ANTHONY FERNER is Professor of International Human Resource Management at Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, UK. He has conducted a number of major research projects on employment relations in multinationals and has published widely on the subject. JAVIER QUINTANILLA is Associate Professor at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain. His current research interests are the management of professional service firms and international human resource management, subjects in which he has published widely. CARLOS S NCHEZ-RUNDE is Associate Professor and Associa

'...the volume is well wirtten and coherent. It raises some important questions and makes an important theoretical and empirical contribution.' - British Journal of Industrial Relations 46:1 March 08

• Introduction: Multinationals and the Multilevel Politics of Cross-National Diffusion; A.Ferner, J.Quintanilla & C.Sánchez-Runde Towards a Political Economy Framework: TNCs as National and Global Players; J.Bélanger & P.Edwards Theorising the Role of the International Subsidiary: Transplants, Hybrids and Branch-Plants Revisited; T.Elger & C.Smith Accommodating Global Capitalism? State Policy and Industrial Relations in American MNCs in Ireland; P.Gunnigle & D.G.Collings & M.J.Morley Emerging Motivations for Global HRM Integration; S.Taylor Patterns of Integration in American Multinational Subsidiaries in Europe; V.Pulignano Who is Hybridizing What? Insights on MNCs' Employment Practices in Central Europe; G.Meardi & A.Tóth Globalization and Labour Market Segmentation: The Impact of Global Production Networks on Employment Patterns of German and UK Clothing Firms; C.Lane & J.Probert Global Networks or Global Firms? The Organizational Implications of the Internationalization of Law Firms; G.Morgan & S.Quack Structuring the Transnational Space: Can Europe Resist Multinational Capital?; R.Hyman