Multinational Firms: Labor, Management, and Society

Friday, 3 July 2015

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


TH08-01
1 - Regions, Global Value Chains and Innovation Systems
Multinational Firms: Labor, Management, and Society

Session Organizers: Phil Almond, De Montfort University; Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal; Tony Edwards, Kings College London

Participants:
The Role of MNCs within the Global Aerospace Industry in Mexico
Jorge H. Carrillo, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Redi Gomis, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
What Makes MNC-Policy Collaborations Work in Practice?
Olga Tregaskis, University of East Anglia; Phil Almond, De Montfort University; Anthony Ferner, De Montfort University
Embedding Multinational Firms in Regional Business Systems: Neoliberal and Social-Democratic Models in Spain
Maria Carmen Gonzalez Menendez, University of Oviedo; David Luque, University of Oviedo; Gabriel Pruneda, University of Oviedo

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


TH08-02
2 - Multinationals and national employment models
Multinational Firms: Labor, Management, and Society

Session Organizers: Phil Almond, De Montfort University; Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal; Tony Edwards, Kings College London

Participants:
The Organizational Consequences of Host Country Institutions on Mnes: The Case of Work and Employment Relations
Geoffrey Wood, Warwick University; Chris Brewster, University of Reading; Michael Brookes, University of Newcastle
The Distinctiveness of Employment Relations within Multinationals: Empirical Evidence on Patterns of Developmental Concerns
Jacques Belanger, Laval University; Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven; Nadja Doerflinger, KU Leuven
Expatriation Strategies for the Adaptation of Employment Modes to Different Market Economies
Johannes Meuer, University of Zurich; Marlies Kluike, University of Tuebingen; Uschi Backes-Gellner, University of Zurich; Kerstin Pull, University of Tuebingen

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


TH08-03
3 - Regime Shopping or Embeddedness
Multinational Firms: Labor, Management, and Society

Session Organizers: Phil Almond, De Montfort University; Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal; Tony Edwards, Kings College London

Participants:
The Foxconn Employment System
Jan Drahokoupil, European Trade Union Institute
Industrial Relations Practices Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon Companies – the Perspective of Danish Shop Stewards
Trine Pernille Larsen, University of Copenhagen; Steen Erik Navrbjerg, University of Copenhagen

Saturday, 4 July 2015

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


TH08-04
4 - Global Actors, Global Regulation
Multinational Firms: Labor, Management, and Society

Session Organizers: Phil Almond, De Montfort University; Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal; Tony Edwards, Kings College London

Participants:
The Johnson & Johnson Bridge to Employment Program: Corporate Responsibility and Youth Employment
Michael J Camasso, Rutgers University; Radha Jagannathan, Rutgers University; Michael J Bzdak, Johnson & Johnson; Laura Hollod, Johnson & Johnson
Globalizing Actors: Multinationals and the Creation, Diffusion and Implementation of Global Norms
Phil Almond, De Montfort University; Tony Edwards, Kings College London; Olga Tregaskis, University of East Anglia

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


TH08-05
5 - Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
Multinational Firms: Labor, Management, and Society

Session Organizers: Phil Almond, De Montfort University; Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal; Tony Edwards, Kings College London

Participants:
Human Rights: Employment Relations and HRM in the Supply Chain
Michael Muller-Carmen, WU Vienna; Carina Rohr, WU Vienna; Iris Maurer, WU Vienna