The eastern enlargement of the European Union has prompted heated debates about social dumping related to labour standards and industrial relations. Capital mobility is seen as a crucial social dumping mechanism. The article uses time-series-cross-section data for the years 1999–2008 to...

The article analyses the evolution of automotive manufacturing technologies and organisations and assesses the impact of "fourth industrial revolution" concepts and policies (in Germany, US and China) in particular for employment and work. While it dismisses the idea that a fourth industrial...

Die Berufsausbildung in den BRIC-Staaten muss reformiert werden. Transparente Verfahren und kompetitive Auswahlverfahren ersetzen frühere Klientelbeziehungen. In den BRIC-Unternehmen fehlt die gewerkschaftliche Gegenposition zu den Managementkonzepten.