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In this paper we consider the question of determining the geometric genera of irreducible curves lying on a very general surface S of degree d > 5 in P (the cases d 6 4 are well known). For any d > 4 we introduce the set Gaps(d) of all non–negative integers which are not realized as geometric genera of irreducible curves on a very general surface of degree d in P. We prove that Gaps(d) is finit...

Max-planck-institut Für Gesellschaftsforschung Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

The fi rst purpose of this paper is to theorize on the kind of knowledge that fi rms need in order to upgrade. The second purpose is to discuss some specifi c ways to upgrade, especially given the problem of contextual knowledge that manufactures face. To understand upgrading among garment manufacturers in developing countries, we must analyze the meaning of fashion garments. The paper introduc...

Max-planck-institut Für Gesellschaftsforschung Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Are newly established institutions capable of shaping actors’ strategies and coordinating behavior on a single path? Contrary to punctuated equilibrium analyses, this paper suggests that the constraining capacity of a range of newly established institutions in new European capitalisms is weak and that their very interpretation is subject to contention. Focusing on peak-level tripartism – a form...

Max-planck-institut Für Gesellschaftsforschung Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

I argue that in its adaptation from Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation, the concept of embeddedness has itself undergone a great transformation. In the process, signifi cant meanings of the concept have vanished, while others have been added. First I explore the different meanings the concept of embeddedness has achieved in the new economic sociology. Then I argue that it is not the embedd...