabi Campus, European University Institute and University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Downloads 2,727 (9,753)
Citation 11

Abstract:

Loading...

Varieties of Capitalism, Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, South America

2.

China: What Variety of Capitalism?

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/88/EPS
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016
Michael A. Witt
INSEAD
Downloads 2,496 (11,228)
Citation 35

Abstract:

Loading...

China, Varieties of Capitalism, Institutions

3.

Asian Business Systems: Institutional Comparison, Clusters, and Implications for Varieties of Capitalism and Business Systems Theory

Witt, Michael A., & Gordon Redding (2013). Asian Business Systems: Institutional Comparison, Clusters, and Implications for Varieties of Capitalism and Business Systems Theory. Socio-Economic Review, 11, 2, 265-300.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2017
Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 1,917 (17,068)
Citation 11

Abstract:

Loading...

Asia, capitalism, varieties of, social capital, culture, China, Japan

4.

China: Authoritarian Capitalism

Witt, Michael A., & Gordon Redding (2014). China: Authoritarian Capitalism. In Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems, 11-32. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2015
Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 1,277 (31,655)
Citation 5

Abstract:

Loading...

China, Asia, business systems, varieties of capitalism, authoritarian capitalism, institutional change, informality, multiplexity

5.

De-Globalization: Theories, Predictions, and Opportunities for International Business Research

Journal of International Business Studies, 50, 7, 1053-1077
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2019
Michael A. Witt
INSEAD
Downloads 687 (74,455)
Citation 42

Abstract:

Loading...

globalization, internationalization theory, international relations and political science, political backlash, global institutions, trade blocs, political strategies, global supply chain strategies, institutional context

6.

Japan: Coordinated Capitalism between Institutional Change and Structural Inertia

Witt, Michael A. (2014). Japan: Coordinated Capitalism Between Institutional Change and Structural Inertia. In Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems, 100-122. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2015
Michael A. Witt
INSEAD
Downloads 687 (74,564)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

Japan, Asia, Business Systems, Varieties of Capitalism, Institutions, Institutional Change, Informality

7.

South Korea: Plutocratic State-Led Capitalism Reconfiguring

Witt, Michael A. (2014). South Korea: Plutocratic State-Led Capitalism Reconfiguring. In Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems, 216-237. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2015
Michael A. Witt
INSEAD
Downloads 650 (79,820)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Loading...

South Korea, Asia, Business Systems, Varieties of Capitalism, Institutions, Business Groups, Chaebol, State, Structural Inertia, Institutional Change

8.

China's Business System and its Future Trajectory

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 381-399, September 2009
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2009
Gordon Redding and Michael A. Witt
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 642 (81,036)

Abstract:

Loading...

China, varieties of capitalism, comparative business systems, development, innovation, efficiency, convergence, hybridization

9.

Culture and the Business Systems of Asia

Redding, Gordon, Michael Bond, & Michael A. Witt (2014). The Role of Culture in Asian Business Systems. In Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems, 358-382. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2015
Gordon Redding, Michael Harris Bond and Michael A. Witt
INSEAD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and INSEAD
Downloads 569 (94,395)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

culture, Asia, business systems, varieties of capitalism, institutions, socioeconomics, values, social axioms, rationale

10.

Outward Foreign Direct Investment as Escape Response to Home Country Institutional Constraints

Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 579-594, 2007
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2018
Michael A. Witt and Arie Y. Lewin
INSEAD and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
Downloads 468 (119,861)
Citation 29

Abstract:

Loading...

outward foreign direct investment, institutional change, varieties of capitalism, comparative business systems, FDI

11.

Culture, Meaning, and Institutions: Executive Rationale in Germany and Japan

Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 859-885
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2017
Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 409 (140,273)
Citation 4

Abstract:

Loading...

rationale, culture, values, norms, institutions, varieties of capitalism, comparative business systems, Germany, Japan

12.

The Role of the State in Asian Business Systems

Carney, Richard W., & Michael A. Witt (2014). The Role of the State in Asian Business Systems. In Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems, 538-560. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2015
Richard W. Carney and Michael A. Witt
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and INSEAD
Downloads 366 (158,941)
Citation 5

Abstract:

Loading...

Government, State, Asia, Business Systems, Varieties of Capitalism, Institutions, Comparative Political Economy

13.

Bibliography of Research on the Regional Ethnic Chinese of East Asia in Business

Number of pages: 155 Posted: 06 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2008
Gordon Redding and Michael A. Witt
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 349 (167,349)

Abstract:

Loading...

Regional Ethnic Chinese, Overseas Chinese

14.

Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Comparative Advantage: A Test and Reinterpretation

Journal of International Business Studies, volume 47, issue 7, pp. 778-806, 2016
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 May 2016 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2016
Michael A. Witt and Gregory Jackson
INSEAD and Freie Universität Berlin
Downloads 273 (216,866)
Citation 6

Abstract:

Loading...

Varieties of Capitalism, Economic Sociology, Comparative Advantage, Institutional Context, Fuzzy Set Methods

15.

Management in Southeast Asia: A Business Systems Perspective

Witt, Michael A. (2019). Management in Southeast Asia: A Business Systems Perspective. In Robert Grosse and Klaus Meyer (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Management in Emerging Markets, pp. 821-841. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press., INSEAD Working Paper No. 2019/17/STR
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2019
Michael A. Witt
INSEAD
Downloads 244 (242,203)

Abstract:

Loading...

National Business Systems, Varieties of Capitalism, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand

16.

Institutions and Corporate Social Responsibility

In Abagail McWilliams, Deborah Rupp, Donald Siegel, Günter K. Stahl, & David Waldman (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility: Psychological and Organizational Perspectives, 605-619. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2019
Michael A. Witt and Christof Miska
INSEAD and WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
Downloads 244 (242,203)

Abstract:

Loading...

Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Institutions

17.

Crossvergence 10 Years On: Impact and Further Potential

Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 47-52
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2017
Michael A. Witt
INSEAD
Downloads 218 (269,804)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

crossvergence, culture, ideology, change, coevolution, comparative business systems

18.

The Spirits of Corporate Social Responsibility: Senior Executive Perceptions of the Role of the Firm in Society in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and the United States

Socio-Economic Review, 10(1), 109-134
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2017
Michael A. Witt and Gordon Redding
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 185 (313,518)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

corporate social responsibility, culture, corporate governance

19.

Post-Transition China

CHINA'S CHANGING WORKPLACE, Peter Sheldon, Sunghoon Kim, Yiqiong Li, and Malcolm Warner, eds., London: Routledge, Forthcoming, INSEAD Working Paper No. 2010/25/EPS/EFE
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Apr 2010
Gordon Redding and Michael A. Witt
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 167 (343,264)

Abstract:

Loading...

China, State-owned Enterprise, Private Enterprise, Local Corporates, Economic Development, Varieties of Capitalism, Comparative Business Systems, Complex Adaptive Systems

20.

Changing Japanese Capitalism: Societal Coordination and Institutional Adjustment

Michael A. Witt, CHANGING JAPANESE CAPITALISM: SOCIETAL COORDINATION AND INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT, Cambridge University Press, 2006
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2009
Michael A. Witt
INSEAD
Downloads 135 (408,229)

Abstract:

Loading...

institutional change, social networks, varieties of capitalism, comparative business system, coevolution, institutions, convergence, globalization, social networks, intra-industry loops, keiretsu, R&D cooperatives, R&D consortia, Japan, Germany, United States of America

21.

The 'Tray of Loose Sand': A Thick Description of the State-Owned Enterprise Sector of China Seen as a Business System

Asian Business & Management, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 87-112, 2006
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2009
Gordon Redding and Michael A. Witt
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 127 (427,909)

Abstract:

Loading...

comparative business systems, varieties of capitalism, China, state-owned enterprises, institutions, culture, comparative management

22.

The Future of Chinese Capitalism: Choices and Chances

Gordon Redding and Michael A. Witt, THE FUTURE OF CHINESE CAPITALISM: CHOICES AND CHANCES, Oxford University Press, 2007
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016
Gordon Redding and Michael A. Witt
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 95 (527,662)

Abstract:

Loading...

China, varieties of capitalism, comparative business systems, institutional comparative advantage

23.

Foundations of Responsible Leadership: Asian versus Western Executive Responsibility Orientations Toward Key Stakeholders

Witt, Michael A., & Günter K. Stahl (2016). Foundations of Responsible Leadership: Asian versus Western Assumptions about Key Stakeholders of the Firm. Journal of Business Ethics, 136, 3, 623-638.
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2016
Michael A. Witt and Günter K. Stahl
INSEAD and Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)
Downloads 90 (546,164)
Citation 5

Abstract:

Loading...

Business systems, culture, institutions, responsible leadership, varieties of capitalism

24.

Advancing Indigenous Management Theory: Executive Rationale as an Institutional Logic

Management and Organization Review, 11, 2, 179-203
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2015
Gordon Redding and Michael A. Witt
INSEAD and INSEAD
Downloads 51 (733,929)

Abstract:

Loading...

China, indigenous management theory, executive rationale, institutional logics, shareholder value, stakeholder value

25.

Good Things Take Time? Dynamics of Institutional Adjustment Processes and Their Economic Impact (Gut Ding Will Weile Haben? - Dynamik Institutioneller Anpassungsprozesse Und Ihre Wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen)

Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 279-291, 2007
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2008
Michael A. Witt
INSEAD
Downloads 46 (766,045)

Abstract:

Loading...

institutional change, varieties of capitalism, comparative business systems, economic performance