The recent international surge in private equity markets has been accompanied by growing
interest in its nature and effects. Private equity involves investment in unquoted companies …

We examine how institutional configurations, not single institutions, provide companies with
institutional capital. Building on the varieties-of-capitalism approach, it is argued that …

What is strategic HRM, and how do you apply it in business? What makes good HR strategy
and how do you develop it? What are the key issues that need to be considered when …

Abstract This journal (Volume 29, Issue 3, 2017) included four review essays that focussed
on the 6th edition of the book International and Comparative Employment Relations …

Skills and skill formation have become central topics in contemporary political economy. In
this essay, I will trace key concepts used in the current debate—above all, the distinction …

Background Employers are legally obligated to ensure the safety and health of employees,
including the organizational and psychosocial working environment. The Copenhagen …

This paper explores the relationship between national institutional archetypes and
investments in training and development. A recent trend within the literature on comparative …

Supply-side economists made numerous pleas for removing labour market rigidities through
'structural reforms'. From a Schumpeterian viewpoint, however, one can argue that labour …

During the early 2010s, creditor states and EU institutions demanded that the Southern
states of the eurozone liberalise their labour markets to facilitate internal devaluation and …

We develop a theoretical framework to examine three hypotheses on the relationship
between human resource management (HRM) practices and organisational performance in …