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[1] Arthur, M. & D. Rousseau (1996) The Boundaryless Career: a New Employment Principle for a New Organisational Era , Oxford: Oxford University Press

[2] Berrebi-Hoffmann, I., M. Lallement & O. Piriou (2009), La division internationale du travail dans les services informatiques. Offshore et politiques des ressources humaines dans les grands groupes de services et d'ingénierie informatique (SSII) , rapport Apec-Lise-CNRS-Cnam

[3] Berrebi-Hoffmann, I., M. Lallement, M. Pernod & F. Sarfati (2006), The IT sector in France: an overview , Dynamo project

[4] Bosch, G., S. Lehndorff & J. Rubery (eds) (2009) European Employment Models in Flux: a Comparison of Institutional Change in Nine European Countries , London: Palgrave

[5] Bosch, G. & S. Lehndorff (eds) (2005) Working in the Service Sector: a Tale of Different Worlds , London: Routledge

[6] Casper, S. & D. Soskice (2004) ‘Sectoral systems of innovation and varieties of capitalism: explaining the development of high-technology entrepeneurship in Europe’ F. Malerba (ed) Sectoral Systems of Innovation: a Framework for Linking Innovation to the Knowledge Base, Structure and Dynamics of Sectors , London: Routledge

[7] Colling, T., P. Gunnigle, J. Quintanilla & A. Tempel (2006) ‘Collective representation and participation’, in P. Almond & A. Ferner (eds) American Multinationals in Europe: Managing Employment Relations Across National Borders , Oxford: Oxford University Press

[8] Crinò, R. (2007) ‘Skill-biased effects of service offshoring in Western Europe’, CESPRI Working Paper. Accessed on December 5, 2009 from ftp.unibocconi.it/pub/RePEc/cri/papers/WP205Crinopdf

[9] Den Hertog, P. (2000) ‘Konwledge-intensive business services as co-producers of innovation’, International Journal of Innovation Management , vol 4, No 4: 491–528

[10] Djelic, M-L. & S. Quack (2003), ‘Introduction: Governing Globalization - Bringing Institutions Back in’ in M-L. Djelic & S. Quack (eds), Globalization and Institutions: Redefining the Rules of the Economic Game , Cheltenham: Edward Elgar:1–14

[11] Donnelly, R., D. Grimshaw & M. Miozzo (2006), The Computer Services Sector and Employment Organisation: the Case of the UK , Dynamo project

[12] Eyraud, F., D. Marsden & J. J. Silvestre (1990) ‘Occupational and internal labour markets in Britain and France’, International Labour Review , vol129, No 4:501–517

[13] Gerlmaier, A. (2006) ‘The computer services sector in Germany’, Dynamo project

[14] Grimshaw, D. & M. Miozzo (2006) ‘Institutional effects on the market for IT outsourcing: analyzing clients, suppliers and staff transfer in Germany and the UK’, Organization Studies , vol 27, No 9:1229–1260

[15] Grimshaw, D. & M. Miozzo (2009) ‘New human resources practices in knowledge-intensive business services firms: the case of IT outsourcing and staff transfer’, Human Relations , vol 62, No 10:1521–1550

[16] Hall, P. (2007) ‘The evolution of varieties of capitalism in Europe’, in B. Hancké, M. Rhodes and M. Thatcher (eds). Beyond Varieties of Capitalism: Conflict, Contradiction and Complementarities in the European Economy . Oxford: Oxford University Press

[17] Hall, P. & D. Soskice (2001) Varieties of Capitalism: the Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage , Oxford: Oxford University Press

[18] Hancké, B., M. Rhodes & M. Thatcher (eds) (2007) Beyond Varieties of Capitalism: Conflict, Contradiction and Complementarities in the European Economy . Oxford: Oxford University Press

[19] Hermann, C. & J. Flecker (2006) ‘The computer services sector in Austria’, Dynamo project

[20] Lane, C. & J. Probert (2008) ‘Domestic capabilities and global production networks in the clothing industry: a comparison of German and UK firms’ strategies’, Socio-Economic Review , vol 4, No 1: 35–67.

[21] Maurice, M. & A. Sorge (2000) Embedding Organizations : Amsterdam, Philadelphia: ohn Benjamins Publishing Company

[22] McKinsey Global Institute (2005) ‘How offshoring Services could benefit France’.

[23] Marsden, D. (1999) A Theory of Employment Systems: Micro-Foundations of Societal Diversity . Oxford: Oxford University Press

[24] Miozzo, M. & D. Grimshaw (2005) ‘Modularity and innovation in knowledge-intensive business services: IT outsourcing in Germany and the UK’, Research Policy , vol 34, No 9:1419–1439

[25] Miozzo, M. & D. Grimshaw (eds) (2006) Knowledge Intensive Business Services: Organizational Forms and National Institutions , Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

[26] PAC (Pierre Audoin Consulting) (2003) Outsourcing Program Germany: The Outsourcing and Processing Services Industry in Germany , Munich: PAC

[27] Peneder, M. (2007) ‘A sectoral taxonomy of educational intensity’, Empirica , vol 34:189–212

[28] Peneder, M., S. Kaniovski & B. Dachs (2003) ‘What follows tertiarisation? Structural change and the role of knowledge-based services’, The Services Industries Journal , vol 23, No 2:47–66

[29] Pontusson, J. (2005) ‘Varieties and commonalities of capitalism’, in D. Coates (ed) Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Approaches , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

[30] Rubalcaba, L. (2007) The New Service Economy: Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe , Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

[31] Saint-Paul, G. (2002) ‘Employment protection, international specialisation and innovation’, European Economic Review , vol 46: 375–95

[32] Schmidt, V. (2003) ‘French capitalism transformed, yet still a third variety of capitalism’, Economy and Society , vol 32, No 4: 526–54

[33] UNCTAD (2009) Information Economy Report . Accessed on January 8, 2010 from: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/ier2009embargo_en.pdf (accessed 05/02/10).

[34] Whitley, R. (1999) Divergent Capitalisms: The Social Structuring and Change of Business Systems , Oxford: Oxford University Press

[35] Whitley, R. (2003) ‘Project-based firms: new organizational form or variations on a theme?’, Industrial and Corporate Change , vol 15, No 1: 77–99