Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
On 27 April 2017, US-based business consultancy McKinsey announced to create some 490 jobs within 2017 in Germany. The company wants to create 340 new positions for consultants and 150 for non-consultants. The company has been successful in the last few years and foresees great business potential regarding digitalisation of the German industry.
The new jobs will be created at all sites in Germany, i.e.in Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Hamburg. McKinsey currently employs around 1,400 members of staff in Germany.
Eurofound (2017), McKinsey, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 90838, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90838.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
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