This paper introduces the debate on the regulation of labour in advanced market democracies, and more specifically in the EU countries, under the present conditions of economic crisis and broader transformations of the capitalist system. Three issues are briefly discussed. First, the main causes...

The object of this article concerns the destiny of the industrial relations as a method of regulation of the labour contracts and as an instrument of achievement of the industrial citizenship, complementary to the social protection of the welfare state. The point of departure regards the effects...

This study analyzes the impact of local linkages, international linkages, and absorptive capacity on firm innovation for firms based in one emerging economy while operating in another emerging economy. Testing research hypotheses derived from the institutional and organizational learning...

Since the Indian government had traditionally viewed power as a key infrastructure sector, it was the first to be opened to foreign direct investment in 1991. Foreign power companies were allowed 100 per cent ownership, automatic investment approval and other incentives. In response, all of the...