, deregulatory impulses, and the ongoing process of globalization have each impacted the labor markets of the United States and … Europe. In the face of the globalization of economic relations and the challenge of the NICs, employment has stagnated in … some member states of the EU - in sharp contrast to the United States. Even though several European countries have …

In the new global economy, more countries have opened up to international competition and rapid capital flows. However …, in the triad the process of globalization is rather asymmetric. With a rising role of multinational companies there are … favorable prospects for higher global growth and economic catching-up, respectively. Theoretical analysis suggests key …

Works councils are the most important pillar of workplace industrial relations in Germany but little is known of their …

Since 1920, the thrust of German law on workplace codetermination has changed on a number of occasions. We describe the …