The determinants of strike activity in foreign‐owned plants: Inter‐industry evidence from British Manufacturing Industry 1971–1973 | Zendy

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The determinants of strike activity in foreign‐owned plants: Inter‐industry evidence from British Manufacturing Industry 1971–1973

Author(s) -

Enderwick Peter,

Buckley Peter J.

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

managerial and decision economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1099-1468

pISSN - 0143-6570

DOI - 10.1002/mde.4090040205

Subject(s) - multinational corporation , disadvantage , sample (material) , business , labour economics , manufacturing , industrial organization , manufacturing sector , labor cost , economics , marketing , engineering , finance , political science , chemistry , chromatography , law , mechanical engineering

A simple exit(quit)–voice (bargaining) model of strike activity is applied to a sample of foreign‐owned plants in British manufacturing industry. Strike activity is found to depend on both structural and cost factors. Intra‐enterprise trade appears to be a significant cost consideration for integrated firms. These findings have important implications for labour responses to the multinational enterprise and challenge the alleged bargaining disadvantage of labour.

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