Two measures of organizational flexibility
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Keywords
Flexible organizations; New organizational forms; Firm restructuring; Theory of the firm; D23; L20;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
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