The article analyses the attempts of trade unions organized in the International Transportworkers' Federation (ITF) to establish a system of multinational industrial relations and collective bargaining in the flags-of-convenience shipping. Although based on egoistic national special interests...

Although Switzerland is not a typical tax haven, Switzerlands legal system has some distinctive features that allows foreign individuals and companies to evade taxes. The most important is the distinction between tax evasion and tax fraud, with only the latter being a criminal offense. Therefore...

The marketing strategies of transnational corporations operating in the field of consumer goods in contemporary Egypt are analyzed and the interrelations between rural marketing and consumer intifada are explored. The question is raised whether the homogenization scenario of local consumer...

Conservative critics of European economic policies argue that high and persistent European unemployment is caused by institutional rigidities which are traced back to welfare states and union strength. By contrast, low US unemployment is attributed to high labour market flexibility. These claims...