Search for dissertations about: "international industrial relations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words international industrial relations.

  2. 1. Turning to Europe : A New Swedish Industrial Relations Regime in the 1990s

    Author : Sofia Murhem; Lars Magnusson; Niklas Bruun; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Industrial relations; service sector; small enterprises; telecommunications sector; metal industry; trade unions; employers’ associations; Europeanization; Sweden; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores the transformation of the industrial relations regime in Sweden during the 1990s. Four areas are studied; industrial relations of the growing service sector, industrial relations of small enterprises, effects of re-regulation and introduction of competition on industrial relations in telecommunications service and internationalisation of industrial relations in the metal sector, showing that in the 1990s, the labour market regime of Sweden changed into a new regime, as a result of altered conditions caused by the third industrial revolution. READ MORE

  4. 2. Technological Change in an International Industrial System

    Author : Leif Linnskog; Ulf Johanson; Peter Söderbaum; Hans Hasselbladh; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; technology; technological change; industrial networks; business relationships; strategic intention; power; negotiations; social capital; coalitions; structural inertness; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Abstract : Industrial systems resist change, more often, because heavy production facilities and industrial constructions are expensive and have long economic lives, but also because people tend to defend ingrained conceptions of how things are and how activities ought to be performed. Starting out from the question: “How does technological change come about in an international, industrial system?” the thesis investigates the interplay between technological, social, and economic factors. READ MORE

  5. 3. The European Social Dialogue in Perspective : Its future potential as an autopoietic system and lessons from the global maritime system of industrial relations

    Author : Ann-Christine Hartzén; Eva Schömer; Reza Banakar; Bettina Lemann Kristiansen; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; European social dialogue; ITF FOC campaign; EU labour rights; autopoietic systems; collective bargaining; EU social policy; international industrial relations; social objectives of the EU; Europeiska sociala dialogen; ITFs kampanj mot bekvämplighetsflagg; EU fackliga rättigheter; autopoietiska system; kollektiva förhandlingar; kollektivavtalssystem; arbetsmarknadsreglering i EU; EUs sociala målsättningar; internationella industrial relations; European Social Dialogue; Rättsvetenskap;

    Abstract : There are three starting points for this thesis. First, there is the system of ESD, which is criticised for lacking capacity to improve the working conditions within the EU. Secondly, there is the system developed through the global ITF FOC campaign, which is considered to have capacity to improve working conditions for seafarers at a global level. READ MORE

  6. 4. "I Wanna Be Free" : On the Challenges and Coping Strategies of Women Entrepreneurs in Sweden

    Author : Aziza Al Ghafri; Charlotte Holgersson; Monica Lindgren; Whysnianti Basuki; Elisabeth Ljunggren; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; gender equality; women entrepreneurs; gendered entrepreneurship; immigrant entrepreneurs; ethnicity; race; challenges; coping strategies; othering; identity work; belonging; empowerment; emancipation; Sweden.; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Abstract : Women's entrepreneurship is often presented as important for creating economic prosperity at the national level and is said to offer freedom, independence, and emancipation for women. The purpose of this study is to explore the conditions of women entrepreneurs who have different backgrounds in Sweden. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Rise (and Fall?) of Post-Industrial Malmö : Investigations of city-crisis dialectics

    Author : Ståle Holgersen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban planning; urban policy; dialectics; post-industrial city; economic crisis; crisis management; social relations; class; Malmö;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the dialectics between urban planning and policy on the one hand and economic change and crises in the city of Malmö on the other, with a focus on both the city in general and the specific district of Western Harbour. Malmö provides a (highly) fascinating place to investigate relations between urban and economic change. READ MORE