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Author:   William N. Cooke
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.807kg
ISBN:  

9781567205831

ISBN 10:   1567205836
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   28 February 2003
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Global Human Resource Strategies: A Framework and Overview by William Cooke Foreign Direct Investment Strategies and Industrial Relations Systems Foreign Direct Investment and Its Employment Opportunities in Perspective: Meeting the Great Expectations of Developing Countries? by Gabriele Kohler MNCs and Global Commodity Chains: Implications for Labor Strategies by Jennifer Bair and Harvie Ramsay The Influence of Industrial Relations System Factors on Foreign Direct Investment by William Cooke The Effect of Different Industrial Relations Systems in the U.S. and the European Union on Foreign Direct Investment Flows by Morris Kleiner and Hwikwon Ham Multinational Company Human Resource Management and Labor Relations Strategies A Process Model of Strategic HRM/LR Change in MNCs: The Case of AT&T and NCR in the U.K. by Graeme Martin, Phil Beaumont, and Judy Pate Transferring the Learning Factory to America? The Japanese Television Assembly Transplants by Martin Kenney and Shoko Tanaka Convergence or Divergence of Contingent Employment Practices?: Evidence of the Role of MNCs in Europe by Chris Brewster and Olga Tregaskis MNCs as Diffusers of Best Practices in HRM/LR in Developing Countries by Sarosh Kuruvilla, Stephen Frenkel, and David Peetz Transnational Union Strategies Dual Sourcing at Ford in the U.S. and Mexico: Implications for Labor Relations and Union Strategies by Steve Babson Local Union Responses to Continental Standardization of Production and Work in GM's North American Truck Assembly Plants by Christopher Huxley Out of the Ashes: The Steelworkers' Global Campaign at Bridgestone/Firestone by Tom Juravich and Kate Bronfenbrenner Strategic International Laborism: MNCs and Labor in the Graphical Sector by John Gennard and Harvie Ramsay Transnational Workplace Regulation Sailing Beyond the Reach of Workplace Regulations: Worker Exploitation by MNCs on the High Seas by Clifford B. Donn Carrot or Stick? How MNCs Have Reacted to the European Works Council Directive by Trevor Bain and Kim Hester Early Days: Belgian and U.K. Experiences of European Works Councils by TheREse Beaupain, Steve Jefferys, and Rachel Annand Regulating Employee Interest Representation: The Case of McDonald's in the European Union by Tony Royle and Brian Towers NAFTA's Labor Side Agreement: Withering as an Effective Labor Law Enforcement and MNC Compliance Strategy? by Mario F. Bognanno and Jiangfeng Lu Summary and Conclusion The Role of Power and Implications for Transnational Workplace Outcomes by William Cooke Index

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WILLIAM N. COOKE is Director of the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues, and Senior Research Professor in the College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs, Wayne State University. He is also the founder and faculty director of the Strategic Collective Bargaining executive education program at the University of Michigan's School of Business.

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