Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan
Book cover

Multinational Companies and Domestic Firms in Europe

Comparing Wages, Working Conditions and Industrial Relations

  • Book
  • © 2013

Overview

Authors:
  1. Maarten Klaveren

    1. University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), The Netherlands

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Kea Tijdens

    1. University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), The Netherlands

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Denis Gregory

    1. Ruskin College, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. The Wage and Employment Effects of Foreign Direct Investment

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens, Denis Gregory
    Pages 1-44

  3. The AIAS MNE Database and the WageIndicator Survey

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens, Denis Gregory
    Pages 45-76

  4. Metal and Electronics Manufacturing

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens, Denis Gregory
    Pages 77-115

  5. The Retail Industry

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens, Denis Gregory
    Pages 116-156

  6. Finance and Call Centres

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens, Denis Gregory
    Pages 157-188

  7. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens, Denis Gregory
    Pages 189-217

  8. Transport and Telecom

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens, Denis Gregory
    Pages 218-252

  9. A Comparative Analysis

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens, Denis Gregory
    Pages 253-299

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 300-407
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

The Social Effects of FDI on Multinational Companies and Domestic Firms compares and contrasts wages, working conditions and industrial relations processes in multinational and domestic companies. This book is an effort to map the social effects of FDI in a number of EU member states, in relation to the prevailing patterns of internationalization.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), The Netherlands

    Maarten Klaveren, Kea Tijdens

  • Ruskin College, UK

    Denis Gregory

About the authors

Denis Gregory is an economist and Director of the Trade Union Research Unit in Oxford. For many years he taught international labour and trade union studies at Ruskin College, UK. He has participated in a variety of European Research projects and has written extensively in the fields of labour relations and work organisation. His research interests include collective bargaining, work organisation and dialogue based approaches to labour relations. He has acted as a consultant to trade unions in the motor industry and maritime sectors. He co-edited Strategic Unionism and Partnership: Boxing or Dancing 2004

Maarten van Klaveren is an economist and Researcher at the University of Amsterdam's Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AAIS), Netherlands. His research interests include low wage work. He is co-editor of Low Wage Work in the Netherlands (2008). He has written widely on mining, electronics, transport and textiles and clothing. Recently he has written on the development of Suriname, South Korea and South Africa. He co-authored Empowering Women in Work in Developing Countries (2012).

Kea Tijdens is a sociologist and Researcher at the University of Amsterdam's Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AAIS), Netherlands. She is also Professor of Women and Work at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands. She is the scientific coordinator of the Wage Indicator Web survey on wages and working conditions. She has co-ordinated several European research projects and has current research interests in women in the labour market, part time working and the gender pay gap. She co-authored Empowering Women in Work in Developing Countries (2012).

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation