States that status and prestige considerations play a significant part in shopping preferences for products, which … not the product. Suggests, from the literature, that consumer behaviour and demand for status goods and services needs …

flexibility and its five infrastructural scales was examined. These infrastructural scales include workforce autonomy …, communication, inter‐departmental relationships, supplier flexibility and technology. The results suggested that all infrastructural … scales, except workforce autonomy, have a direct and positive effect on a firm’s manufacturing flexibility. Discussion and …

functional flexibility indicates a trend towards greater flexibilization, but the emergence of the flexible firm scenario is not …

Purpose The conceptualization of flexibility in organizations historically emerged from three views which relate to … flexibility in the area of supply chain management, there is a lack of consensus on how to define and to conceptualize supply … chain flexibility from a management point of view. The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive overview of the …

In response to an increasingly global and competitive environment, the flexibility to adapt to changing market needs … competition with flexibility and innovation.  …

personal life style. To gain more flexibility and control on their work and personal obligations, women start up their own …