Growing European economic integration has encouraged restructuring within multinational
companies (MNCs), involving the development of organization-based employment systems …

Can industrial relations be successfully transferred between countries? This paper reviews
experience in eastern Germany since unification in 1990. The evidence is that the close …

The paper analyses the contribution of works councils to the overall success of German firms
during the last few decades. It is argued that a successful implementation of flexible …

This paper is based on a comparative study of the UK and German operations of the
McDonald's Corporation. The main focus of the paper is the interaction between …

In order to appropriate the benefits of their competences against contesting claimants-such
as employees, trade unions, suppliers or governments-multinational firms employ strategies …

Institutional economists are accustomed to relying on the existence of stable, slow changing
and fairly transparent institutions to provide the building blocks for their analysis of labour …

Compared with other world regions, European industrial relations have a few distinct traits: a
relative broad basis of representation of the trade unions, sectoral unions, employers …

The most important source of international economic exchange is no longer the flow of trade
between countries but the multinational company or MNC (UNCTAD 1993). According to the …

Construction is a labour-intensive industry that places heavy reliance upon the skills of its
workforce. Construction companies need to understand and realise the importance of long …

The question of how corporate enterprises should be governed to enhance economic
performance is one that has, in recent years, attracted growing attention in Germany. The …