Industry Research Part III

Axia College Material

Appendix B

Annotated Bibliography

Week Two

Article One : Gospel H and Foreman J (2002 ) The Provision of Training in Britain

Case Studies of Inter-Firm Coordination

Article or Web site reference http /cep .lse .ac .uk /pubs /download /DP0555 .pdf

Summary of Article or Web site

This article examines the ways and reasons of employers ' cooperation in the provision of training . Britain has long history of cooperation for such trainings that has changed in its form and type from the past . The article consists of

case studies of an industry-wide body , namely an employers ' association a local multi-industry body , namely a chamber of commerce a traditional group training association a local consortium of big employers and a network of firms in a large company 's supply chain . It covers various aspects of human resource management from wages , training and work conditions in UK

Article Two : TRADE SIA OF THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT UNDER NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ERCOSUR

AUTOMOBILE SECTOR STUDY

Article or Web site reference http /trade .ec .europa .eu /doclib /docs /2007 /july /tradoc_135278 .pdf

Summary of Article or Web site

This report consists of the study on sustainability impact assessment (SIA ) of the automobile sector undertaken by the European Commission The overview section provides general information about automobile sector in EU . It covers the potential positive impacts and mitigates the likely negative impacts of trade liberalisation in the automobile sector in Europe . It covers various practices adopted by players of automobile sectors . Various types of employment and wage inequality in manufacturing sector are covered in this study . It also covers the aspects of productivity with relation to wages

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