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Welcome to USIR

Welcome to the University of Salford repository (USIR), an Open Access showcase for the published research output of the university. Our collection contains a wide range of research across multiple formats and subject areas.

Whenever possible, outputs will be made openly available here in full digital format for download, with many under a Creative Commons license. See our Policies for further information https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/policies.



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Business regulation, inward foreign direct investment, and economic growth in the new European Union member states (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which institutional convergence has taken place in the new European Union (EU) member states. It does so by contrasting arguments that
are inspired by transaction-cost economics within t... Read More about Business regulation, inward foreign direct investment, and economic growth in the new European Union member states.

Companies’ Access to Finance, Co-operative Industrial Relations, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the States of South Eastern Europe (2014)
Journal Article

This paper examines the links between corporate funding, cooperative industrial relations, and wage flexibility, on the one hand, and economic growth, on the other, in 11 countries in South Eastern Europe. These links have been downplayed in previou... Read More about Companies’ Access to Finance, Co-operative Industrial Relations, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the States of South Eastern Europe.

Establishments’ use of temporary agency workers: the influence of institutions and establishments’ employment strategies (2016)
Journal Article

Comparative institutional analyses have added much to our understanding of HRM in different countries, providing powerful arguments against the need for flexible labour markets to boost economic performance. However, existing research has tended to d... Read More about Establishments’ use of temporary agency workers: the influence of institutions and establishments’ employment strategies.

Institutions and the Diversity and Prevalence of Multinationals’ Knowledge‐Augmenting Subsidiaries (2017)
Journal Article

Multinational corporations (MNCs) increasingly seek to gain access to, and exploit, locationally specific sources of advanced knowledge and technological capabilities, creating a need to explain (1) the diversity among these facilities and (2) how ins... Read More about Institutions and the Diversity and Prevalence of Multinationals’ Knowledge‐Augmenting Subsidiaries.