Working paper on choice of technology in the rice milling industry and related agricultural machinery industry of Thailand. Examines the impact of trends in supply and demand, labour supply, price policies, fiscal policies and competition with USA. Discusses technical aspects of rice processing...

Examines how the qualitative aspects of employment in small enterprises can be improved. Investigates the relationships between job quality and enterprise size and describes practical experiences in the areas of: increasing training and knowledge for workers in small enterprises; integrating...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on structural change and industrial policy trends from 1970-1980 in Japan - discusses adjustment to petroleum price increases and inflation, competition, changing occupational structure and trade structure, role of workers, trade unions and entrepreneurs (incl....

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of multinational enterprises in the new international division of labour - discusses traditional economic theory (incl. Competition, the immobility of production factors, etc.), the expansion of multinational enterprises (incl. Technologycal advantages,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of market structure and business organization on technological change in the automatic control machine tool industry in Japan - based on a 1982 sample survey of 40 industrial enterprises, discusses research and development trends, demand, production,...

ILO pub. Working paper analysing employment effects of Swedish multinational enterprises abroad on the metalworking industry in Sweden - considers market shares, size of enterprise, competition strategies, type of foreign linkage, etc., And concludes that some additional production employment...

ILO pub. Working paper on the employment effects of multinational enterprise foreign investment in Latin America - examines direct and relative levels of employment creation, the effects of competition on small scale industry, indirect effects on the agricultural sector, etc., and comments on...