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.
Canadian company, OSF Digital specialized in global commerce, announced that 150 new jobs will be created in 2023. The company will provide free training for 300 people through the OSF Academy courses. The courses are planned for specializations as Salesforce Developer, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator and Developer and QA Tester. Through these trainings, OSF aims to prepare students and people for a career within OSF Digital and the digital industry.
In Romania, OSF Digital has local offices since its establishment in 2003 in Bucharest, Iasi (Iasi County), Cluj-Napoca (Cluj County), Suceava (Suceava County), Brasov (Brasov County), Pitesti (Arges County), Craiova (Dolj County) and Piatra Neamt (Neamt County). Currently the company has a workforce of 460 persons and is specialised in digital cloud transformation with expertise in enterprise CRM, CMS, OMS, connected commerce, online shop management and cloud application development.
Eurofound (2022), OSF Digital, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 107757, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/107757.
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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Since 2013, Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legislation has been documenting regulatory developments in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change. The most recent update to the...
