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"We examine how competition in international markets affects a union's choice of wage regime, which can be either uniform or discriminatory. Firms are heterogeneous with regard to international competition. When unions choose their wage regimes sequentially, a discriminatory outcome becomes more likely when international competition increases. However, for intermediate levels a union may stick with a uniform wage regime even if the rival union adopts a discriminatory regime. When competition is sufficiently intense, both unions revert to the discriminatory regime. Paradoxically only in those latter instances all parties (consumers, workers, and firms) may be better off (each in aggregate) if all unions adopt a uniform wage regime. We conclude that union incentives to coordinate their wage regimes should then also become largest."

"Les contributions qui constituent ce dossier consacré à la preuve face au travail mondialisé sont issues d'une table ronde du troisième congrès mondial du réseau de recherche CIELO laboral (Comunidad para la investigación y el estudio laboral y ocupacional) organisé du 22 au 25 septembre 2020 par le laboratoire Droit et changement social de l'université de Nantes. Congrès entièrement numérique du fait des circonstances sanitaires, la manifestation invitait à réfléchir aux multiples répercussions de la mondialisation des échanges et du travail sur le droit du travail et de la sécurité sociale. Les contributions envisagent plus particulièrement les difficultés probatoires qui apparaissent dans les litiges du travail suscités par les relations de travail présentant un caractère international. "

"The oil industry provides the lifeblood of modern civilization, and bestselling books have been written about the industry and even individual companies in it, like ExxonMobil. But the modern oil industry is an amazingly shady meeting ground of fixers, gangsters, dictators, competing governments, and multinational corporations, and until now, no book has set out to tell the story of this largely hidden world.

The global fleet of some 11,000 tankers -that's tripled during the past decade- moves approximately 2 billion metric tons of oil annually. And every stage of the route, from discovery to consumption, is tainted by corruption and violence, even if little of that is visible to the public. Based on trips to New York, Washington, Houston, London, Paris, Geneva, Phnom Penh, Dakar, Lagos, Baku, and Moscow, among other far-flung locals, The Secret World of Oil includes up-close portraits of a shadowy Baku-based trader; a high-flying London fixer; and an oil dictator's playboy son who has to choose one of his eleven luxury vehicles when he heads out to party in Los Angeles. Supported by funding from the prestigious Open Society, this is both an entertaining global travelogue and a major work of investigative reporting. "

"This paper develops a critical framework on international management and production that draws from the literatures on global commodity chains and global production networks (GPNs), from institutional entrepreneurship, as well as from neo-Gramscian theory in international political economy. The framework views GPNs as integrated economic, political, and discursive systems, in which market and political power are intertwined. The framework highlights the contingent stability of GPNs as well as the potential for actors to engage politically in contestation and collaboration over system governance and the distribution of benefits. The framework offers a multidimensional and multi-level approach to understanding power relations, ideology, and value appropriation in GPNs. The framework is valuable for examining the intersection of GPNs with charged political and social issues such as sweatshops and incomes for coffee growers, and the role of geography as a source of stability and tension in these networks."

"Nombre de règles de fiscalité internationales, conçues il y a des dizaines d'années, n'ont pas suivi les évolutions liées à la mondialisation. Désormais, les transactions transfrontalières entre entreprises associées (ou filiales) sont considérables. Elles représentent en effet à peu près un tiers du total des transactions internationales. Les bénéfices issus de ces échanges dits « internes » étant imposables, le taux de taxation est fixé en fonction des « prix de transfert » : ce qui s'avère un calcul particulièrement complexe et opaque. Rendre le système de fiscalité internationale pour les firmes multinationales plus juste et plus transparent est l'un des défis posés aux États ainsi qu'aux organisations internationales, comme l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE)."

"'This volume brings together leading scholars from around the world and a cross-section of some of the most exciting and cutting edge research on transnational capitalists. The varied contributions are timely. They provide great insight into the structures and processes behind today's international business and political headlines. It is a must read for scholars and students of the new global capitalism.' -- William I. Robinson, University of California at Santa Barbara, US This absorbing book addresses the seemingly simple question of who rules the world by linking it to debates about who owns the world and what this means for the dynamics of global power distribution. Several expert contributors focus on global issues, including the role of transnational finance, interlocking directorates, ownership and tax havens. Others examine how these issues at the global level interact with the regional or nation state level in the US, the UK, China, Australia and Mexico. The book scrutinizes globalization from a fresh, holistic perspective, examining the relationship between the national and transnational to uncover the most significant structures and agents of power. Possible policy futures are also considered. Academics and researchers across a varied spectrum of fields encompassing business and management, international studies and public policy will find this book both fascinating and important."

"Leading thinkers about the multinational enterprise offer both concise syntheses and critical reflections of the state of the art on international strategic management research. They in particular highlight the potential of internalization theory as a central paradigm for the field, and critically examine pertinent issues such as the complex notion of distance in international business. Refreshingly, they do not shy away from naming flaws in recent work, while offering avenues to improve the quality and impact of future research.'

– Klaus Meyer, University of Bath, UK"