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Shamir, Hila - 2018

Subcontracting — the practice of using intermediaries to contract workers, whether through temp agencies, manpower agencies, franchise, or other multilayered contracting — is an increasingly popular pattern of employment worldwide. Whether justified from a business perspective or not,...

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Behavioral Demand Effects When Buyers Anticipate Inventory Shortages

Foster, Joshua - 2019

newsvendoresque problem among the firms. In turn, experimental data suggests buyer behavior can be explained by prospect theory better …

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What drives inventory accumulation? : news on rates of return and marginal costs

Görtz, Christoph; Gunn, Christopher M.; Lubik, Thomas A. - 2019

inventories react strongly and positively to news about future increases in total factor productivity. Theory suggests that the …

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Ending a Century of Violent Labor Conflict : A New Perspective on Unionization and the National Labor Relations Act

Levi, Margaret; Melo, Tania; Weingast, Barry R.; … - 2015

Open access to labor organizations lagged nearly a century behind open access to business organizations, arising as part of the New Deal in the mid-1930s. During the century previous to the New Deal, firms and governments actively suppressed labor organization, frequently resorting to violence....

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Do Labor Unions Always Lead to Underinvestment?

Cho, Hyungjin - 2016

We examine the relation between labor union strength and investment efficiency using comprehensive firm-level data of Korean listed companies. We find that the perceived underinvestment related to unionization documented in previous studies is attributable to a negative relation between union...

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Die kommunikative Kraft der Gewerkschaftsbewegung : Arbeit Recht, politische Opportunitätsstruktur und soziale Bewegungsstrategie

Ioannou, Gregoris - In: Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, … 27 (2020) 3, pp. 286-309

sources of power. Reviewing the trade union revitalisation literature, it is argued that social movement theory in general and …Der Beitrag argumentiert für eine stärkere Berücksichtigung kommunikativer Machtressourcen in der Gewerkschaftsbewegung … gewerkschaftlichen Revitalisierung wird argumentiert, dass die Theorie der sozialen Bewegungen im Allgemeinen sowie der „Political …

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Transnational trade union cooperation in the Nordic countries

Larsson, Bengt; Bengtsson, Mattias; Lovén Seldén, Kristina - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 23 (2012) 1, pp. 32-48

This article analyzes how Nordic trade unions cooperate with unions in Europe, and what actors and organizations they cooperate with to influence EU policies. We examine both similarities and differences between the Nordic countries and between unions in different sectors, and make some...

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Hungarian unions : responses to political challenges

Neumann, László - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 23 (2012) 4, pp. 369-385

Hungarian trade unions face both the direct consequences of economic downturn and the political challenges that are implied by the deterioration in employees’ and unions’ bargaining positions with regard to employers. This article presents the political responses of both militant and...

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The future of the French trade unions

Andolfatto, Dominique; Labbé, Dominique - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 23 (2012) 4, pp. 341-352

This article investigates the transformations of the French unionism and of the French system of industrial relations over the last years and their probable future. It shows: an evolution from a militant unionism to a professionalized trade unionist system; the decline of collective actions; the...

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Trade unions in an emerging economy : the case of South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Naidoo, Karmen; Yu, Derek - 2014

This paper provides a historical overview of the South African trade union movement, followed by a brief discussion of the labour market legislation and institutions formed since 1994. Thereafter, a detailed evaluation of the impact of trade unions, legislation, and institutions on labour market...

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