Exercising power in a prisoner's dilemna: transnational collective bargaining in an era of corporate globalisation?
2005
36
4
July
283-302
globalization ; multinational enterprise ; multinational bargaining
Collective bargaining
English
Bibliogr.
"The extraordinary growth in foreign direct investment coupled with the widespread declination of union penetration has increasingly allowed multinationals to pit unions across borders as competitors for investment and jobs. Based on a theoretical analysis of the exercise of power in a prisoner's dilemma game, the essential conditions and incentives for cooperation among unions across borders for the purpose of collective bargaining with multinationals are identified and practical, strategic-level implications for transnational interunion partnerships are addressed."
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