temporary employment, the author extends the scope of closure theory to an entirely new domain. He develops new and highly …

activities by facilitating more flexible organisational structures in firms. We distinguish between functional flexibility (the … ability of workers to co-operate and take decentralised decisions) and numerical flexibility (the reduction of fixed costs …, mainly due to outsourcing business processes). Our results from a large and representative data set of firms in Germany show …

under study is flexible. Flexibility is important because it gives the firm option value. Higher volatility increases the …

The main aim of the paper is to highlight the relation between flexibility and vertical integration. To this purpose … dynamic uncertain environment. The enterprise we model enjoys flexibility since it can switch from a certain amount of … produce all inputs even when it buys them in the market. This sort of flexibility makes for results which are somehow contrary …

In a Case Law regime Courts have more flexibility than in a Statute Law regime. Since Statutes are inevitably … most economic decisions are already taken. Therefore, the advantage of flexibility for Case Law is unavoidably paired with … pairs the lack of flexibility with the ability to commit in advance to a given (forward looking) rule. This solves the time …

flexible technology allowing for such option. Investment is irreversible and flexibility is costly. The problem is solved …

Akteure innerhalb der Arbeitsbeziehungen in den Fokus zu rücken. Um zu ermitteln, welchen Stellenwert unterschiedliche Inhalte …