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Workpackage 2: Case Studies
Denmark: new forms of work organisation, firm organization
and regional labour markets
WP Leader: Peer Hull
Kristensen, Copenhagen Business School, Contact:
phk.cbp[at]cbs.dk
Objectives
Identifying and explaining
surprising outcomes in terms of enhanced global market
competitiveness in several subsidiaries of multinational
corporations
Investigating the role of
local actors and their abilities to obtain and exploit
regional and national resources in the development of
the individual businesses
Explaining the outcomes by
exploring the importance of:
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Actors’ regional,
national and professional communities, labour market
dynamics, welfare society and the legacy of civil
society
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Policy making tools,
available at the local and national level
Description of work
By investigating a number of
subsidiaries of multinationals in Denmark, we will
explore different forms of high performance
organisations and ways to organise dynamic labour
markets. The aim is to investigate in depth how welfare
state institutions, IR and labour market can be used in
different ways to create powerful economic actors both
at the level of firms and of individual employees.
Whether and how (1) This enables subsidiaries to
establish new governance relations to their owners; (2)
These transformations are also reflected in the role of
labour market organisations/social partners and their
capability to collaborate and negotiate in new ways at
different levels; and (3) This may combine to create
dynamic local economies. Research is based on fieldwork,
expert interviews, secondary sources and action research.
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