Bargaining Power examines the balance of power between management and unions, showing why some managementsand some trade unionsare more powerful than others. Bargaining power has long been recognized as central to industrial relations, but no previous work has taken the issue as its central focus. Using both sociological and economic evidence, the author shows how managements and unions approach negotiations and how they use power to achieve their bargaining objectives. In turn he analyses different perspectives on power, negotiations, the industrial relations context, and human...
Bargaining Power examines the balance of power between management and unions, showing why some managementsand some trade unionsare more power...
This book analyzes changes in enterprises in seven European countries since 1989: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia. Economic trends have differed vastly among these countries, but nevertheless, they share common objectives, common problems, and significant similarities in developments. This book shows the continuities, as well as the discontinuities, between the Socialist and the post-Socialist periods.
This book analyzes changes in enterprises in seven European countries since 1989: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and ...
The growth of shareholder value has been a major change in Western economies since the 1980s. This growth has reignited debates concerning relations between investors and managers. The book argues that investors are more than passive providers of finance, on whose behalf managers seek to maximize shareholder returns. Instead, many investors directly influence management practice, through investor engagement. The book examines the role of institutional investors and private equity firms, two types of investors with overlapping but different reasons for engagement. Questions addressed include:...
The growth of shareholder value has been a major change in Western economies since the 1980s. This growth has reignited debates concerning relations b...
This book analyzes changes in enterprises in seven European countries since 1989: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia. Economic trends have differed vastly among these countries, but nevertheless, they share common objectives, common problems, and significant similarities in developments. This book shows the continuities, as well as the discontinuities, between the Socialist and the post-Socialist periods.
This book analyzes changes in enterprises in seven European countries since 1989: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and ...
