Die in den Vereinbarungen über die Errichtung Europäischer Betriebsräte enthaltenen Bestimmungen können die anschließende Bildung der Betriebsräte als wirksame Organe der Interessenvertretung von Arbeitnehmern auf transnationaler Ebene erleichtern oder erschweren. Auf der Grundlage von...

What is the role of multinational companies in the internationalization of markets and production? Debate has polarized around contrasting 'global' and 'national business system' perspectives. The article moves beyond this dichotomy, conceptualizing the international company as a distinctive...

This paper presents a systematic analysis of the factors influencing the nature of the "constrained choices" being made by management and employee representatives in concluding agreements establishing EWCs. Four influences - a "statutory model effect"; a "learning effect"; a "country effect";...

The operation of European Works Councils (EWCs) is taking management and employee representatives in MNCs into uncharted territory. In particular, for companies headquartered in Anglo-Saxon economies there is little domestic tradition of statutory employee consultation. Drawing on comparative...