Multinationals, Institutions and the Construction of Transnational Practices

1. Introduction: Multinationals and the Multilevel Politics of Cross-National Diffusion
Anthony Ferner, Javier Quintanilla, Carlos Sánchez-Runde

2. Towards a Political Economy Framework: TNCs as National and Global Players
Jacques Bélanger, Paul Edwards

3. Theorizing the Role of the International Subsidiary: Transplants, Hybrids and Branch-Plants Revisited
Tony Elger, Chris Smith

4. Accommodating Global Capitalism? State Policy and Industrial Relations in American MNCs in Ireland
Patrick Gunnigle, David G. Collings, Michael J. Morley

5. Emerging Motivations for Global HRM Integration
Sully Taylor

6. Patterns of Integration in American Multinational Subsidiaries in Europe
Valeria Pulignano

7. Who is Hybridizing What? Insights on MNCs’ Employment Practices in Central Europe
Guglielmo Meardi, András Tóth

8. Globalization and Labour Market Segmentation: The Impact of Global Production Networks on Employment Patterns of German and UK Clothing Firms
Christel Lane, Jocelyn Probert

9. Global Networks or Global Firms? The Organizational Implications of the Internationalization of Law Firms
Glenn Morgan, Sigrid Quack

10. Structuring the Transnational Space: Can Europe Resist Multinational Capital?
Richard Hyman

Nyckelord: Business and Management, Human Resource Management