This book provides a conceptual framework of global value chains, flexibility and sustainability, supported by research projects, case applications and models in various related areas organized into three parts. In the first part of the book, various authors discuss how to improve the efficiency...

Theory of Flexible Systems Management -- Telecommunicating and Co-working Communities: Contributing to Individual and Organizational Flexibility -- Exploration of Holistic Learning in Different Contexts -- Flexible Distribution Strategies in Network Marketing Companies -- Flexibility in Social...

This paper reviews three key issues associated with temporary agency work (referred to as agency work herewith) by drawing on Australian and New Zealand trends and experiences. First, the authors contend that it is surprising, in light of its high flexibility, that agency work constitutes a...