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Collective Action, Business Cleavages and the Politics of Control: Segmentalism in the Swiss Skill Formation System

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  • Patrick Emmenegger
  • Lina Seitzl

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Collective skill formation systems have come under sustained pressure in recent years. Scholars observe a fragmentation process, which is the result of changing power relations, putting large training firms in a dominant position. However, so far the literature has examined neither the role of small firms and intermediary associations nor the source of power of the various business actors. In this case study, we ask: If business is pivotal, but divided, who prevails and why? We find that the availability of credible exit options and the ability to act collectively determines the degree of influence of the various business actors.

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  • Patrick Emmenegger & Lina Seitzl, 2019. "Collective Action, Business Cleavages and the Politics of Control: Segmentalism in the Swiss Skill Formation System," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 57(3), pages 576-598, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:brjirl:v:57:y:2019:i:3:p:576-598
    DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12426
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    1. Benassi, Chiara & Durazzi, Niccolo & Fortwengel, Johann, 2020. "Not all firms are created equal: SMEs and vocational training in the UK, Italy, and Germany," MPIfG Discussion Paper 20/4, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    2. Fleckenstein, Timo & Lee, Soohyun Christine & Park, Jae Hyoung, 2023. "Skills and training in hierarchical capitalism: the rise and fall of vocational training in South Korea," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 115909, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Marius R Busemeyer & Martin B Carstensen & Patrick Emmenegger, 2022. "Orchestrators of coordination: Towards a new role of the state in coordinated capitalism?," European Journal of Industrial Relations, , vol. 28(2), pages 231-250, June.
    4. Chiara Benassi & Niccolo Durazzi & Johann Fortwengel, 2022. "Comparative institutional disadvantage: Small firms and vocational training in the British manufacturing sector in comparative perspective," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 60(2), pages 371-390, June.

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