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Explaining Employment Effects in Multipolar Value Chains: A Cross‐National Study on Soft Drinks and Dairy Manufacturing in Europe

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  • Valeria Pulignano
  • Nikolaus Hammer
  • Nadja Doerflinger

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The article develops an integrated framework that employs a dynamic perspective on interlinked levels of value chain governance in order to explain employment in value chains. It compares two multipolar chains in food and beverage manufacturing, in two different producer and consumer markets, Belgium and Germany. Analysis reveals that varied value capture dynamics in the food and beverage industries underpin distinct employment effects at specific inter‐firm nodes, as well as between labour and product markets. This reveals institutional and product variation explaining firms’ value capture trajectories. However, it also illustrates a concomitant transnational trend of deteriorating working conditions, stemming from overall chain governance.

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  • Valeria Pulignano & Nikolaus Hammer & Nadja Doerflinger, 2021. "Explaining Employment Effects in Multipolar Value Chains: A Cross‐National Study on Soft Drinks and Dairy Manufacturing in Europe," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 59(1), pages 25-51, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:brjirl:v:59:y:2021:i:1:p:25-51
    DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12552
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