Merk, Jeroen

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  • Merk, Jeroen (2015). Global outsourcing and socialisation of labour — the case of Nike. In van der Pijl, K. (Ed.), The International Political Economy of Production . Edward Elgar.
  • Siegmann, Karin Astrid, Merk, Jeroen, Knorringa, P. (2015). Civic innovation in global value chains: towards workers as agents in voluntary initiatives. In Harcour, W., Helmsing, B. & Knorringa, P. (Eds.), The Meaning of Civic Innovation . The Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI).
  • Merk, Jeroen, Mufakhir, A. (2014-05-21 - 2014-05-24) Outsourcing to Indonesia: corporate social responsibility, unions, and local labour control at the Nike Nikomas plant [Paper]. European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), Izmir, Turkey, TUR.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2014). The rise of tier 1 firms in the global garment industry: challenges for labour rights advocates. Oxford Development Studies, 42(2), 277-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2014.908177
  • den Hond, Frank, Stolwijk, Sjoerd, Merk, Jeroen (2014). A strategic-interaction analysis of an urgent appeal system and its outcomes for garment workers. Mobilization, 19(1), 83 -112.
  • Egels-Zandén, Niklas, Merk, Jeroen (2013). Private regulation and trade union rights: why codes of conduct have limited impact on trade union rights. Journal of Business Ethics, online, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1840-x
  • Siegmann, K. A., Merk, Jeroen (2013-03-18 - 2013-03-20) Labour in global value chains: beyond voluntary initiatives [Paper]. 2013 International Labour Process Conference, New Brunswick, United States, USA.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2012-10-08) Expanding repertoires of labour: multi-scalar counter strategies in the Asian garment industry [Paper]. Forschungszentrum für Bürgerschaftliches Engagement, Berlin, Germany, DEU.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2011). Verhaltenskodizes und Sozialaudits – was haben sie den Beschäftigten der Bekleidungsindustrie in den Produktionsländern gebracht? In Burckhardt, G. (Ed.), Mythos CSR?: Unternehmensverantwortung und Regulierungslücken . Horlemann Verlag.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2011-08-16 - 2011-08-20) Going beyond codes of conduct: cross-border bargaining in the garment industry [Paper]. 6.ICCG 2011: International Conference of Critical Geography, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, DEU.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2011). Production beyond the horizon of consumption: spatial fixes and anti-sweatshop struggles in the global athletic footwear industry. Global Society, 25(1 (S)), 73-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2010.522984
  • Merk, Jeroen (2011-01-24 - 2011-01-26) Tier 1 manufacturers in the garment industry: new challenges for labour rights advocates [Paper]. Rising Powers and Global Standards Research Network, Manchester, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2011). Die strukturelle Krise der flexibilisierten Arbeit: Strategien und Aussichten für die transnationale gewerkschaftliche Organisierung in der Bekleidungs- und Sportschuhbranche. In Greven, T. (Ed.), Globalisierung und Arbeitsmarkt . Hans-Böckler-Stiftung.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2011-06-28 - 2011-06-29) Global anti-sweatshop campaigns and local bargaining in the sportswear industry: negotiating a protocol on freedom of association in Indonesia [Paper]. Transnational Private Regulation in the Areas of Health, Environment, Social and Labor rights: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Studies, Free University Berlin, Germany, DEU.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2010). Cross-border wage struggles in the global garment industry: the campaign for an Asia floor wage. In Bieler, A. & Lindberg, I. (Eds.), Global Restructuring, Labour and the Challenges for Transnational Solidarity (pp. 116-130). Routledge.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2009-04-17) 'Spatial fix' or ‘technical fix’?: labour conditions, CSR and the re-organization of the global athletic footwear product chain [Paper]. Changing Cultures of Competitiveness: Conceptual and Policy Issues, Lancaster, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2009). Jumping scale and bridging space in the era of corporate social responsibility: cross-border labour struggles in the global garment industry. Third World Quarterly, 30(3 (S)), 599-615. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590902742354
  • Merk, Jeroen (2009-02-15 - 2009-02-18) Production beyond the horizon of consumption: spatial-temporal fixes and anti-sweatshop struggles in the global athletic footwear industry [Paper]. ISA Annual Convention 2009, New York, United States, USA.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2009-06-11 - 2009-06-12) Developing theoretical approaches in labour geography [Paper]. Developing Theoretical Approaches in Labour, Liverpool, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2008-06-05 - 2008-06-07) Upscaling the impact of codes of conduct in the garment and athletic footwear industry: local, regional and sector-wide strategies for addressing substandard working conditions [Paper]. Penser sans frontières – Idées mondiales, valeurs mondiales, Vancouver, Canada, CAN.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2008). Restructuring and conflict in the global athletic footwear industry: Nike, Yue Yuen and labour codes of conduct. In Taylor, M. (Ed.), Global Economy Contested: Power and Conflict across the International Division of Labour (pp. 79-97). Routledge.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2007-02-12 - 2007-02-13) The structural crisis of labour flexibility: strategies and prospects for transnational labour organising in the garment and sportswear industry [Paper]. Business, Social Policy and Corporate Political Influence in Developing Countries, Geneva, Switzerland, CHE.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2007-09-12 - 2007-09-15) The CSR firm: emergence of service firms in the private regulation of corporate responsibility standards [Paper]. ECPR SGIR 2007, Turin, Italy, ITA.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2007). The private regulation of labour standards: the case of the apparel and footwear industries. In Graz, J. & Nolke, A. (Eds.), Transnational Private Governance and Its Limits (pp. 115-126). Routledge.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2005). Regulating the global athletic footwear industry: the collective worker in the product chain. In van der Pilj, K., Assassi, L. & Wigan, D. (Eds.), Global Regulation: Managing Crises After the Imperial Turn . Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Merk, Jeroen (2003-02-21) Pricing in the global garment industry [Paper]. Pricing in the Global Garment Industry, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, DEU.