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Contracting International Employee Participation

Global Framework Agreements

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Felix Hadwiger

    1. Institute of Law & Economics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Explains why companies conclude Global Framework Agreements
  • Insights resulting from a new dataset containing the characteristics of 59 GFAs (2009-2016)
  • Analyses the public relations effect of GFAs and examines how companies make use of GFAs in the public relations section on their corporate websites
  • Employs for the first time tools and concepts from economics in order to comprehensively examine GFAs

Part of the book series: International Law and Economics (ILEC)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    • Felix Hadwiger
    Pages 1-8

  4. Effects of Global Framework Agreements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. The Public Relations Effect of Global Framework Agreements

      • Felix Hadwiger
      Pages 111-135

    3. The Implementation of Global Framework Agreements at Subsidiaries, Suppliers and Subcontractors

      • Felix Hadwiger
      Pages 137-172

    4. Creating Institutions for International Dispute Resolution

      • Felix Hadwiger
      Pages 173-182

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 215-233
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About this book

In the last two decades, multinational companies (MNCs) and global union federations (GUFs) have started to negotiate so-called global framework agreements (GFAs) which define minimum standards for labor conditions across their locations. This book focuses on the question why companies conclude GFAs, and identifies four groups of incentives: reduction and privatization of conflicts; public relations; promotion of equal competitive conditions; exogenous requirements and avoidance of public regulation. Based on an in-depth analysis of incentives considered to play a dominant role in the decision of companies to conclude GFAs, the book attempts to predict under which conditions GFAs can be expected to proliferate in the future.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Law & Economics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Felix Hadwiger

About the author

Felix Hadwiger studied Politics & Law in Münster (2006-2009) and Law & Economics in Hamburg and Bologna (2011-2012). He was a member of the DFG-Graduate School in Law & Economics at the University of Hamburg (2013-2016). His research focusses on labor law and industrial relations. 

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