Addessi, William; Saltari, Enrico; Tilli, Riccardo - Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto, Facoltà di Economia - 2011
We study the impact of R&D and innovation on the use of external numerical flexibility (ENF). R&D and innovation imply both a higher average and a higher volatile productivity. We investigate this ambiguous effect on the firm preference for using ENF in two steps. First, we use a simple model to...
