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.
Slovak Training Academy (STA), the international helicopter pilot training centre, was opened on 30 October 2017 at Kosice Airport. The centre will start its operation in December 2017 and creates about 100 new jobs in the first year of operation. Currently, the centre has been equipped with 16 helicopters, including one Black Hawk-type unit. According to the MSM Group managing director Marian Goga there is a great synergy advantage in cooperation with Kosice Airport and the Faculty of Aeronautics of Kosice Technical University. The STA centre aims at training up to 70 each year.
Eurofound (2017), Slovak Training Academy, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 92595, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/92595.
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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