Monday, July 03, 2006
Tweet[IWS] McKinsey Quarterly Special Collection--UPWARD MOBILITY [3 July 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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This McKinsey Quarterly
Special Collection
Upward mobility (issued 3 July 2006)
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/special_topics.aspx?stid=30
Many countries try to protect workers through minimum-wage laws, "last-hired-first-fired" laws, laws making it difficult or impossible to fire anyone, and other well-intentioned devices that not only limit the mobility of laboreither directly or because they add to the cost of creating jobsbut also discourage companies from expanding into new businesses. Yet it is essential that developed (and, eventually, developing) economies move up the value chain into advanced services so that people displaced by offshoring can find new work. The articles in this special collection argue that governments should give companies the freedom to determine their own labor requirements while protecting workers from the hardships of economic change instead of trying to prevent it.
In this collection
Beyond cheap labor: Lessons for developing economies
2005 Number 1
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1545&L2=7&L3=8
How can middle-income countries like Mexico compete with China? By adding higher value.
Who wins in offshoring
2003 Special Edition: Global directions
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_abstract.aspx?ar=1363&L2=7&L3=10
[abstract only -- full-text for members]
By moving service industry work to countries with lower labor costs, US companies can focus on creating higher-value jobs.
A road map for European economic reform
Web exclusive, September 2005
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1679&L2=7&L3=10
The region must do away with restrictive regulations and embrace competition.
How Germany can win from offshoring
2004 Number 4
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1496&L2=7&L3=10
Offshoring could create new wealth for Germany, but only if it adopts the structural reforms needed to reemploy its displaced workers.
An American lesson for France
2000 Special Edition: Europe in transition
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=806&L2=7&L3=10
The French economy is much stronger than people think. France should aim to create jobs, not to protect them.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
This McKinsey Quarterly
Special Collection
Upward mobility (issued 3 July 2006)
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/special_topics.aspx?stid=30
Many countries try to protect workers through minimum-wage laws, "last-hired-first-fired" laws, laws making it difficult or impossible to fire anyone, and other well-intentioned devices that not only limit the mobility of laboreither directly or because they add to the cost of creating jobsbut also discourage companies from expanding into new businesses. Yet it is essential that developed (and, eventually, developing) economies move up the value chain into advanced services so that people displaced by offshoring can find new work. The articles in this special collection argue that governments should give companies the freedom to determine their own labor requirements while protecting workers from the hardships of economic change instead of trying to prevent it.
In this collection
Beyond cheap labor: Lessons for developing economies
2005 Number 1
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1545&L2=7&L3=8
How can middle-income countries like Mexico compete with China? By adding higher value.
Who wins in offshoring
2003 Special Edition: Global directions
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_abstract.aspx?ar=1363&L2=7&L3=10
[abstract only -- full-text for members]
By moving service industry work to countries with lower labor costs, US companies can focus on creating higher-value jobs.
A road map for European economic reform
Web exclusive, September 2005
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1679&L2=7&L3=10
The region must do away with restrictive regulations and embrace competition.
How Germany can win from offshoring
2004 Number 4
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=1496&L2=7&L3=10
Offshoring could create new wealth for Germany, but only if it adopts the structural reforms needed to reemploy its displaced workers.
An American lesson for France
2000 Special Edition: Europe in transition
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=806&L2=7&L3=10
The French economy is much stronger than people think. France should aim to create jobs, not to protect them.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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