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This book assesses the phenomenon of international framework agreements (IFAs), examining their implementation and impact around the world as well as their promotion of ILO standards. This volume includes contributions from fifteen international specialists to give a comprehensive discussion of the 80-plus IFAs that existed in July 2010.

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Introduction and Overview; K.Papadakis PART I: CROSS-BORDER SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND AGREEMENTS: PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES The Impact of Transnational Company Agreements on Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations; I.Schömann A Qualitative Analysis of International Framework Agreements: Implementation and Impact; C.Welz Adopting International Framework Agreements in the Russian Federation, South Africa and Japan: Management Motivations; K.Papadakis PART II: IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS ON THE GROUND: CASE STUDIES Going Local with Global Policies: Implementing International Framework Agreements in Brazil and the United States; M.Fichter & M.Helfen The Impacts of International Framework Agreements: Lessons from the Daimler Case; D.Stevis Transnational Restructuring Agreements: General Overview and Specific Evidence from the European Automobile Sector; I.da Costa & U.Rehfeldt International Framework Agreements: Do Workers Benefit in a Global Banana Supply Chain?; P.K.Robinson Global Social Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility in Outsourced Apparel Supply Chains: The Inditex Global Framework Agreement; D.Miller PART III: COMPLEMENTARY INITIATIVES Organizing Networks and Alliances: International Unionism between the Local and the Global; S.Davies, G.Williams & N.Hammer Better Factories Cambodia: An Instrument for Improving Industrial Relations in a Transnational Context; A.Rossi & R.Robertson

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