Embedding multinational firms in regional business systems: neoliberal and social‐democratic models in Spain

The paper analyses how regional actors have mobilised to attract and retain foreign direct investment in two Spanish regions with different political approaches to the management of economic issues, including industrial relations. These regions are Madrid, the main pole of attraction of foreign dire...

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Published in:Industrial relations journal 2018-01, Vol.49 (1), p.50-68
Main Authors: Gonzalez Menendez, María C., Balbona, David Luque, Pruneda, Gabriel, Almond, Phil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Competition
Employers
Financial performance
Foreign investment
Labor relations
Labor unions
Multinational corporations
Neoliberalism
Norms
Regions
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Summary:The paper analyses how regional actors have mobilised to attract and retain foreign direct investment in two Spanish regions with different political approaches to the management of economic issues, including industrial relations. These regions are Madrid, the main pole of attraction of foreign direct investment in Spain, and Asturias, with a large tradition of heavy industry and a greater dependence on a small number of large employers. It finds the regions have adapted to international competition in substantially different manners and considers the alternative reasons why this might be the case, highlighting the role of organised labour both in the inward investment regimes themselves, and in shaping the nature of the different compromises they involve.
ISSN:0019-8692
1468-2338
DOI:10.1111/irj.12202