“…In such economies, privileging the notion of Gemeinschaft (Tönnies, 1912), or a stakeholder-and network-based business system (Harvey and Maclean, 2010), the institutional environment encourages and facilitates information sharing and collaboration, and relations between economic actors tend to be relatively cooperative and enduring. In Germany, for instance, the dual educational system is jointly governed by professional organizations, employer associations, and trade unions, and combines on-the-jobtraining with state-regulated vocational and general training (Giardini et al, 2005). This system produces committed workers who are competent in dealing with organizational problems across skill boundaries.…”