What I'm after is a case study or an account of an industrial dispute
(preferably in Europe, US or Japan) analysing its causes, main actors,
events, resolutions and repercussions".

Detailed reports in the form of case studies or accounts, of one or
more disputes are preferred.

This is a really good question, but I'm not convinced the Internet is
the best place to get an answer.  Proprietary databases (read:
"expensive") are well-equipped to find case studies like this.  Go to
your public library and ask for their business databases.  A good
resource is the Gale Group's "Business and Company Resource Center."  
An extra benefit of using a library database is that the source is
more reliable, so the data is more likely to be reputable.

If you want to  see an example of a very good resource in this area,
take a look at the Harvard Business Review at
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbr/. I did a search for "industrial
dispute" and found two cases in Mexico.  You might want to refine your
search:  do you mean labor disputes?  Economic disputes?  Problems
with suppliers?  etc.

I hope this is helpful.

I think the Internet is a great resource for this question, in fact an
overwhelming resource. Here are some of the links I've found on this
topic and many of them are quite complete


Waterfront Dispute Australia 
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/WEB_FEED/PHWebContent.nsf/PHPages/LinksWaterfront?OpenDocument

Industrial dispute: a day of action -- University of Glasgow 
http://www.gla.ac.uk/publications/newsletter/185/news.htm
Follow up Account of the debates that went on with this
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm198889/cmhansrd/1989-03-06/Debate-4.html

This is a PDF file, a paper on Industrial Disputes from a Police
viewpoint, just to add a little flavor.
http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/depts/sml/airaanz/conferce/newscastle2000/Vol1/baker.pdf


There are many more on the internet. Try using 
google search key: +"industrial dispute"  +"case study"

Good luck in your search, probably one of the researchers will grab a
hold of this and give you a better answer.


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