Moritz Kappler is a senior researcher with the European Union's Horizon 2020 TiGRE project and teaches political economy. He holds a Ph.D. and has international working experience as researcher and advisor in top-level institutions in Europe, Latin America, and North America. Major research interests are trust in cooperative regimes and institutional dynamics in socio-economic organization and their impact on development.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Point of Departure.- Chapter 3. Actor Specificities and the Types of Economic Organization.- Chapter 4. Transcending Borders and Institutional Dynamics.- Chapter 5. Conflating Capitalisms: Western MNCs in Latin America.- Chapter 6. The Action Situation and Behavioral Patterns - A Quantitative Approach.- Chapter 7. Institutional Contradiction and Actor-induced Institutional Change: German Dual Vocational Training in Brazil (and Mexico) - A Qualitative Approach.- Chapter 8. Summary and Concluding Remarks.