Financialization, New Investment Funds, and Labour
Subtitle: An International Comparison
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780199653584
Subjects: Industrial relations; Hedge funds; Private equity
Description: The text examines the activities of often highly controversial investment funds, namely private equity, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds, in US, UK Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Poland, and Japan, exploring the importance of these funds and considering the evidence relating to their effects on work and employment.