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.
The Areva Group, leader in nuclear power, has announced its plan to recruit about 200 employees by 2015. They are to work on the dismantling of a plant located on the nuclear site of La Hague. This plant consists of old buildings from the 1960s that are now obsolete. The project will last until 2030 and will cost approximately 4 billion euros. Areva explains that it plans to recruit 40 employees immediately and 160 in 2015 (all will be given permanent employment contracts and receive the relevant training). Areva employs roughly 3,500 employees for its dismantling activities in the area.
Eurofound (2014), Areva, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 77609, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77609.
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...
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