Abstract

Part 1 Global trends: recent trends in foreign direct investment, Rolf Jungnickel direct employment in multinational enterprises in industrialized and developing countries in the 1980s - main characteristics and recent trends, Aurelio Parisotto employment effects of the changing strategies of multinational enterprises, James Hamill cross-border mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances, James Hamill growth and structural changes of Japanese overseas direct investment - implications for labour and management in host economies, Susumu Watanabe. Part 2 Regional trends: local sourcing and indirect employment - multinational enterprises in Northern Mexico, Noe Aron Fuentes et al employment and national enterprises in Indonesia, Hal Hill effects of foreign direct investment on employment in the former centrally planned economies of Central and Eastern Europe, Martin K. Welge and Dirk Holtbruegge. Part 3 Future issues: multinational enterprises in the service sector - conceptual and policy issues, Ann Romero the globalizing firm and labour institutions, Duncan Campbell. part 4 Overview and conclusions, Geoffrey Renshaw. (Part contents)

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