Downsizing in America: Reality, Causes, and Consequences

Baumol, William J.; Blinder, Alan S.; Wolff, Edward N.

ISBN 10: 0871540940 / ISBN 13: 9780871540942

Edité par New York, New York, U.S.A.: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003

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A nice, fine copy in a fine minus, mylar protected DJ. 1st edition; Small closed tear to bottom of DJ spine end; Illustrated, 8vo., 321 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

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• Titre: Downsizing in America: Reality, Causes, and Consequences
• Éditeur: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Russell Sage Foundation
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0871540940
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780871540942
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
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Synopsis

Downsizing in America In the 1980s and early 1990s, a substantial number of U.S. companies announced major restructuring and downsizing. But we don't know exactly what changes in the U.S. and global economy triggered this phenomenon. Little research has been done on the underlying causes of downsizing. Did companies actually reduce the size of their workforces, or did they simply change the composition of their workforces by firing some kinds of workers and hiring others?Downsizing in America, one of the most comprehensive analyses of the subject to date, confronts all these questions, exploring three main issues: the extent to which firms actually downsized, the factors that tri...