Download or read book Globalization and Labor Conditions written by Robert J. Flanagan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how three major mechanisms of globalization international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies have altered working conditions and labor rights around the world during the late 20th century. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book finds that trade, migration, and multinational companies are associated with improvements in world labor conditions.
Download or read book Global Goliaths written by James R. Hines and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How multinationals contribute, or don't, to global prosperity Globalization and multinational corporations have long seemed partners in the enterprise of economic growth: globalization-led prosperity was the goal, and giant corporations spanning the globe would help achieve it. In recent years, however, the notion that all economies, both developed and developing, can prosper from globalization has been called into question by political figures and has fueled a populist backlash around the world against globalization and the corporations that made it possible. In an effort to elevate the sometimes contentious public debate over the conduct and operation of multinational corporations, this edited volume examines key questions about their role, both in their home countries and in the rest of the world where they do business. Is their multinational nature an essential driver of their profits? Do U.S. and European multinationals contribute to home country employment? Do multinational firms exploit foreign workers? How do multinationals influence foreign policy? How will the rise of the digital economy and digital trade in services affect multinationals? In addressing these and similar questions, the book also examines the role that multinational corporations play in the outcomes that policymakers care about most: economic growth, jobs, inequality, and tax fairness.
Download or read book Trade Multinationals Labor written by Robert Z. Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper summarizes and extends previous research on the relationship between low-wage international competition and wage performance in the Developed Countries in the 1980s. The first section argues that poor average US wage performance reflects slow domestic productivity growth rather than international competition. The second section presents evidence which rejects the view that Stolper-Samuelson effects are important in the US, Germany and Japan. In all three countries, neither the wholesale nor the import prices of unskilled-labor intensive products have experienced relative declines. At the same time, despite the rise in relative skilled worker wages, in the US, over the 1980s, the ratio of non-production to production workers grew faster than in the 1960s and 1970s; suggesting that technological change in US manufacturing was particularly biased in favor of white collar workers. The third section explores the employment and wage behavior in US multinational parents and their foreign-owned manufacturing affiliates between 1977 and 1989. Overall the data point to the dominant impact of a commonly shared technological change rather than trade and increased international sourcing. Employment fell, both in US parents and in affiliates in developed countries and grew only modestly" in developing countries. In foreign affiliates in both developed and developing countries, the relative compensation of non-production workers increased and the ratio of production to non-production workers fell. While US parent sourcing from overseas affiliates grew rapidly, the increase accounted for only a small share of sales
Download or read book Trade Multinationals Og Labor written by Robert Z. Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book International Trade Unionism Routledge Revivals written by Charles Levinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Secretary General of the ICF and previously Assistant General Secretary of the IMF, Charles Levinson played an important part in developing the countervailing labour response to the multinational corporations. His earlier work, Capital, Inflation and the Multinationals (Routledge Revivals, 2013) displayed the force of his insight into the dynamics of modern economics and technology. First published in 1972, this book considers the opportunities which allow unions to command an increasing share in decisions that shape the worker’s destiny. Chapters include discussions on the multinational corporations, industrial democracy and the ideas behind collective bargaining.
Download or read book American Labor and the Multinational Corporation written by Duane Kujawa and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the economic implications and social implications for the USA of multinational enterprises, with particular reference to employment effects of the role of USA foreign investment - covers trade union attitudes, management attitudes, trade policy, investment policy, collective bargaining at the international level, problems of skilled workers, etc., comments on legislation, includes a literature survey, and considers future trends. Bibliography pp. 282 to 284, references and statistical tables.
Download or read book Multinational Production Skilled Labor and Real Wages written by James R. Markusen and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adapting our earlier model of multinationals, we address policy issues involving wages and labor skills. Multinational firms may arise endogenously, exporting their firm-specific knowledge capital to foreign production facilities, and geographically fragmenting production into skilled and unskilled-labor-intensive activities. Multinationals thus alter the nature of trade, from trade in goods (produced with both skilled and unskilled labor) to trade in skilled- labor-intensive producer services. Results shed light on several policy questions. First, multinationals increase the skilled/unskilled wage gap in the high income country and, under some circumstances, in the low income country as well. Second, there is a sense in which multinationals export low skilled jobs to the lower income country. Third, trade barriers do not protect unskilled labor in the high income countries. By inducing a regime shift to multinationals, trade barriers protect the abundant factor, at least in the high income country and possibly in both countries. Fourth, a convergence in country characteristics induces the entry of multinationals and raises the skilled-unskilled wage gap in the initially large and skilled-labor-abundant country, and possibly in the small skilled-labor-scarce country as well
Download or read book Globalization and Patterns of Labour Resistance written by Jeremy Waddinton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The implications of globalization for labour are more often asserted than analyzed. This collection, and its companion volume The Global Economy, National States and the Regulation of Labour edited by by Paul Edwards and Tony Elger, seek to remedy this deficiency by presenting contemporary research on the relationship between the globalization of production and the regulation of labour. It examines the relations between specific pattens of labour control (production regimes) and approaches to national labour (regulatory regimes). The contributors assess the nature and form of labour resistance and accommodation across a range of manufacturing industries in different national contexts.
Download or read book Multinational Business and Labour RLE International Business written by Peter Enderwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at senior undergraduate and post-graduate students following courses in International Business and Industrial Relations this book examines the labour market effects of multinational business. In reflecting the complexity and dynamism of developments in this area, the book makes clear the need to underpin analysis of the labour market effects of multinational business with conceptual understanding of the theory of multinational enterprise.
Download or read book European Labor and Multinationals written by Paul Weinberg and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1978 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph comprising a literature survey examining the international attitude, strategy and coordinated actions of trade unions in the EC countries with regard to multinational enterprises - discusses strategies of national level and international trade union federations (ICFTU, WCL, etc.) towards multinationals, and considers related forms of international labour cooperation, such as information exchange, consultations, sympathy strikes, joint collective bargaining, etc. ILO mentioned. Bibliography pp. 102 to 112, references, and statistical tables.
Download or read book International Labour Affairs written by Burton Bendiner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that many multinational corporations establish overseas affiliates solely to escape unionization and take advantage of cheap labor, Bendiner assesses the response of the international labor movement to the post-World War II expansion of manufacturing multinationals and describes the world organizations that seek to further international cooperation among trade unions.
Download or read book Global Rules for Trade written by Christoph Scherrer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Multinationals and World Trade written by Mark Casson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The liner conference as an alternative to integration -- Integration and diversification by shipping companies -- Conclusions and implications for future research -- Notes -- References -- Index
Download or read book International Labor and the Multinational Enterprise written by Duane Kujawa and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1975 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on international trade unionism and the multinational enterprise - comprises chapters on the mne and employers organizations and international organizations, the impact on labour force and foreign investment in the USA, transnational labour relations, some problems in Western Europe, etc., and includes case studies. References and statistical tables.
Download or read book Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Globally Oriented Workforce written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-09-02 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalizationâ€"the flow of people, goods, services, capital, and technology across international bordersâ€"is significantly impacting the chemistry and chemical engineering professions. Chemical companies are seeking new ideas, a trained workforce, and new market opportunities regardless of geographic location. During an October 2003 workshop, leaders in chemistry and chemical engineering from industry, academia, government, and private funding organizations explored the implications of an increasingly global research environment for the chemistry and chemical engineering workforce. The workshop presentations described deficiencies in the current educational system and the need to create and sustain a globally aware workforce in the near future. The goal of the workshop was to inform the Chemical Sciences Roundtable, which provides a science-oriented, apolitical forum for leaders in the chemical sciences to discuss chemically related issues affecting government, industry, and universities.
Download or read book Multinational Firms and Impacts on Employment Trade and Technology written by Robert E. Lipsey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-12-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays shows the high degree of complementarity between foreign direct investment and home export, challenging the long held fear that firms investing abroad leads to a loss of employment and decline in the home country.
Download or read book Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards written by Elliott, Kimberly A. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive Handbook explores the complex and volatile debate over globalisation and labour standards. It offers key insights into the impact of globalisation on workers, the obligations of corporations and international legal bodies in protecting workers’ rights and maximising the opportunities offered by international trade and investment.
