Universität Tübingen
Comparative location advantages, employment relations and US-multinational companies in Germany, Switzerland and the UK
Abstract
This dissertation is concerned with analysing different aspects of two main questions; in how far foreign subsidiaries are located in countries where they can profit from host-country employment relations, and in how far foreign subsidiaries use host-country employment relations practices according to how much they can profit from host-country employment relations. The main theoretical approach referred to in this dissertation is the varieties of capitalism theory. Specific foci of the different parts of the dissertation include: a re-examination of the host-country effect to include hybrid market economies, analyses regarding in how far US-subsidiaries in Germany and Switzerland display characteristics of a strategic fit with their host-country and regarding how US-subsidiaries’ host-country fit and their use of training & skill practices are related. Furthermore, it is investigated to what extent there is a relationship between US-subsidiaries’ staff adjustment practices and subsidiaries’ host-country fit, and how radically innovative US-subsidiaries organise in terms of combinations of HRM practices in the three analysed host-countries. Lastly, in an additional chapter, the location choice of US-companies within Germany in terms of their need for creative staff is analysed.
Author and committee
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- Kluike, Marlies
Identifiers
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- hdl:10900/48028