National Industrial Relations Systems and Cross-border Restructuring: Evidence from a Merger in the Pharmaceuticals Sector

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-87

  Edwards, Tony ^a,b   Coller, Xavier ^c   Ortiz, Luis ^d,e   Rees, Chris ^b,f   Wortmann, Michael ^g  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Franklin Wilkins Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e Kingston University ^*  (Spain)

^f KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross border mergers; Multinationals; National industrial relations systems; Pharmaceuticals; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745667535     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680106061369     Document Type: Article

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