Describes labour stability and flexibility in Japanese versus Swedish manufacturing industries. Presents a theoretical framework where a number of fields which other researchers have regarded as influencing labour stability and flexibility are analysed. Also presents some of the findings of an...

Purpose – In the literature on the effects of economic globalization, the compensation hypothesis suggests that there is a positive link between government size and external risk as governments perform a risk mitigating role to insure against productivity shocks through transfers. In contrast,...

Purpose – In the literature on the effects of economic globalization, the compensation hypothesis suggests that there is a positive link between government size and external risk as governments perform a risk mitigating role to insure against productivity shocks through transfers. In contrast,...