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.
Business processing company Infosys Poland has announced it will create 400 new jobs at its unit in Łódź (Łódź Special Economic Zone, Poland). The company is looking for IT specialists, especially developers and analysts. The centre provides IT and business services in 22 languages to clients from 108 countries worldwide. Infosys is an Indian multinational provider of business consulting, technology, engineering and outsourcing services, operating in Poland since 2007. Currently, the company employs in Łódź 2,700 people coming from 72 countries.
Eurofound (2017), Infosys Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92335, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/92335.
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...
