From Mass Production to Flexible Specialization: The Sectoral and Geographical Extent of Contract Work in US Manufacturing, 1963-1997
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Flexible Specialization; Subcontracting; Contract Work; Us Manufacturing; Longitudinal; Research Database;All these keywords.
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