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Firms and Flexibility [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
The United States and France have very similar labor productivity levels while there are considerable differences between the firm‐size distributions and firm dynamics in the two countries. To reconcile these observations we introduce a joint model of endogenous entrepreneurship and firm‐size dynamics with firing costs, unemployment benefits, entry ...
Bart Hobijn, Aysegül Sahin
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Flexible Outsourcing [PDF]

open access: possibleManagerial and Decision Economics, 2011
Flexibility is definitely a key for success and is crucial in vertical relationships. Then, it seems worth analyzing the selection of the optimal degree of vertical integration and/or separation in a dynamic uncertain environment, where a flexible firm can switch from a certain degree of outsourcing back to vertical integration.
ROSSINI, GIANPAOLO, Michele Moretto
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ENDOGENOUS FLEXIBILITY IN THE FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

Bulletin of Economic Research, 2012
ABSTRACTWe investigate the flexible manufacturing system (FMS) by using the spatial price discrimination framework of Pal. The degree of flexibility when producing variants can be increased by increasing the investment or production cost and is endogenously determined.
Matsumura, Toshihiro, Shimizu, Daisuke
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