Beyond multinationalism: Management policy and bargaining relationships in international companies

by Jairus Banaji

What impact have multinational companies had in the Third World? Beyond Multinationalism offers a detailed comparison of employment conditions and labor relations in businesses operated by the same companies in Europe and India. Drawn from primary source material not readily available elsewhere, this fascinating study demonstrates that Indian-based subsidiaries of multinationals operate quite differently than their European counterparts. Topics addressed include employment patterns, bargaining structures, working conditions, organizational structure, and the impact of new technologies. Beyond Multinationalism will interest scholars and students in management studies, economics, development studies, industrial relations, and policy studies. "Provides a detailed comparison. . . . Draws on several years of contact with managers and trade unionists." --EFMD: European Foundation for Management Development "[This book is] a welcome addition to the small number of studies on industrial labour in India." --Development and Change

234 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1990

About the author

Jairus Banaji spent most of his academic life at Oxford. He has been a Research Associate in the Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London, for the past several years. Banaji's main research interests have included: agrarian history; Late Antiquity and early Islam; historical materialism; Marx's method in Capital; the fate of the peasantry under capitalism; and, unions and industrial relations in India.